The Cann Baronetcy, of Compton Green in the County of Gloucester, was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 13 September 1662 for Robert Cann, subsequently Member of Parliament

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 for Bristol

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. The fourth Baronet was High Sheriff of Gloucestershire

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 from 1726 to 1727. The title became extinct on the death of the sixth Baronet in 1765.

William Cann, father of the first Baronet, was Mayor of Bristol

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 in 1648.

Cann Baronets, of Compton Green (1662)

• Sir Robert Cann, 1st Baronet (c. 1621–1685)
• Sir William Cann, 2nd Baronet (d. 1698)
• Sir William Cann, 3rd Baronet (c. 1694–1726)
• Sir Robert Cann, 4th Baronet (d. 1748)
• Sir William Cann, 5th Baronet (c. 1689–1753)
• Sir Robert Cann, 6th Baronet (by 1741–1765)