Sir Roger Martin, 3rd Baronet

Sir Roger Martin, 3rd Baronet
Baronet
Coat of arms of the Martins of Long Melford. Argent, a chevron between three mascles Sable within a bordure engrailed Gules. The red hand on an escutcheon signifies the arms of a baronet
Born 1689
Long Melford, Suffolk
Died 12 June 1762
Noble family Martin of Long Melford
Spouse(s) Sophia Mordaunt
Issue
Father Sir Roger Martin, 2nd Baronet
Mother Anna-Marie Harvey

Sir Roger Martin, 3rd Baronet (c. 1689 - 12 June 1762) was son of Sir Roger Martin, 2nd Baronet and Anna-Marie Harvey. He inherited his baronetcy from his father, who was the second Martin Baronet of Long Melford, upon his death in 1762.

Personal life

On 5 June 1739 Sir Roger married Sophia Mordaunt (1719 - 22 Dec 1752), daughter of the honourable Brigadier General Lewis Mordaunt of Massingham and niece of Charles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of Peterborough, and by her had one son and one daughter:

  • Sir Mordaunt Martin, 4th Baronet (1740 - 24 September 1815), who married first Everilda-Dorothea, daughter of Rev. William Smith of Burnham in Norfolk, and secondly Catherine, daughter of Armine Styleman of Snettisham in Norfolk.
  • Anne-Marie Martin (b. 1742), who married Louis Vigoreaux.

Sir Roger died on 12 June 1762, when his title passed to his eldest son.

References

    • Burke, John (1838), A genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies of England, Microform Ltd., p. 439
    • Debrett, John; Collen, George William ed. (1840), The baronetage of England. revised, corrected and continued, Oxford University, p. 373
    • Debrett, John; Courthorpe, William ed. (1839), The baronetage of England, J. G. & F. Rivington, p. 130
    • Burke, John; Courthorpe, William ed. (1832), A General and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage of the British Empire, Vol. 2, H. Colburn and R. Bentley, p. 147
    • Hervey, William, Clarenceux king of arms (1866), The visitation of Suffolke, Lowestoft, London: S. Tymms, Whittaker and co., pp. 230–231
    Baronetage of England
    Preceded by
    Roger Martin    		 Baronet
    (of Long Melford)
    1689 – 1762    		 Succeeded by
    Mordaunt Martin
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