Lennard Baronets
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There have been two Baronetcies created for persons with the surname Lennard, one in the Baronetage of England and one in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. Both creations are extinct.

The Lennard Baronetcy, of West Wickham in the County of Kent, was created in the Baronetage of England on 15 August 1642 for Stephen Lennard. The second Baronet sat as Member of Parliament
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 for Winchelsea
Winchelsea (UK Parliament constituency)
Winchelsea was a parliamentary constituency in Sussex, which elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons from 1366 until 1832, when it was abolished by the Great Reform Act.-Boundaries:...

 and Kent
Kent (UK Parliament constituency)
Kent was a parliamentary constituency covering the county of Kent in southeast England. It returned two "knights of the shire" to the House of Commons by the bloc vote system from the year 1290...

. The third Baronet was Member of Parliament for Hythe
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. The title became extinct on his death in 1727.

The Lennard Baronetcy, of Wickham Court in the County of Kent, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 6 May 1880 for Colonel John Lennard. The title became extinct on the death of the third Baronet in 1980.

Lennard Baronets, of West Wickham (1642)

  • Sir Stephen Lennard, 1st Baronet (c. 1604-1680)
  • Sir Stephen Lennard, 2nd Baronet
    Sir Stephen Lennard, 2nd Baronet
    Sir Stephen Lennard, 2nd Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England in two periods between 1681 and 1701 and in the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1708 to 1710....

     (1637-1709)
  • Sir Samuel Lennard, 3rd Baronet (1672-1727)

Lennard Baronets, of Wickham Court (1880)

  • Sir John Farnaby Lennard, 1st Baronet (1816-1899)
  • Sir Henry Arthur Hallam Farnaby Lennard, 2nd Baronet (1859-1928)
  • Sir Stephen Arthur Hallam Farnaby Lennard, 3rd Baronet (1899-1980)
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