Winchcombe Baronets
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The Winchcombe Baronetcy, of Bucklebury in the County of Berkshire, was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 18 June 1661 for Henry Winchcombe. The second Baronet sat as 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 Berkshire
Berkshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Berkshire was a parliamentary constituency in England, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of England until 1707, then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885...

. The title became extinct on his death in 1703. The Winchcombe estates passed to his eldest daughter, Frances Winchcombe, wife of Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke
Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke
Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke was an English politician, government official and political philosopher. He was a leader of the Tories, and supported the Church of England politically despite his atheism. In 1715 he supported the Jacobite rebellion of 1715 which sought to overthrow the...

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Winchcombe Baronets, of Bucklebury (1661)

  • Sir Henry Winchcombe, 1st Baronet (c. 1631-1667)
  • Sir Henry Winchcombe, 2nd Baronet 1659-1703)
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