Wharton Baronets
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The Wharton Baronetcy, of Kirby Kendall in the County of Westmorland, was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 19 December 1677 for the Royalist soldier and astrologer George Wharton
. The title became extinct on the death of the second Baronet sometime before 1741.
Sir George Wharton, 1st Baronet
Sir George Wharton, 1st Baronet was an English Royalist soldier and astrologer, also known as a poet.-Life:He was the son of a blacksmith in Westmorland. He went to Oxford to study, though not admitted to the University. He then returned to Westmorland, and in 1642 sold his family property, and...
. The title became extinct on the death of the second Baronet sometime before 1741.
Wharton Baronets, of Kirby Kendall (1677)
- Sir George Wharton, 1st BaronetSir George Wharton, 1st BaronetSir George Wharton, 1st Baronet was an English Royalist soldier and astrologer, also known as a poet.-Life:He was the son of a blacksmith in Westmorland. He went to Oxford to study, though not admitted to the University. He then returned to Westmorland, and in 1642 sold his family property, and...
(1617-1681) - Sir Polycarpus Wharton, 2nd Baronet (c. 1652-by 1741)