The Blackwell Baronetcy, of Sprowston in the County of Norfolk, was a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain.

The baronetcy was created on 16 July 1718 for Sir Lambert Blackwell, Kt of Sprowston Hall near Norwich, Norfolk.[1] Descended from the Blackwells of Surrey, he was a younger son of John Blackwell of Mortlake. He was Knight Harbinger and Gentleman of the Privy Chamber to William III by whom he was knighted in 1697. He was a director of the South Sea Company and Member of Parliament for Wilton 1708-10. The baronetcy became extinct on the death of his grandson, the third Baronet, in 1801.

Blackwell baronets, of Sprowston (1718)

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  1. ^ Cokayne, George Edward, ed. (1906), Complete Baronetage volume 5 (1707–1800), vol. 5, Exeter: William Pollard and Co, retrieved 9 October 2018
  • A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland, and Scotland. John Burke (1832) p64. Google Books