The Kelk Baronetcy, of Bentley Priory in the Parish of Stanmore and of Lancaster Gate, both in the County of Middlesex, was a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 16 May 1874 for the civil engineering contractor and former Member of Parliament

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 for Harwich

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, John Kelk. The second Baronet was High Sheriff of Wiltshire

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 in 1892. The title became extinct on his death in 1923.

Kelk Baronets, of Bentley Priory (1874)

• Sir John Kelk, 1st Baronet (1816-1886)
• Sir John William Kelk, 2nd Baronet (1851-1923)