Blois Baronets
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The Blois Baronetcy, of Grundisburgh and Cockfield Hall in the County of Suffolk, is a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 15 April 1686 for Charles Blois
. He represented Ipswich
and Dunwich
in the House of Commons
. The seventh Baronet was a Major in the 1st Dragoons and fought at the Battle of Waterloo
in 1815.
Sir Charles Blois, 1st Baronet
Sir Charles Blois, 1st Baronet was a politician, a member of parliament for both Ipswich and Dunwich . On 15 April 1686, he was created 1st Baronet Blois, of Grundisburgh and Cockfield Hall. Blois was the son of Sir William Blois...
. He represented Ipswich
Ipswich (UK Parliament constituency)
Ipswich is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.- Boundaries :...
and Dunwich
Dunwich (UK Parliament constituency)
Dunwich was a parliamentary borough in Suffolk, one of the most notorious of all the rotten boroughs. It elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons from 1298 until 1832, when the constituency was abolished by the Great Reform Act....
in the House of Commons
British House of Commons
The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords . Both Commons and Lords meet in the Palace of Westminster. The Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 650 members , who are known as Members...
. The seventh Baronet was a Major in the 1st Dragoons and fought at the Battle of Waterloo
Battle of Waterloo
The Battle of Waterloo was fought on Sunday 18 June 1815 near Waterloo in present-day Belgium, then part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands...
in 1815.
Blois Baronets, of Grundisburgh and Cockfield Hall (1686)
- Sir Charles Blois, 1st BaronetSir Charles Blois, 1st BaronetSir Charles Blois, 1st Baronet was a politician, a member of parliament for both Ipswich and Dunwich . On 15 April 1686, he was created 1st Baronet Blois, of Grundisburgh and Cockfield Hall. Blois was the son of Sir William Blois...
(1657-1738) - Sir Charles Blois, 2nd Baronet (1733-1760)
- Sir Charles Blois, 3rd Baronet (1692-1761)
- Sir Ralph Blois, 4th Baronet (1706-1762)
- Sir John Blois, 5th Baronet (1740-1810)
- Sir Charles Blois, 6th Baronet (1766-1850)
- Sir Charles Blois, 7th Baronet (1794-1855)
- Sir John Ralph Blois, 8th Baronet (1830-1888)
- Sir Ralph Barrett Macnaghten Blois, 9th Baronet (1866-1950)
- Sir Gervase Ralph Edmund Blois, 10th Baronet (1901-1968)
- Sir Charles Nicholas Gervase Blois, 11th Baronet (b. 1939)