The Knighton Baronetcy, of Carlston in the County of Dorset, was a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 1 January 1813 for the physician William Knighton. He was later Private Secretary to the Sovereign to George IV. The title became extinct on the death of the second Baronet in 1885.

Escutcheon of the Knighton baronets of Carlston

Knighton baronets, of Carlston (1813) edit

References edit

  1. ^ Foster, Joseph (1883). The Baronetage and Knightage of the British Empire. Westminster: Nichols and Sons. p. 365.
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by  
Knighton baronets
of Carlston

1 January 1813
Succeeded by