Preston baronets of Furness (1644)
The Preston baronetcy, of Furness in the County of Lancaster, was created in the Baronetage of England on 1 April 1644 for George Preston, son of John Preston (died c.1642) of Gray's Inn, and a Royalist of the English Civil War.[2][3] He was descended from the de Preston family which during the reign of King Henry II (1154–1189) was seated at Preston Richard and Preston Patrick in Westmorland.[4]
Preston baronets, of Furness (1644)[edit]
- Sir John Preston, 1st Baronet (1617–1645)[2]
- Sir John Preston, 2nd Baronet (died 1663)[2]
- Sir Thomas Preston, 3rd Baronet (c. 1641–1709), a former Catholic priest who was survived by two daughters from his second marriage, to Mary, daughter of Caryll Molyneux, 3rd Viscount Molyneux. The baronetcy became extinct on his death.[2][4]
Notes[edit]
- ^ Burke, Bernard (1884). The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales: Comprising a Registry of Armorial Bearings from the Earliest to the Present Time. Wm. Clowes & Sons for the Publishers, Burke's Peerage, in conjunction with Shaw Publishing Company. p. 822.
- ^ a b c d Cokayne, George Edward (1902). Complete Baronetage. Vol. II. Exeter: W. Pollard & Co., Ltd. p. 220.
- ^ "John Preston (PRSN587J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ a b Burke, John; Burke, Bernard (1844). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland, and Scotland. W. Clowes. pp. 424–428.