Chester Baronets
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The Chester Baronetcy of Chicheley, Buckinghamshire was created in the Baronetage of England on 23 March 1620 for Anthony Chester. He had in August 1577 inherited the Chicheley estates from his maternal grandmother and served as High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire
in 1602 and High Sheriff of Bedfordshire
in 1628.
High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire
The High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire, in common with other counties, was originally the King's representative on taxation upholding the law in Saxon times...
in 1602 and High Sheriff of Bedfordshire
High Sheriff of Bedfordshire
-1066–1125:*1066-c.1084: Ansculf de Picquigny*Ralph Taillebois*Hugh de Belcamp*1124 Richard of WinchesterFrom 1125 through the end of 1575, appointees to the shrievalty held the joint office of High Sheriff of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire.-1575–1599:...
in 1628.
Chester Baronets, of Chichely (1620)
- Sir Anthony Chester, 1st Baronet (1566–1635)
- Sir Anthony Chester, 2nd Baronet (1593–1652)
- Sir Anthony Chester, 3rd Baronet (c 1633–1698), MP for BedfordBedford (UK Parliament constituency)Bedford is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The seat was established in its current form in 1997, restoring a centuries old name. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first-past-the-post system of election...
1685-1687 - Sir John Chester, 4th Baronet (1666–1726)
- Sir William Chester, 5th Baronet (1687–1726)
- Sir John Chester, 6th Baronet (1693–1748), MP for BedfordshireBedfordshire (UK Parliament constituency)Bedfordshire was a United Kingdom Parliamentary constituency, which elected two Members of Parliament from 1295 until 1885, when it was divided into two constituencies under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885.-History:...
1741-1747 - Sir Charles Bagot Chester, 7th Baronet (1724–1755)
- Sir Francis Chester, 8th Baronet (1694–1766)
- Sir Anthony Chester, 9th Baronet (1706–1769), Baronetcy extinct 17 May 1769 on his death