Birch Baronets
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The Birch Baronetcy, of Hasles in the County Palatine of Lancaster, was a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 30 September 1831 for Joseph Birch, previously Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...

 for Nottingham
Nottingham (UK Parliament constituency)
Nottingham was a parliamentary borough in Nottinghamshire, which elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons from 1295. In 1885 the constituency was abolished and the city of Nottingham divided into three single-member constituencies....

. He was succeeded by his son, Thomas, the second Baronet, who represented Liverpool
Liverpool (UK Parliament constituency)
Liverpool was a Borough constituency in the county of Lancashire of the House of Commons for the Parliament of England to 1706 then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885. It was represented by two Members of Parliament...

 in Parliament. The title became extinct on the latter's death in 1880.

Thomas Birch, father of the first Baronet, was Mayor of Liverpool in 1777.

Birch Baronets, of Hasles (1831)

  • Sir Joseph Birch, 1st Baronet (1755–1833)
  • Sir Thomas Bernard Birch, 2nd Baronet
    Sir Thomas Birch, 2nd Baronet
    Sir Thomas Bernard Birch, 2nd Baronet DL was a British baronet and Whig politician.He was the only son of Sir Joseph Birch, 1st Baronet and his wife Elizabeth Mary, third daughter of Benjamin Heywood...

    (1791–1880)
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