Hampson baronets

Canting arms of Hampson: Argent, three hemp-brakes sable[1] These arms occurred frequently repeated in the cornice of the screen of the now demolished Hampson Chapel, built in the 1630s, in the north aisle of St Nicholas's' Church, Taplow[2]

The Hampson Baronetcy, of Taplow in the County of Buckingham, was a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created by King Charles I on 3 June 1642 for Thomas Hampson, second son of Sir Robert Hampson (1537-1607) one of the two Sheriffs of the City of London in 1599, knighted by King James I in 1603.[3] The third Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Chipping Wycombe in 1685.[4] The tenth Baronet was an entomologist. The title became extinct on the death of the twelfth Baronet in 1969.

Hampson baronets, of Taplow (1642)

References

  1. Betham, William, History of the English Baronets, Volume 2, London, 1802, pp.5-8, Hampson Baronets
  2. Lysons, Magna Britannia, 1806
  3. Wotton, Thomas, The English Baronets, Volume 2, London, 1741, pp.295-7, Hampson Baronets
  4. History of Parliament biography
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