Davers Baronets
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The Davers Baronetcy, of Rougham in the County of Suffolk, was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 12 May 1682 for Robert Davers, who had made a great fortune in Barbados
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 before acquiring the Rougham estate in Suffolk
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. The second and fourth Baronets represented Bury St Edmunds
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 and Suffolk
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 in Parliament. The sixth Baronet sat as Member of Parliament
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 for Weymouth and Bury St Edmunds. The title became either extinct or dormant on his death in 1806.

Thomas Davers, third son of the second Baronet, was an Admiral
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 in the Royal Navy
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Davers Baronets, of Rougham (1682)

  • Sir Robert Davers, 1st Baronet (c. 1620–1685)
  • Sir Robert Davers, 2nd Baronet (c. 1653–1722)
  • Sir Robert Davers, 3rd Baronet (c. 1684–1723)
  • Sir Jermyn Davers, 4th Baronet (c. 1686–1743)
  • Sir Robert Davers, 5th Baronet (c. 1730–1763)
  • Sir Charles Davers, 6th Baronet (1737–1806)
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