Baron Basset

The title Baron Basset, of Stratton, co. Cornwall, was created in the Peerage of Great Britain in 1797 for Francis Basset, who had already been created Baron de Dunstanville a year earlier and a baronet in 1779. The 1797 creation was able to pass through the female line and did so, to his daughter, on his death in 1835. The title became extinct on the second baroness's death in 1855 [For more information see the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography article by Roland Thorne, ‘Basset, Francis, Baron de Dunstanville and first Baron Basset (1757–1835)’ online edn, Oct 2006 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/1637] , accessed 30 June 2007.] ..

Basset Baronet of Tehidy, Cornwall (1779)

*Sir Francis Basset, 1st Baronet (1757-1835), later created Baron de Dunstanville and Baron Basset.

Baron de Dunstanville (1796)

*Francis Basset, 1st Baron de Dunstanville (1757-1835), title extinct.

Barons Basset (1797)

*Francis Basset, 1st Baron de Dunstanville, 1st Baron Basset (1757-1835)
*Frances Basset, 2nd Baroness Basset (1781-1855)

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