Pocock Baronets
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County Palatine of Durham
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and of Twickenham in the County of Middlesex, was a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 18 August 1821 for George Pocock, Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
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for Bridgwater
Bridgwater (UK Parliament constituency)
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. He was the son of Vice-Admiral Sir George Pocock
George Pocock
Sir George Pocock, KB was a British officer of the Royal Navy. He rose to the rank of admiral.Pocock was from Chieveley in Berkshire, the son of Thomas Pocock, a chaplain in the navy. George Pocock entered the navy in 1718, serving aboard under the patronage of his maternal uncle, Captain...
. The title became extinct on the death of the fourth Baronet in 1921.
Pocock Baronets, of Hart and Twickenham (1821)
- Sir George Pocock, 1st Baronet (1765-1840)
- Sir George Edward Pocock, 2nd Baronet (1792-1866)
- Sir George Francis Coventry Pocock, 3rd Baronet (1830-1915)
- Sir Charles Guy Coventry Pocock, 4th Baronet (1863-1921)