Cordell Baronets
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The Cordell Baronetcy, of Long Melford in the County of Suffolk, was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 22 June 1660 for Robert Cordell, subsequently Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...

 for Sudbury
Sudbury (UK Parliament constituency)
Sudbury was a parliamentary constituency which was represented in the British House of Commons. A parliamentary borough consisting of the town of Sudbury in Suffolk, it returned two Members of Parliament from 1559 until it was disenfranchised for corruption in 1844...

. The second Baronet represented Sudbury and Suffolk
Suffolk (UK Parliament constituency)
Suffolk was a county constituency of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons from 1290 until 1832, when it was split into two divisions.-Boundaries and franchise:...

 in Parliament while the third Baronet briefly represented Sudbury. The title became extinct on the latter's death in 1704.

Sir William Cordell
William Cordell
Sir William Cordell was Solicitor General and Master of the Rolls during the reign of Queen Mary I and Speaker of the House of Commons during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I....

 was another member of the Cordell family.

Cordell Baronets, of Long Melford (1660)

  • Sir Robert Cordell, 1st Baronet (c. 1616–1680)
  • Sir John Cordell, 2nd Baronet (1646–1690)
  • Sir John Cordell, 3rd Baronet (1677–1704)
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