Janssen Baronets

The Janssen Baronetcy, of Wimbledon in the County of Surrey, was a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. It was created on 11 March 1715 for the Dutch-born financier Theodore Janssen, who also represented Yarmouth in the House of Commons. The second Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Dorchester while the fourth and last Baronet was Member of Parliament for the City of London and a Lord Mayor of London. The title became extinct on the latter's death in 1777.

The last baronet's daughter Henrietta Janssen (d. 29 July 1840 Twickenham, aged 87) married Lorenzo Moore MP for Dungarvan in Ireland, and had issue including General Sir Lorenzo Moore whose daughter Zakyntha married into the Boyle family in 1849.

Jansen Baronets, of Wimbledon (1715)

*Sir Theodore Janssen, 1st Baronet (c. 1658-1748)
*Sir Abraham Janssen, 2nd Baronet (c. 1699-1765)
*Sir Henry Janssen, 3rd Baronet (d. 1766)
*Sir Stephen Theodore Janssen, 4th Baronet (d. 1777)

References

* [http://www.leighrayment.com/Baronetage.htm Leigh Rayment' s baronetage page]