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{{short description|Extinct baronetcy in the Baronetage of England}}

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The '''Fust Baronetcy''', of Hill in the [County of Gloucester](/source/County_of_Gloucester), was a title in the [Baronetage of England](/source/Baronetage_of_England). It was created on 21 August 1662 for Edward Fust, who had earlier fought as a [Royalist](/source/Royalist) in the [Civil War](/source/English_Civil_War). The title became extinct on the death of the sixth Baronet in 1779.<ref name="Burke">{{cite book |last1=Burke |first1=John & Bernard |title=A Genealogical & Heraldic History of the Extinct & Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland & Scotland |date=1841 |page=212}}</ref>

The 2nd, 3rd and 4th baronets all served as [High Sheriff of Gloucestershire](/source/High_Sheriff_of_Gloucestershire) (in 1675, 1703 and 1718 respectively).

==Fust baronets, of Hill (1662)==
thumb|Escutcheon of the Fust baronets of Hill

===Sir Edward Fust, 1st Baronet (1606–1674)===
He was the son of Richard Fust (d. 1613), a London grocer, and his first wife Agnes, daughter of John Hyde of St Dunstan in the East, grocer.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Foster |first1=Joseph |title=London Marriage Licences 1521-1869 |date=1887 |page=520}}</ref><ref name="VISIT">{{cite book |title=The Visitation of the County of Gloucester 1682-3 |date=1884 |page=67}}</ref> His father acquired the manor of [Hill, Gloucestershire](/source/Hill%2C_Gloucestershire) from his brother-in-law [Henry Fleetwood](/source/Henry_Fleetwood_(Aylesbury_MP)),<ref name="RUDDER">{{cite book |last1=Rudder |first1=Samuel |title=A New History of Gloucestershire |date=1779 |page=500 |edition=2006 fac.}}</ref> who was deeply in debt.<ref>{{ HistoryofParliament|1604|auth=John. P. Ferris / Rosemary Sgroi|title=FLEETWOOD, Henry (1561–1638), of Gray's Inn, London and Langley Marish, Bucks.|url=https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1604-1629/member/fleetwood-henry-1561-1638|accessdate=24 January 2022}}</ref> He married Bridget, daughter of [Sir Thomas Denton of Hillesden, Buckinghamshire](/source/Thomas_Denton_(died_1633)) in 1631.<ref>{{cite book |title=Gloucestershire Notes & Queries IV |date=1890 |page=106}}</ref> [John Smith (steward of Berkeley)](/source/John_Smith_(steward_of_Berkeley)) described him as 'an understanding gent'.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Smyth |first1=John |title=The Berkeley Manuscripts III |date=1885 |page=225}}</ref> According to [Thomas Rudge](/source/Thomas_Rudge), 'Edward Fust was an eminent loyalist
during the civil war, and his zealous services procured him the dignity of Baronet',<ref>{{cite book |last1=Rudge |first1=Thomas |title=The history of the county of Gloucester; compressed, and brought down to the year 1803 vol. 2 |date=1803 |page=254}}</ref> although he did not obtain that rank until August 1662.<ref name="RUDDER" /> His will mentioned his heir John, another son Richard and two married daughters, Eleanor married to George Bennett of Bath and Margaret married to [Ralph Ironside](/source/Ralph_Ironside).<ref>{{cite web |title=Will of Edward Fult of Hull, Gloucestershire |url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D706478}}</ref> He died in April 1674 and was buried at Hill, where he had built a chapel for family burials.<ref name="RUDDER" /> His wife died shortly after.<ref>{{cite web |title=Will of Dame Bridgett Fust, Widow of Hill, Gloucestershire |url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D707308}}</ref>

