Bassett Family Association Database
Francis Basset
1757 - 1835 (77 years)-
Name Francis Basset Birth 9 Aug 1757 Walcot, Oxford 
Christening 7 Sep 1757 Gender Male _UID 0DC0579C23346B41AC6EE584B66E2A62F641 Death 14 Feb 1835 Tehidy, Cornwall, England Notes - Francis Basset was created a Baronet on November 24, 1779. He was named Lord de Dustanville of Tehidy Park in Cornwall on June 17, 1796. He was also named Lord Basset of Stratton in Cornwall. Upon his death the title of "de Dustanville" became extinct. The Barony of Basset and the Tehidy estates passed to his daughter, Frances.
"Following Sir Francis Basset's death on 14 Feb 1835, Tehidy passed to his spinster daughter Frances Basset. The Basset barony died with her (22 Jan 1855). Tehidy was inherited in succession by three grandsons of Francis Basset's younger brother John Basset - John Francis Basset (died 9 Feb 1869), Arthur Basset (died 7 May 1870), Gustavus Lambart Bassett (died 24 Jul 1888) - then passed to the son of this last, Arthur Francis Basset. It was he who had to sell the estate to pay his gambling debts, and then took all the papers out of the estate and burnt them."
According to John Collins
Person ID I575 58B Ancient Bassetts of England Last Modified 18 Dec 2017
Father Francis Basset, b. Imley, Northampton, England d. 17 Nov 1769, Tehidy, Cornwall, England Mother Margaret St. Aubyn d. 19 Oct 1768 Marriage 19 Oct 1756 Family ID F278 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Frances Susanna Coxe d. 14 Jun 1823 Marriage 16 May 1780 Children 1. Frances Basset, b. 1 May 1781 d. 22 Jan 1855 (Age 73 years) Family ID F293 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 9 Jan 2018
Family 2 Harriet Lemon Marriage 13 Jul 1824 Family ID F294 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 9 Jan 2018
- Francis Basset was created a Baronet on November 24, 1779. He was named Lord de Dustanville of Tehidy Park in Cornwall on June 17, 1796. He was also named Lord Basset of Stratton in Cornwall. Upon his death the title of "de Dustanville" became extinct. The Barony of Basset and the Tehidy estates passed to his daughter, Frances.