The Baronetcy of Clavering of Axwell was created in the Baronetage of England on 5 June 1661 for James Clavering, the grandson of James Clavering (1565-1630), a merchant adventurer of Newcastle upon Tyne

Newcastle upon Tyne

Newcastle upon Tyne is a city and metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear, in North East England. Historically a part of Northumberland, it is situated on the north bank of the River Tyne...

, who was mayor of that city and who bought the estate of Axwell Park

Axwell House

Axwell House is a mansion house and Grade II* listed building, situated at Axwell Park, Blaydon, Tyne and Wear.An early manor house on the site was acquired by James Clavering, a merchant adventurer of Newcastle upon Tyne in 1629 for £1700...

, near Blaydon

Blaydon

Blaydon-on-Tyne is a town in the North East of England in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead. The former urban district, however, extends much further, its fourteen and a half square miles constituting the largest administrative district, after Newcastle, on Tyneside...

, Northumberland

Northumberland

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 in 1629.

The Clavering family descended from the 13th-century Lords of Clavering and Warkworth and from Alan de Clavering (died 1328) of Callaly Castle

Callaly Castle

Callaly Castle is a Grade I listed building and a substantial country house to the north of the village of Callaly, which is some to the west of Alnwick, Northumberland, England.It is situated near the site of a 12th century motte castle...

, Northumberland. Branches of the family include Axwell

Axwell House

Axwell House is a mansion house and Grade II* listed building, situated at Axwell Park, Blaydon, Tyne and Wear.An early manor house on the site was acquired by James Clavering, a merchant adventurer of Newcastle upon Tyne in 1629 for £1700...

, Callaly

Callaly

 Callaly is a village in Northumberland, England. It is about to the west of Alnwick. The main A697 road is away.- Governance :Callaly is in the parliamentary constituency of Berwick-upon-Tweed.- Landmarks :...

, Duddo

Duddo

Duddo is a village in Northumberland situated about south west of Berwick on Tweed.- Landmarks :The ruinous remains of Duddo Tower occupy a prominence to the south of the village....

, Berrington

Berrington, Northumberland

 Berrington is a village in Northumberland, in England. It is situated to the south of Berwick-upon-Tweed, inland from the North Sea coast.- Governance :Berrington is in the parliamentary constituency of Berwick-upon-Tweed.-Landmarks:...

 and Chopwell

Chopwell

Chopwell is a village in Tyne and Wear, located approximately three miles west of Rowlands Gill and one mile north of Hamsterley.Traditionally an area of coal mining, Chopwell was nicknamed "Little Moscow" because of the strong support for the Communist Party...

. The marriage of Mary Clavering

Mary Cowper

Mary, Countess Cowper was an English courtier and diarist, and the wife of William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper.-Biography:...

 of Chopwell to William Cowper

William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper

William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper PC KC FRS was an English politician who became the first Lord Chancellor of Great Britain. Cowper was the son of Sir William Cowper, 2nd Baronet, of Ratling Court, Kent, a Whig member of parliament of some mark in the two last Stuart reigns...

  in 1706 led to the creation of the Clavering-Cowper family

Earl Cowper

Earl Cowper was a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1718 by George I for William Cowper, 1st Baron Cowper, his first Lord Chancellor, with remainder in default of male issue of his own to his younger brother, Spencer Cowper...

Clavering of Axwell (1616)

• Sir James Clavering, 1st Baronet
  Sir James Clavering, 1st Baronet
  Sir James Clavering, 1st Baronet was an English landowner.He was the grandson of James Clavering , a merchant adventurer, Mayor of Newcastle upon Tyne in 1607, who bought an estate at Axwell House, near Blaydon on Tyne in 1629...
  
   (1620-1702)
• Sir James Clavering, 2nd Baronet (1668-1707). Grandson of the 1st Baronet. High Sheriff of Northumberland
  High Sheriff of Northumberland
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   in 1703.
• Sir John Clavering, 3rd Baronet  (1672-1714)
• Sir James Clavering, 4th Baronet (1708-1726)
• Sir Francis Clavering, 5th Baronet (1673-1738)
• Sir James Clavering, 6th Baronet (1680-1748)
• Sir Thomas Clavering, 7th Baronet
  Sir Thomas Clavering, 7th Baronet
  Sir Thomas Clavering, 7th Baronet succeeded to the Baronetcy of Axwell and to the family estates on the death of his father in 1748....
  
   (1719-1794)
• Sir Thomas John Clavering, 8th Baronet (1771-1853). Nephew of the 7th Baronet. High Sheriff of Northumberland in 1817.
• Sir William Aloysius Clavering, 9th Baronet ( 1800-1872). High Sheriff of Durham 1859
• Sir Henry Augustus Clavering, 10th Baronet (1824-1893)
• Extinct on his death