Cornewall Baronets
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The Amyand, later Cornewall Baronetcy of Moccas Court, in the County of Hereford , was created in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 9 August 1764 for George Amyand, who was a Member of Parliament
(MP) for Barnstaple
in the House of Commons of Great Britain
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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,...
(MP) for Barnstaple
Barnstaple (UK Parliament constituency)
Barnstaple was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Barnstaple in Devon, in the South West of England. It returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until 1885, when its representation was reduced to one member.The constituency...
in the House of Commons of Great Britain
House of Commons of Great Britain
The House of Commons of Great Britain was the lower house of the Parliament of Great Britain between 1707 and 1801. In 1707, as a result of the Acts of Union of that year, it replaced the House of Commons of England and the third estate of the Parliament of Scotland, as one of the most significant...
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Amyand, later Cornewall Baronets, of Moccas Court (1764)
- Sir George Amyand, 1st Baronet (1720–1766)
- Sir George Cornewall, 2nd BaronetSir George Cornewall, 2nd BaronetSir George Cornewall, 2nd Baronet was a British politician, soldier and baronet.-Background:Born George Amyand, he was the older son of Sir George Amyand, 1st Baronet and his wife Anna Maria Korteen, daughter of John Abraham Korteen. In 1766, he succeeded his father as baronet...
(1748–1819): assumed the surname Cornewall by royal licence in 1771 - Sir George Cornewall, 3rd Baronet (1774–1835)
- Sir Velters Cornewall, 4th Baronet (1824–1868)
- Sir George Henry Cornewall, 5th Baronet (1833–1908)
- Sir Geoffrey Cornewall, 6th Baronet (1869–1951)
- Sir William Francis Cornewall, 7th Baronet (1871–1962)