Windebank baronets

Arms
Az. on a chev. between three falcons volant or.[1]

History

The Windebank Baronetcy,[2] of Haines Hill in the County of Berkshire, was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 25 November 1645 for Thomas Windebank, Member of Parliament for Wootton Bassett and Clerk of the Signet.[1][3] He was the eldest son of Sir Francis Windebank, Secretary of State under Charles I.[3] The title became extinct on the death of the second Baronet in 1719.[1]

Windebank baronets, of Haines Hill (1645)

• Sir Thomas Windebank, 1st Baronet (born 1612)
• Sir Francis Windebank, 2nd Baronet (died 1719)

Notes

1. Burke & Burke 1838, p. 573.
2. Also spelt Windebanke Baronetcy
3. Pollard 1900, p. 165.

References

• Burke, John; Burke, Sir John Bernard (1838), A genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies, Scott, Webster, and Geary, p. 573
• Pollard, Albert Frederick (1900). "Windebank, Francis" . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. 62. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 162–166.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

Further reading

Leigh Rayment's list of baronets – Baronetcies beginning with "W" (part 3)