Briggs baronets

There have been two baronetcies created for persons with the surname Briggs, one in the Baronetage of England and one in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.

[1] His son, the second Baronet, was Member of Parliament for Wenlock in 1646 and High Sheriff of Shropshire in 1665.

The fourth Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Shropshire, Bridgnorth and Wenlock.

The fifth Baronet was High Sheriff of Shropshire in 1747.

The Briggs Baronetcy, of Briggs-Dayrell in the Island of Barbados, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 27 November 1871 for Thomas Briggs,[2] Member of the Executive Council of Barbados.