Hickman Baronets
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There have been two Baronetcies created for persons with the surname Hickman, one in the Baronetage of England and one in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.

The Hickman Baronetcy, of Gainsborough in the County of Lincoln, was created in the Baronetage of England on 16 November 1643 for Willoughby Hickman. The second Baronet represented East Retford
East Retford (UK Parliament constituency)
East Retford was a parliamentary constituency in Nottinghamshire, which elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons for the first time in 1316, and continuously from 1571 until 1885, when the constituency was abolished...

 in the House of Commons
British House of Commons
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. The third Baronet sat as Member of Parliament
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 for Kingston upon Hull
Kingston upon Hull (UK Parliament constituency)
Kingston upon Hull, often simply referred to as Hull, was a parliamentary constituency in Yorkshire, electing two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, from 1305 until 1885...

, East Retford and Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Lincolnshire 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.-History:...

. The title became extinct on the death of the fifth Baronet in 1781.

The Hickman Baronetcy, of Wightwick in Tettenhall in the County of Stafford, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 25 August 1903 for the iron and steel manufacturer Alfred Hickman
Sir Alfred Hickman, 1st Baronet
Sir Alfred Hickman was an industrialist and Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1885 and 1906....

. He also represented Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton (UK Parliament constituency)
Wolverhampton was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Wolverhampton in Staffordshire. It elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.-History:...

 in the House of Commons as a Conservative
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Hickman Baronets, of Gainsborough (1643)

  • Sir Willoughby Hickman, 1st Baronet (1604–1650)
  • Sir William Hickman, 2nd Baronet
    Sir William Hickman, 2nd Baronet
    Sir William Hickman. 2nd Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1660 to 1682....

     (1629–1682)
  • Sir Willoughby Hickman, 3rd Baronet (1659–1720)
  • Sir Nevile Hickman, 4th Baronet (1701–1733)
  • Sir Nevile George Hickman, 5th Baronet (d. 1781)

Hickman Baronets, of Wightwick (1903)

  • Sir Alfred Hickman, 1st Baronet
    Sir Alfred Hickman, 1st Baronet
    Sir Alfred Hickman was an industrialist and Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1885 and 1906....

    (1830–1910)
  • Sir Alfred Edward Hickman, 2nd Baronet (1885–1947)
  • Sir (Alfred) Howard Whitby Hickman, 3rd Baronet (1920–1979)
  • Sir (Richard) Glenn Hickman, 4th Baronet (b. 1949)
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