Lemon Baronets
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The Lemon Baronetcy, of Carclew in the County of Cornwall, is a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. It was created on 24 May 1774 for William Lemon, 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 Penrhyn and Cornwall
Cornwall (UK Parliament constituency)
Cornwall is a former county constituency covering the county of Cornwall, in the South West of England. It was a constituency of the House of Commons of England then of the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832...

. The second Baronet also represented these constituences as well as Cornwall West
West Cornwall (UK Parliament constituency)
West Cornwall was a county constituency in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected two Members of Parliament by the bloc vote system of election.- Boundaries :...

 in the House of Commons
British House of Commons
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. The title became extinct on his death in 1868.

The family seat was Carclew House
Carclew House
Carclew House, one of Britain's lost houses, was a large Palladian county house near Mylor in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It was situated at approximately three miles north of Falmouth....

, near Mylor
Mylor
Mylor is a civil parish in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is situated approximately five miles north of Falmouth.The church town of the ecclesiastical parish is Mylor Churchtown: however, Mylor Bridge is the largest village in the parish...

, Cornwall
Cornwall
Cornwall is a unitary authority and ceremonial county of England, within the United Kingdom. It is bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar. Cornwall has a population of , and covers an area of...

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Lemon Baronets, of Carclew (1774)

  • Sir William Lemon, 1st Baronet (1748-1824)
  • Sir Charles Lemon, 2nd Baronet (1784-1868)
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