The Corbet baronetcy, of Moreton Corbet in the County of Shropshire, was created in the Baronetage of England on 29 January 1642 for the Royalist Vincent Corbet.[2] Both he (April-May 1640) and the second Baronet sat as Members of Parliament for Shropshire.[2][3]
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The title became extinct on the death of the 3rd Baronet in 1688.[2] There was a second creation in 1828 for a collateral descendant of the 1st Baronet.[4]
Corbet baronets, of Moreton Corbet (1642; first creation) edit
- Sir Vincent Corbet, 1st Baronet (1617–1656).[2] Sarah, Lady Corbet, his widow, daughter and coheir of Sir Robert Monson, was created Viscountess Corbet for life in the Peerage of England in 1679.[5][6]
- Sir Vincent Corbet, 2nd Baronet (c.1642–1681)[2][3]
- Sir Vincent Corbet, 3rd Baronet (1670–1688)[2]
Notes edit
- ^ Burke, John; Burke, Bernard (1844). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland and Scotland. J. R. Smith. p. 134.
- ^ a b c d e f Cokayne, George Edward (1902). Complete Baronetage. Vol. II. Exeter: W. Pollard & Co., Ltd. p. 156.
- ^ a b "Corbet, Sir Vincent, 2nd Bt. (c.1642-81), of Moreton Corbet, Salop., History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org.
- ^ Burke, John Bernard (1852). A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. Colburn. p. 241.
- ^ Debrett, John (1835). Debrett's Baronetage of England: With Alphabetical Lists of Such Baronetcies as Have Merged in the Peerage, Or Have Become Extinct, and Also of the Existing Baronets of Nova Scotia and Ireland. J.G. & F. Rivington. p. 338.
- ^ "Monson (Mounson), Sir Robert (c.1574-1638), of North Carlton, Lincs. and Wakefield, Yorks., History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org.