The Whichcote Baronetcy, of the Inner Temple in the City of London, was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 2 April 1660 to reward Jeremy Whichcote for his services to the exiled King Charles II

Charles II of England

Charles II was monarch of the three kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland.Charles II's father, King Charles I, was executed at Whitehall on 30 January 1649, at the climax of the English Civil War...

. Whichcote, previously Solicitor-General to Prince Rupert of the Rhine

Prince Rupert of the Rhine

Rupert, Count Palatine of the Rhine, Duke of Bavaria, 1st Duke of Cumberland, 1st Earl of Holderness , commonly called Prince Rupert of the Rhine, KG, FRS was a noted soldier, admiral, scientist, sportsman, colonial governor and amateur artist during the 17th century...

, bought the post of Warden of Fleet Prison

Fleet Prison

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 and, during the Commonwealth, was able to shelter the king’s friends and agents in this way.

The third Baronet sat as Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 for Cambridgeshire

Cambridgeshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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. The seventh Baronet was High Sheriff of Lincolnshire

High Sheriff of Lincolnshire

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 in 1837. The ninth Baronet was High Sheriff of Lincolnshire in 1900. The title became extinct on the death of the tenth Baronet in 1949.

Benjamin Whichcote

Benjamin Whichcote

Benjamin Whichcote was a British Establishment and Puritan divine, Provost of King's College, Cambridge, and leader of the Cambridge Platonists.-Life:...

 was the elder brother of the first Baronet.

Whichcote Baronets, of the Inner Temple (1660)

• Sir Jeremy Whichcote, 1st Baronet (c. 1614-1677)
• Sir Paul Whichcote, 2nd Baronet (1643-1721)
• Sir Francis Whichcote, 3rd Baronet (c. 1692-1775)
• Sir Christopher Whichcote, 4th Baronet (1738-1786)
• Sir Thomas Whichcote, 5th Baronet (1763-1828)
• Sir Thomas Whichcote, 6th Baronet (1787-1829)
• Sir Thomas Whichcote, 7th Baronet (1813-1892)
• Sir George Whichcote, 8th Baronet (1817-1893)
• Sir George Whichcote, 9th Baronet (1870-1946)
• Sir Hugh Christopher Whichcote, 10th Baronet (1874-1949)