The Duckworth baronetcy, of Topsham in the County of Devon, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 2 November 1813 for the naval commander John Thomas Duckworth.[1] The 2nd Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Exeter from 1845 to 1857. The title became extinct on his death in 1887.[2]

Duckworth baronets, of Topsham (1813)

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Duckworth, Sir John Thomas (1748-1817), History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org.
  2. 1 2 Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage: Comprising Information Concerning All Persons Bearing Hereditary Or Courtesy Titles, Knights, and Companions of All the Various Orders, and the Collateral Branches of All Peers and Baronets. Dean & Son, Limited. 1902. p. 189.
  3. 1 2 Foster, Joseph (1883). The Baronetage and Knightage of the British Empire. Westminster: Nichols and Sons. p. 192.
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