Morshead Baronets
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The Morshead Baronetcy, of Trenant Park in the County of Cornwall, was a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. It was created on 22 January 1784 for John Morshead, Member of Parliament
for Callington
and Bodmin
and Lord Warden of the Stannaries
. The title became extinct on the death of the third Baronet in 1905.
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 Callington
Callington (UK Parliament constituency)
Callington was a rotten borough in Cornwall which returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons in the English and later British Parliament from 1585 to 1832, when it was abolished by the Reform Act 1832.-History:...
and Bodmin
Bodmin (UK Parliament constituency)
Bodmin was the name of a parliamentary constituency in Cornwall from 1295 until 1983. Initially, it was a parliamentary borough, which returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of England and later the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until the 1868 general...
and Lord Warden of the Stannaries
Lord Warden of the Stannaries
The Lord Warden of the Stannaries used to exercise judicial and military functions in Cornwall, United Kingdom, and is still the official who, upon the commission of the monarch or Duke of Cornwall for the time being, has the function of calling a Stannary Parliament of tinners...
. The title became extinct on the death of the third Baronet in 1905.
Morshead Baronets, of Trenant Park (1784)
- Sir John Morshead, 1st Baronet (1747-1813)
- Sir Frederick Treise Morshead, 2nd Baronet (1783-1828)
- Sir Warwick Charles Morshead, 3rd Baronet (1824-1905)