The Gunning Baronetcy, of Eltham in the County of Kent, is a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. It was created on 3 September 1778 for Robert Gunning, Minister Plenipotentiary to Berlin

Berlin

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 and St Petersburg. The second Baronet was Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 for Wigan

Wigan (UK Parliament constituency)

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, Hastings

Hastings (UK Parliament constituency)

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 and East Grinstead

East Grinstead (UK Parliament constituency)

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 while the third Baronet briefly represented Northampton

Northampton (UK Parliament constituency)

Northampton was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Northampton which existed until 1974.It returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until its representation was reduced to one member for the 1918 general election...

. The seventh Baronet was a Brigadier-General in the British Army

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Orlando George Gunning, grandson of Major John Gunning, sixth son of the second Baronet, was also a Brigadier-General in the Army. The 17th century clergyman Peter Gunning

Peter Gunning

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 was another member of the family.

The family seat from 1782 to 1888 was Horton House, Horton

Horton, Northamptonshire

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, Northamptonshire

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Gunnings Baronets, of Eltham (1778)

• Sir Robert Gunning, 1st Baronet (1731-1816)
• Sir George William Gunning, 2nd Baronet (1763-1823)
• Sir Robert Henry Gunning, 3rd Baronet (1795-1862)
• Sir Henry John Gunning, 4th Baronet (1797-1885)
• Sir George William Gunning, 5th Baronet (1828-1904)
• Sir Frederick Digby Gunning, 6th Baronet (1853-1906)
• Sir Charles Vere Gunning, 7th Baronet (1859-1950)
• Sir Robert Charles Gunning, 8th Baronet (1901-1989)
• Sir Charles Theodore Gunning, 9th Baronet (b. 1935)