Hampson baronets

The Hampson Baronetcy, of Taplow in the County of Buckingham, was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created by King Charles I on 3 June 1642 for Thomas Hampson, second son of Sir Robert Hampson (1537-1607) one of the two Sheriffs of the City of London in 1599, knighted by King James I in 1603.[3] The third Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Chipping Wycombe in 1685.[4] The tenth Baronet was an entomologist. The title became extinct on the death of the twelfth Baronet in 1969.

Canting arms of Hampson: Argent, three hemp-brakes sable[1] These arms occurred frequently repeated in the cornice of the screen of the now demolished Hampson Chapel, built in the 1630s, in the north aisle of St Nicholas's' Church, Taplow[2]

Hampson baronets, of Taplow (1642)
  • Sir Thomas Hampson, 1st Baronet (c. 1589–1655)
  • Sir Thomas Hampson, 2nd Baronet (c. 1626–1670)
  • Sir Dennis Hampson, 3rd Baronet (died 1719)
  • Sir George Hampson, 4th Baronet (died 1724)
  • Sir George Hampson, 5th Baronet (died 1754)
  • Sir George Francis Hampson, 6th Baronet (1738–1774)
  • Sir Thomas Philip Hampson, 7th Baronet (1765–1820)
  • Sir George Francis Hampson, 8th Baronet (1788–1833)
  • Sir George Francis Hampson, 9th Baronet (1823–1896)
  • Sir George Francis Hampson, 10th Baronet (1860–1936)
  • Sir Dennys Francis Hampson, 11th Baronet (1897–1939)
  • Sir Cyril Aubrey Charles Hampson, 12th Baronet (1909–1969)

References
  1. Betham, William, History of the English Baronets, Volume 2, London, 1802, pp.5-8, Hampson Baronets
  2. Lysons, Magna Britannia, 1806
  3. Wotton, Thomas, The English Baronets, Volume 2, London, 1741, pp.295-7, Hampson Baronets
  4. History of Parliament biography

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