Sclater Baronets
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The Sclater Baronetcy, of Cambridge in the County of Cambridge, was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 25 July 1660 fopr Thomas Sclater, of Catley Park, sometime High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire
. He was childless and the title became extinct on his death in 1684. He devised his estates to his great-nephew Thomas Sclater, Member of Parliament
for Cambridgeshire
, who assumed the additional surname of Bacon in circa 1716.
High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire
This is a list of people who have served as High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire.-Before 1154:*Tempore Regis Eduardi: Aluric Godricson, Orgar, Blacuin*1066: Elfric* 1128: Fulk*1070–c.1090: Picot of Cambridge *Michaelmas 1129: Richard Basset with Aubrey de Vere...
. He was childless and the title became extinct on his death in 1684. He devised his estates to his great-nephew Thomas Sclater, 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 Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Cambridgeshire is a former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituency. It was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885. It was represented by two Knights...
, who assumed the additional surname of Bacon in circa 1716.