Janssen Baronets
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The Janssen Baronetcy, of Wimbledon in the County of Surrey, was a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. It was created on 11 March 1715 for the Dutch-born financier Theodore Janssen
Sir Theodore Janssen, 1st Baronet
Sir Theodore Janssen of Wimbledon, 1st Baronet was a Dutch-born English financier and Member of Parliament who after a long and successful career in commerce was ruined and disgraced by his part in the South Sea Bubble....

, who also represented Yarmouth
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 in the House of Commons
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. The second Baronet sat as Member of Parliament
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 for Dorchester
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 while the fourth and last Baronet was Member of Parliament for the City of London
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 and a Lord Mayor of London
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. The title became extinct on the latter's death in 1777.

The last baronet's daughter Henrietta Janssen (d. 29 July 1840 Twickenham
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, aged 87) married Lorenzo Moore, MP for Dungannon
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 in Ireland, and had issue including General Sir Lorenzo Moore, whose daughter Zakyntha married into the Boyle family in 1849.

Jansen Baronets, of Wimbledon (1715)

  • Sir Theodore Janssen, 1st Baronet
    Sir Theodore Janssen, 1st Baronet
    Sir Theodore Janssen of Wimbledon, 1st Baronet was a Dutch-born English financier and Member of Parliament who after a long and successful career in commerce was ruined and disgraced by his part in the South Sea Bubble....

     (c. 1658-1748)
  • Sir Abraham Janssen, 2nd Baronet (c. 1699-1765)
  • Sir Henry Janssen, 3rd Baronet (d. 1766)
  • Sir Stephen Theodore Janssen, 4th Baronet (d. 1777)
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