Makins Baronets
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The Makins Baronetcy, of Rotherfield Court in Henley-on-Thames in the County of Oxford, was a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 9 January 1903 for William Makins, Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...

 for South Essex, South East Essex
South East Essex (UK Parliament constituency)
South East Essex was a parliamentary constituency in Essex in the East of England...

 and Walthamstow
Walthamstow (UK Parliament constituency)
Walthamstow is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.- 1885–1918 :...

. The title became extinct on the death of the fourth Baronet in 1999.

Another member of the Makins family was Roger Makins, 1st Baron Sherfield
Roger Makins, 1st Baron Sherfield
Roger Mellor Makins, 1st Baron Sherfield, GCB, GCMG, FRS , was a British diplomat who served as British Ambassador to the United States from 1953 to 1956....

. He was the grandson of Henry Francis Makins, younger brother of Sir William Makins, 1st Baronet.

Makins Baronets, of Rotherfield Court (1903)

  • Sir William Thomas Makins, 1st Baronet
    Sir William Makins, 1st Baronet
    Sir William Thomas Makins, 1st Baronet was a barrister and Conservative politician.Makins was the eldest son of Charles Makins of St. Mark's, Woodhouse, Leeds. He was educated at Harrow School, and at Trinity College, Cambridge. He was called to the bar at Middle Temple in 1862 and went on the...

    (1840-1906)
  • Sir Paul Augustine Makins, 2nd Baronet (1871-1939)
  • Sir William Vivian Makins, 3rd Baronet (1903-1969)
  • Sir Paul Vivian Makins, 4th Baronet (1913-1999)
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