The Fetherstonhaugh Baronetcy, of Fetherstonhaugh in the County of Northumberland, was a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. It was created on 3 January 1747 for Matthew Fetherstonhaugh

Sir Matthew Fetherstonhaugh, 1st Baronet

Sir Matthew Fetherstonhaugh, 1st Baronet FRS pronounced "fan-shaw" was an English politician and landowner.He was the son of Matthew Fetherstonhaugh of Featherstone Castle, Northumberland. In 1746 he inherited the estates of a kinsman Sir Henry Fetherston but not Sir Henry's baronetcy which became...

, of Featherstone Castle

Featherstone Castle

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, Northumberland

Northumberland

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, and of Uppark

Uppark

Uppark is a 17th-century house in South Harting, Petersfield, West Sussex, England and a National Trust property.The house, set high on the South Downs, was built for Ford Grey , the first Earl of Tankerville, c. 1690 and was sold in 1747 to Sir Matthew Fetherstonhaugh and his wife Sarah...

, Sussex

Sussex

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, later Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 for Morpeth

Morpeth (UK Parliament constituency)

Morpeth was a borough constituency centred on the town of Morpeth in Northumberland represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of England until 1707, the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and then the Parliament of the United Kingdom....

 and Portsmouth

Portsmouth (UK Parliament constituency)

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. He had previously succeeded to the estates of his kinsman, Sir henry Fetherston, 2nd Baronet (see Fetherston Baronets

Fetherston Baronets

There have been two Baronetcies created for persons with the surname Fetherston, one in the Baronetage of England and one in the Baronetage of Ireland...

). The second Baronet was also Member of Parliament for Portsmouth. The title became extinct on his death in 1846.

The family surname was pronounced "fan-shaw".

Fetherstonhaugh Baronets, of Fetherstonhaugh (1747)

• Sir Matthew Fetherstonhaugh, 1st Baronet
  Sir Matthew Fetherstonhaugh, 1st Baronet
  Sir Matthew Fetherstonhaugh, 1st Baronet FRS pronounced "fan-shaw" was an English politician and landowner.He was the son of Matthew Fetherstonhaugh of Featherstone Castle, Northumberland. In 1746 he inherited the estates of a kinsman Sir Henry Fetherston but not Sir Henry's baronetcy which became...
  
   (1715–1774)
• Sir Henry Fetherstonhaugh, 2nd Baronet (1754–1846)