The Pickthorn Baronetcy, of Orford in the County of Suffolk, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 31 January 1959 for the Conservative Party

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 politician Kenneth Pickthorn. A former Master of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge

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, he was Member of Parliament

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 for Cambridge University

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 from 1935 to 1950, and for Carlton

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 from 1950 to 1966. As of 2010 the title is held by his grandson, the third Baronet James Pickthorn, who succeeded his father in 1995.

Pickthorn Baronets, Orford, Suffolk (1959)

• Sir Kenneth William Murray Pickthorn, 1st Baronet (1892–1975)
• Sir Charles William Richards Pickthorn, 2nd Baronet (1927–1995)
• Sir James Francis Mann Pickthorn, 3rd Baronet (b. 1955)