The Sebright Baronetcy, of Besford in the County of Worcester, is a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 20 December 1626 for Edward Sebright, High Sheriff

High Sheriff

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 of Worcestershire

Worcestershire

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 who later fought as a Royalist in the Civil War

English Civil War

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. The fourth Baronet sat as Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 for Hertfordshire

Hertfordshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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. The sixth Baronet represented Bath

Bath (UK Parliament constituency)

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 in the House of Commons

British House of Commons

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. The seventh Baronet was Member of Parliament for Hertfordshire and also became known as an agriculturalist.

The presumed fifteenth Baronet never successfully proved his succession to the title and was never on the Official Roll of the Baronetage. Likewise, as of 13 June 2007 the presumed sixteenth and present Baronet has not successfully proven his succession and is therefore not on the Official Roll of the Baronetage

Official Roll of the Baronetage

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, with the baronetcy considered dormant since 1985.

Sebright Baronets, of Besford (1626)

• Sir Edward Sebright, 1st Baronet (c. 1585-c. 1658)
• Sir Edward Sebright, 2nd Baronet (c. 1645-1679)
• Sir Edward Sebright, 3rd Baronet (1668-1702)
• Sir Thomas Saunders Sebright, 4th Baronet (1692-1736)
• Sir Thomas Saunders Sebright, 5th Baronet (1723-1761)
• Sir John Saunders Sebright, 6th Baronet
  Sir John Sebright, 6th Baronet
  Lt-Gen Sir John Saunders Sebright, 6th Baronet, , was the sixth Sebright baronet, and an officer in the British Army. Sir John was the son of Sir Thomas Sebright, 4th Baronet and Henrietta Dashwood....
  
   (1725-1794)
• Sir John Saunders Sebright, 7th Baronet
  Sir John Sebright, 7th Baronet
  Sir John Saunders Sebright, 7th Baronet DL , of Besford, Worcestershire, and Beechwood Park, Hertfordshire, was an English politician and agricultural innovator.-Life:...
  
  (1767-1846)
• Sir Thomas Gage Saunders Sebright, 8th Baronet (1802-1864)
• Sir John Gage Saunders Sebright, 9th Baronet (1843-1890)
• Sir Egbert Cecil Saunders Sebright, 10th Baronet (1871-1897)
• Sir Edgar Reginald Saunders Sebright, 11th Baronet (1854-1917)
• Sir Guy Thomas Saunders Sebright, 12th Baronet (1856-1933)
• Sir Giles Edward Sebright, 13th Baronet (1896-1954)
• Sir Hugo Giles Edmund Sebright, 14th Baronet (1931-1985)
• Sir Peter Giles Vivian Sebright, 15th Baronet (1953-2003)
• Sir Rufus Hugo Giles Sebright, 16th Baronet (b. 1978)