Wortley Baronets
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The Wortley Baronetcy, of Wortley in the County of York, was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 29 June 1611 for Francis Wortley
, who later sat as Member of Parliament
for East Retford
and supported the Royalist cause in the Civil War. The title became extinct on the death of the second Baronet in 1665.
Sir Francis Wortley, 1st Baronet
Sir Francis Wortley, 1st Baronet , poet who supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War.In 1610 Wortley was a commoner of Magdalen College, Oxford. He was created a baronet in 1611. He was Member of Parliament for East Retford in the 1624 and the 1625 Parliaments. He supported Charles II...
, who later 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 East Retford
East Retford (UK Parliament constituency)
East Retford was a parliamentary constituency in Nottinghamshire, which elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons for the first time in 1316, and continuously from 1571 until 1885, when the constituency was abolished...
and supported the Royalist cause in the Civil War. The title became extinct on the death of the second Baronet in 1665.
Wortley Baronets, of Wortley (1611)
- Sir Francis Wortley, 1st BaronetSir Francis Wortley, 1st BaronetSir Francis Wortley, 1st Baronet , poet who supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War.In 1610 Wortley was a commoner of Magdalen College, Oxford. He was created a baronet in 1611. He was Member of Parliament for East Retford in the 1624 and the 1625 Parliaments. He supported Charles II...
(c. 1592-1652) - Sir Francis Wortley, 2nd Baronet (d. 1665)