===Sir John Fust, 2nd Baronet (1637–1699)===
He matriculated at [Oriel College, Oxford](/source/Oriel_College%2C_Oxford) in 1658<ref name=ALUMNI>{{cite book |last1=Foster |first1=Joseph |title='Flooke-Fyrmin', in Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714 |date=1891 |edition=British History Online |url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/alumni-oxon/1500-1714/pp510-541}}</ref> and married Elizabeth, daughter of [Sir Richard Cocks](/source/Cocks_baronets) of [Dumbleton](/source/Dumbleton), Gloucestershire<ref name=BIGLAND>{{cite book |last1=Frith |first1=Brian |title=Bigland's Collections for Gloucestershire |date=1990 |page=520}}</ref> in 1666. He served as sheriff of Gloucestershire in 1675,<ref>{{cite book |last1=Rudder |title=A New History of Gloucestershire |page=54}}</ref> the year after he succeeded to the baronetcy. He died in 1699 and was buried at Hill, his wife survived him and their son, dying in 1717.<ref name="VISIT" />

===Sir Edward Fust, 3rd Baronet (1667–1713)===
He was the only one of his parents' children to survive infancy<ref name="Burke" /> and matriculated at Oriel College, Oxford in 1685.<ref name="ALUMNI" /> He served as sheriff in 1703.<ref name="RUDDER" />

He married 4 times:<ref name="VISIT" />
#Anne Mary, daughter of Thomas Stephens of Lypiatt
#*Elizabeth married Thomas Warner of Paganhill, Gloucestershire
#Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of [William Mohun](/source/William_Mohun) of Portishead, Somerset
#*Edward, 4th baronet
#Catherine, daughter of Francis Mohun of Fleet, Dorset
#*Catherine (1704–1754)
#*Francis, 5th baronet
#Susanna, daughter of Richard Cocks of Dumbleton and widow of Roger Thompson, a London merchant. Susan was his mother's niece.

===Sir Edward Fust, 4th Baronet (1693–1728)===
He served as sheriff for Gloucestershire in 1718<ref name="RUDDER" /> and in 1722 unsuccessfully stood in the parliamentary election for Gloucester.<ref>{{HistoryofParliament|1715|title=Gloucester|auth=Shirley Matthews|url=https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1715-1754/constituencies/gloucester|accessdate=27 January 2022}}</ref> He married Dorothy, the daughter of his stepmother Susanna and her first husband Roger Thompson.<ref name="VISIT" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Will of Roger Thompson, Merchant of Tower Street, Middlesex |url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D789651}}</ref> He died in February 1728.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Blacker |first1=B.H. |title=Gloucestershire notes and queries vol. 2 |date=1882 |page=648}}</ref> He had several children, but all died young. The last, Elizabeth, died aged 7 in 1725 after being inoculated for smallpox.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Johnson |first1=Richard |last2=Kimber |first2=Edward |title=The Baronetage of England |date=1771 |page=262}}</ref> he was succeeded by his half-brother. His widow married Gilbert Maximilian Mohun of Fleet, the first cousin of the 5th baronet.<ref name="Burke" />

===Sir Francis Fust, 5th Baronet (1705–1769)===
He married Fanny, daughter of Nicholas Tooker of Bristol, merchant.<ref name="Burke" /> His pride in his descent was demonstrated by the bookplates he used for his library, the larger version of which displays 40 quarterings.<ref>{{cite book |title=Gloucestershire Notes and Queries vol. 2 |page=578}}</ref> He was succeeded by his eldest son.

===Sir John Fust, 6th Baronet (1726–1779)===
According to his funeral monument, he was 'of the middle Stature, of a benign and comely Countenance expressive of his Mind, which was active, amiable, and generous'. The same source suggests that he was prevented from following a military career by his father, but held a captain's commission under Earl Berkeley during the [alarm of 1745](/source/Jacobite_rising_of_1745). Thereafter he retired from public life and lived as a 'liberal, benevolent, country Gentleman'.<ref>{{cite book |title=Bigland's Collections for Gloucestershire |page=740}}</ref> He married Philippa, daughter of John Hamilton of Chilsom, Kent and great-niece of [James Hamilton, 6th Earl of Abercorn](/source/James_Hamilton%2C_6th_Earl_of_Abercorn). She was responsible for erecting his monument. On her death the estate descended to Sir John's niece Fanny, the only daughter of his younger brother Denton (1738–78).<ref>{{cite book |title=Gloucestershire Notes & Queries IV |pages=125–6}}</ref>

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