Leman Baronets
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The Leman Baronetcy, of Northaw in the County of Hertford, was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 3 March 1665 for William Leman
Sir William Leman, 1st Baronet
Sir William Leman, 1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1645 and 1660.Leman was the son of WIlliam Leman of Beccles and his wife Alice. He was a woollen draper and a member of the Worshipful Company of Fishmongers...

, Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
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 for Hertford
Hertford (UK Parliament constituency)
Hertford was the name of a parliamentary constituency in Hertfordshire, which elected Members of Parliament from 1298 until 1974. It was represented in the House of Commons of England from 1298 to 1707, then of the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and finally in the House of...

. The second Baronet also represented this constituency in the House of Commons
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. The title is believed to have become extinct on the death of the fourth Baronet in 1762, although it was claimed by supposed descendants of the first Baronet in the 19th century.

Leman Baronets, of Northaw (1665)

  • Sir William Leman, 1st Baronet
    Sir William Leman, 1st Baronet
    Sir William Leman, 1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1645 and 1660.Leman was the son of WIlliam Leman of Beccles and his wife Alice. He was a woollen draper and a member of the Worshipful Company of Fishmongers...

     (d. 1667)
  • Sir William Leman, 2nd Baronet
    Sir William Leman, 2nd Baronet
    Sir William Leman, 2nd Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1690 to 1695.Leman was the son of Sir William Leman, 1st Baronet and his wife Rebecca Prescot, daughter of Edward Prescot, of Thoby, in Essex, and of London...

    (1637-1701)
  • Sir William Leman, 3rd Baronet (1685-1741)
  • Sir Tanfield Leman, 4th Baronet (1714-1762)
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