Reckitt Baronets
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The Reckitt Baronetcy, of Swanland Manor in the Parish of North Ferriby in the East Riding of the County of York, was a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 17 July 1894 for the businessman and philanthropist James Reckitt. The second Baronet sat as 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 Pontefract
Pontefract (UK Parliament constituency)
Pontefract was an English parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Pontefract in the West Riding of Yorkshire, which returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons briefly in the 13th century and again from 1621 until 1885, and one member from 1885 to 1974.-In the unreformed...

 and Brigg
Brigg (UK Parliament constituency)
Brigg was a county constituency centred on the town of Brigg in North Lincolnshire. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first-past-the-post voting system....

. The title became extinct on the death of the third Baronet in 1944.

Reckitt Baronets, of Swanland Manor (1894)

  • Sir James Reckitt, 1st Baronet (1833-1924)
  • Sir Harold James Reckitt, 2nd Baronet
    Sir Harold Reckitt, 2nd Baronet
    Sir Harold James Reckitt was a British politician. He was the Member of Parliament for Pontefract from February to June, 1883. He was MP for Brigg from 1895 to 1907.- External links :...

    (1868-1930)
  • Sir Bealby Reckitt, 3rd Baronet (1873-1944)
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