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(Redirected from Fowell Baronets) Title in the Baronetage of England

Arms of Fowell: Argent, a chevron sable on a chief gules three mullets pierced of the first

The Fowell Baronetcy, of Fowellscombe in the County of Devon, was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 30 April 1661 for Edmund Fowell of Fowelscombe in the parish of Ugborough, Devon, previously Member of Parliament for Ashburton. The second Baronet also represented Ashburton in Parliament. The third Baronet was Member of Parliament for Totnes. The title became extinct on his death in 1692.

Fowell baronets, of Fowellscombe (1661)

References

  1. Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p. 369
  2. Burke, John; Burke, Bernard, eds. (1838). A genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies of England. pp. 207–208.
  3. Henning, B.D., ed. (1983). "FOWELL, John (1623-77), of Washbourne, Harberton, Devon.". The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1660-1690.
  4. Hayton, D.; Cruickshanks, E.; Handley, S., eds. (2002). "FOWELL, Sir John, 3rd Bt. (1665-92), of Fowellscombe, Ugborough, Devon". The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1690-1715.
  5. Colburn, H., ed. (1847). Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry. p. 437.
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