Kent Baronets
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The Kent Baronetcy, of Fornham in the County of Suffolk, was a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. It was created on 16 August 1782 for Charles Kent, later Member of Parliament
for Thetford
. The title became extinct on the death of the third Baronet in 1848.
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 Thetford
Thetford (UK Parliament constituency)
Thetford was a constituency of the British House of Commons. It elected two Members of Parliament by the bloc vote system of election until it was disenfranchised in 1868...
. The title became extinct on the death of the third Baronet in 1848.
Kent Baronets, of Fornham (1782)
- Sir Charles Kent, 1st Baronet (c. 1744-1811)
- Sir Charles Egleton Kent, 2nd Baronet (1784-1834)
- Sir Charles William Egleton Kent, 3rd Baronet (1819-1848)