Chester baronets

The Chester Baronetcy of Chicheley, Buckinghamshire was created in the Baronetage of England on 23 March 1620 for Anthony Chester.[1] He had in August 1577 inherited the Chicheley estates from his maternal grandmother and served as High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire in 1602 and High Sheriff of Bedfordshire in 1628.[2]

Chester baronets, of Chicheley (1620)
  • Sir Anthony Chester, 1st Baronet (1566–1635)
  • Sir Anthony Chester, 2nd Baronet (1593–1652)
  • Sir Anthony Chester, 3rd Baronet (c 1633–1698), MP for Bedford 1685–1687
  • Sir John Chester, 4th Baronet (1666–1726)
  • Sir William Chester, 5th Baronet (1687–1726)
  • Sir John Chester, 6th Baronet (1693–1748), MP for Bedfordshire 1741–1747
  • Sir Charles Bagot Chester, 7th Baronet (1724–1755)
  • Sir Francis Chester, 8th Baronet (1694–1766)
  • Sir Anthony Chester, 9th Baronet (1706–1769), Baronetcy extinct 17 May 1769 on his death

References
  1. George Edward Cokayne Complete Baronetage, Volume 1 1900
  2. "Parishes : Chicheley Pages 311-316 A History of the County of Buckingham: Volume 4". British History Online. Victoria County History, 1927. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
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