Coghill baronets of Coghill (1778)
baronetcy
The Coghill baronetcy, of Coghill in the East Riding of the County of York, was created in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 31 August 1778 for John Coghill, of Coghill Hall, Knaresborough. He had been Member of the Irish House of Commons for Belturbet. Born John Cramer, he was the eldest son of Balthazar John Cramer and his wife Judith, daughter of Brinsley Butler, 1st Viscount Lanesborough; and grandson of Oliver Cramer and his wife Hester, sister of Marmaduke Coghill, Chancellor of the Exchequer of Ireland. He succeeded in 1775 to the Coghill estates on the death of his cousin Hester, daughter and heiress of James Coghill and widow of Charles Moore, 1st Earl of Charleville. The same year he assumed by Royal licence the surname of Coghill in lieu of Cramer.
He was succeeded by his eldest son, the 2nd Baronet. He assumed the surname of Coghill in lieu of Cramer, by Royal licence in 1807. He never married.
He was succeeded by his younger brother, the 3rd Baronet, a vice-admiral in the Royal Navy. On succeeding to the title in 1817, he assumed the surname of Coghill in lieu of Cramer by Royal licence.
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