Bishopp Baronets
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The Bishopp Baronetcy, of Parham in the County of Sussex, was a title in the Peerage of England
Peerage of England
The Peerage of England comprises all peerages created in the Kingdom of England before the Act of Union in 1707. In that year, the Peerages of England and Scotland were replaced by one Peerage of Great Britain....

. It was created in 1620 for Thomas Bishopp, who had previously represented Gatton
Gatton (UK Parliament constituency)
Gatton was a parliamentary borough in Surrey, one of the most notorious of all the rotten boroughs. It elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons from 1450 until 1832, when the constituency was abolished by the Great Reform Act...

 in Parliament. In 1815 the abeyance of the ancient Barony of Zouche
Baron Zouche
Baron Zouche is a title that has thrice been created in the Peerage of England.-Genealogy:The de la Zouche family descended from Alan de la Zouche, sometimes called Alan de Porhoët and Alan la Coche , a Breton who settled in England during the reign of Henry II. He was the son of Vicomte Geoffrey I...

 was terminated in favour of the eighth Baronet, a descendant through his mother from Hon. Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Edward la Zouche, 11th Baron Zouche
Edward la Zouche, 11th Baron Zouche
Edward la Zouche, 11th Baron Zouche, 12th Baron St Maur was an English diplomat.-Early Life:Zouche was the son of George la Zouche, 10th Baron Zouche and his wife Margaret, née Welby....

, on whose death in 1625 the Barony had fallen into abeyance. However, on Lord Zouche's death in 1828 the Barony once again fell into abeyance while he was succeeded in the Baronetcy by his cousin. The title became extinct on the death of the eleventh Baronet in 1870.

Bishopp Baronets, of Parham (1620)

  • Sir Thomas Bishopp, 1st Baronet (c. 1550-1626)
  • Sir Edward Bishopp, 2nd Baronet (c. 1601-1649)
  • Sir Thomas Bishopp, 3rd Baronet (1627–1652)
  • Sir Cecil Bishopp, 4th Baronet (c. 1635-1705)
  • Sir Cecil Bishopp, 5th Baronet (d. 1725)
  • Sir Cecil Bishopp, 6th Baronet (d. 1778)
  • Sir Cecil Bishopp, 7th Baronet (d. 1779)
  • Sir Cecil Bisshopp, 8th Baronet (1753–1828) (became Baron Zouche in 1815)
  • Sir George William Bishopp, 9th Baronet (1792–1834)
  • Sir Cecil Augustus Bisshopp, 10th Baronet (1823–1849)
  • Sir Edward Cecil Bisshopp, 11th Baronet (1826–1870)
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