[2] Born Charles Van Notten, he was the son of Charles Van Notten, a merchant, of Amsterdam and London, (who was a descendant of Charles Van-Notten, who was created Lord of Ath and Van der Notten by Emperor Charles V, only son of Henry Van Notten, who was ennobled by Emperor Maximilian I in 1499) and his wife, Susanna Bosanquet.
His son, the second Baronet, sat as Tory Member of Parliament for Yarmouth and sold Wolverton House to the Duke of Wellington in 1837.
The third Baronet of Todenham House, Gloucestershire, was High Sheriff of Warwickshire in 1856.
He assumed in 1853 by Royal licence the additional surname of Van Notten.
The heir apparent is the present holder's son Michael van Notten Pole.