The Elwes Baronetcy, of Stoke in the County of Suffolk, was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 22 June 1660 for Gervase Elwes, Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 for Sudbury

Sudbury (UK Parliament constituency)

Sudbury was a parliamentary constituency which was represented in the British House of Commons. A parliamentary borough consisting of the town of Sudbury in Suffolk, it returned two Members of Parliament from 1559 until it was disenfranchised for corruption in 1844...

 and Suffolk

Suffolk (UK Parliament constituency)

Suffolk was a county constituency of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons from 1290 until 1832, when it was split into two divisions.-Boundaries and franchise:...

. The second Baronet was Member of Parliament for Suffolk. The title became either extinct or dormant on the death of the fourth Baronet in 1787.

John Elwes

John Elwes (politician)

John Elwes [né Meggot or Meggott] , MP, Esq. was a Member of Parliament in Great Britain for Berkshire and a noted eccentric and miser, believed to be the inspiration for the character of Ebenezer Scrooge in Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol...

 was the nephew of the second Baronet.

Elwes Baronets, of Stoke (1660)

• Sir Gervase Elwes, 1st Baronet (1628–1706)
• Sir Hervey Elwes, 2nd Baronet (1683–1763)
• Sir William Elwes, 3rd Baronet (d. 1778)
• Sir Henry Elwes, 4th Baronet (d. 1787)