Coryton Baronets
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The Coryton Baronetcy, of Newton in the County of Cornwall, was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 27 February 1662 for John Coryton, Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
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 for Callington
Callington (UK Parliament constituency)
Callington was a rotten borough in Cornwall which returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons in the English and later British Parliament from 1585 to 1832, when it was abolished by the Reform Act 1832.-History:...

, Cornwall
Cornwall (UK Parliament constituency)
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 and Launceston
Launceston (UK Parliament constituency)
Launceston, also known at some periods as Dunheved, was a parliamentary constituency in Cornwall which returned two Members of Parliament to the British House of Commons from 1295 until 1832, and one member from 1832 until 1918...

. He was the son of Sir William Coryton
William Coryton
William Coryton was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1624 and 1641. He was expelled from parliament for falsyfying returns....

. The second Baronet represented Newport
Newport (Cornwall) (UK Parliament constituency)
Newport was a rotten borough situated in Cornwall. It is now within the town of Launceston, which was itself also a parliamentary borough at the same period...

 and Callington in Parliament. The third Baronet was Member of Parliament for Bossiney
Bossiney (UK Parliament constituency)
Bossiney was a parliamentary constituency in Cornwall, one of a number of Cornish rotten boroughs, and returned two Members of Parliament to the British House of Commons from 1552 until 1832, when it was abolished by the Great Reform Act.-History:...

, Newport, Callington and Mitchell
Mitchell (UK Parliament constituency)
Mitchell, or St Michael was a rotten borough consisting of the town of Mitchell, Cornwall. From the first Parliament of Edward VI, in 1547, it elected two members to the Unreformed House of Commons.-History:The borough encompassed parts of two parishes, Newlyn East and St Enoder...

. The fourth Baronet represented Callington in Parliament. The title became extinct on his death in 1739.

Coryton Baronets, of Newton (1662)

  • Sir John Coryton, 1st Baronet (1621–1680)
  • Sir John Coryton, 2nd Baronet (1648–1690)
  • Sir William Coryton, 3rd Baronet (1650–1711)
  • Sir John Coryton, 4th Baronet (1690–1739)
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