# Colleton baronets

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{{short description|Extinct baronetcy in the Baronetage of England}}
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thumb|Escutcheon of the Colleton baronets of London<ref>{{cite book|last=Burke|first=Bernard|authorlink=Bernard Burke|editor=Ashworth P. Burke|title=A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage, the Privy Council, Knightage and Companionage|edition=65th|year=1903|publisher=Harrison and Sons|location=London|page=345}}</ref>
thumb|Arms of Colleton: ''Or, three stag's heads couped proper''<ref>Wotton, Thomas, Baronetage of England, 1771, Volume 2, Arms of Colleton Baronets; given elsewhere as ''roebuck's heads'', frequently interchangeable</ref>
The '''Colleton Baronetcy''', of London, was a title in the [Baronetage of England](/source/Baronetage_of_England). It was created on 18 February 1661 for [John Colleton](/source/Sir_John_Colleton%2C_1st_Baronet), in reward for his support for the Royalist cause during the [Civil War](/source/English_Civil_War). The second Baronet represented [Bossiney](/source/Bossiney_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) in Parliament. The title became extinct on the death of the ninth Baronet in 1938.

==Colleton baronets, of London (1661)==
*[Sir John Colleton, 1st Baronet](/source/Sir_John_Colleton%2C_1st_Baronet) ({{circa|1608}}–1667)<ref name="Cokayne">{{cite book |last1=Cokayne |first1=George Edward |title=Complete Baronetage |date=1903 |publisher=W. Pollard & Co., Ltd. |location=Exeter |pages=161-163|volume=III |url=https://archive.org/details/cu31924092524390/page/n180/mode/1up}}</ref>
*[Sir Peter Colleton, 2nd Baronet](/source/Sir_Peter_Colleton%2C_2nd_Baronet) (1635–1694)<ref name="Cokayne"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Colleton, Sir Peter, 2nd Bt. (1635-94), of Exmouth, Devon and Golden Square, Westminster. History of Parliament |url=https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1660-1690/member/colleton-sir-peter-1635-94 |website=historyofparliamentonline.org}}</ref>
*Sir John Colleton, 3rd Baronet (1669–1754)<ref name="Cokayne"/>
*Sir John Colleton, 4th Baronet (1738–1778)<ref name="Cokayne"/>
*Sir John Snell Colleton, 5th Baronet (1775–1801)<ref name="Cokayne"/>
*Sir James Nassau Colleton, 6th Baronet (1752–1815)<ref name="Cokayne"/>
*Sir James Roupell Colleton, 7th Baronet (1783–1848)<ref name="Cokayne"/>
*Sir Robert Augustus Fulford Graves Colleton, 8th Baronet (1824–1866)<ref name="Cokayne"/>
*Sir Robert Augustus William Colleton, 9th Baronet (1854–1938), who left no heir.<ref name="Cokayne"/><ref>{{Who's Who|title=Colleton, Sir Robert (Augustus William)|id=U207729}}</ref>

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