Wintour Baronets
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The Wintour Baronetcy, of Hodington
Huddington Court
Huddington Court is a 15th century manor house in Worcestershire, England, six miles east of Worcester. It is surrounded by a moat with a bridge and is painted white on the outside with prominent black beams on all walls. It has been described by Sir Nikolaus Pevsner as 'the most picturesque house...

 in the County of Worcester, was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 29 April 1642 for George Wintour. He was childless and the title became extinct on his death in 1658.

Wintour Baronets, of Hodington (1642)

  • Sir George Wintour, 1st Baronet (d. 1658). Wintour was the grandson of Robert Wintour, one of the plotters in the 1605 Gunpowder Plot
    Gunpowder Plot
    The Gunpowder Plot of 1605, in earlier centuries often called the Gunpowder Treason Plot or the Jesuit Treason, was a failed assassination attempt against King James I of England and VI of Scotland by a group of provincial English Catholics led by Robert Catesby.The plan was to blow up the House of...

    . He was created baronet, of Hodington
    Huddington Court
    Huddington Court is a 15th century manor house in Worcestershire, England, six miles east of Worcester. It is surrounded by a moat with a bridge and is painted white on the outside with prominent black beams on all walls. It has been described by Sir Nikolaus Pevsner as 'the most picturesque house...

     in the County of Worcester, in 1642. He married Lady Frances Talbot, daughter of John Talbot, 10th Earl of Shrewsbury
    John Talbot, 10th Earl of Shrewsbury
    John Talbot, 10th Earl of Shrewsbury, 10th Earl of Waterford was an English nobleman.He was the only child and son of John Talbot of Longford, Market Drayton, Shropshire John Talbot, 10th Earl of Shrewsbury, 10th Earl of Waterford (1601 - 8 February 1654) was an English nobleman.He was the only...

     and the Honourable Mary Fortescue. He was the last of the Winters to live at Huddington Court. He died without issue on 4 June 1658, when the baronetcy became extinct. Wintour bequeathed his estate to Francis Talbot, 11th Earl of Shrewsbury
    Francis Talbot, 11th Earl of Shrewsbury
    Francis Talbot, 11th Earl of Shrewsbury, 11th Earl of Waterford was an English peer, the second son of the 10th Earl of Shrewsbury....

    , and Gilbert Talbot.
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