Vavasour baronets

See also: Vavasour family

There have been five baronetcies created for persons with the surname Vavasour, three in the Baronetage of England and two in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. As of 2008 four of the creations are extinct while one is extant.

• Vavasour Baronets of Hazlewood (1628)
• Vavasour Baronets of Killingthorpe (1631): see Sir Charles Vavasour, 1st Baronet (died 1644)^[1][2]
• Vavasour baronets of Copmanthorpe (1643): see Sir William Vavasour, 1st Baronet (died 1659)^[3][4]
• Vavasour Baronets of Spaldington (1801)
• Vavasour baronets, of Hazlewood (second creation, 1828)

Citations and sources

Citations

1. Burke & Burke 1844, p. 544, right column, line 1: "Vavasour, of Killingthorpe. Created 22th June 1631.—Extinct about 1665."
2. Cokayne 1902, p. 78, line 32: "Charles Vavasour, or Vavasor: cr. 22 June 1631 with a spec. clause as to precedency; ex. Feb. 1643/4."
3. Burke & Burke 1844, p. 544, right column, line 10: "Vavasor, of Copmanthorpe. Created 17th July 1643.—Extinct 18th February 1659."
4. Cokayne 1902, p. 212, line 12: "Vavasour, or Vavasor: cr. 17th July 1643; ex. 18 Feb. 1659 'William Vavasor of Yorkshire, Esq.' i.e. of Copmanthorpe in that county, br [brother] of Sir Charles Vavasour, Bart. ..."

Sources

• Burke, John; Burke, Bernard (1844). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland and Scotland (2nd ed.). London: John Russell Smith.
• Cokayne, George Edward (1902). Complete Baronetage, 1611 to 1800. Vol. 2 (1st ed.). Exeter: William Pollard & Co. OCLC 866278985. – 1625 to 1649