Hampson baronets

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]

The Hampson Baronetcy, of Taplow in the County of Buckingham, was a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. 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.

Hampson baronets, of Taplow (1642)

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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