There have been two baronetcies created in the Baronetage of England for members of the Colepeper family (also known as Colpeper, Culpeper or Colepepper) of Kent and Sussex.
His grandson, the third Baronet, served as High Sheriff in 1704 and was Member of Parliament for Maidstone 1705–1713 and 1715–1723.
The Kent estates passed to his sister and via her second marriage to the Milner family.
The Baronetcy of Colepeper of Wakehurst, Sussex was created on 20 September 1628 for William Colepeper, of Wakehurst, a descendant of the senior line of the Bayhill family.
[2] He was High Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex in 1634 and represented East Grinstead in the Parliament of 1640.