Fletcher baronets of Hutton le Forest (1641)

The Fletcher baronetcy of Hutton le Forest (Hutton in the Forest, near Skelton), Cumberland was created on 19 February 1641 for Henry Fletcher. He served two terms as High Sheriff of Cumberland 1641–1643, raised a regiment for the Royalist forces of the First English Civil War, and was killed at the Battle of Rowton Heath in 1645.[1] The baronetcy was extinct on the death of the 3rd Baronet in 1712.

Escutcheon of the Fletcher baronets of Hutton le Forest

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  1. ^ a b c d Cokayne, George Edward (1903). Complete Baronetage. Vol. III. Exeter: W. Pollard & Co., Ltd. p. 83.
  2. ^ "Fletcher, Sir George, 2nd Bt. (c.1633-1700), of Hutton Hall, Hutton-in-the-Forest, Cumb., History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org.
  3. ^ "Fletcher, Henry (1661-1712), of Hutton Hall, Cumb., History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org.