Sir William Backhouse, 1st Baronet
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Sir William Backhouse, 1st Baronet (died 22 August 1669) was created a baronet in the Baronetage of England on 9 November 1660.[2] He was the son of the merchant Nicholas Backhouse of Widford, Hertfordshire, who served as Sheriff of London, and his wife Christian Williams.[3]
Backhouse married in 1662, as her second husband, his cousin Flower Bishop née Backhouse (1641–1700), heiress of William Backhouse of Swallowfield; her father had died that year.[4] He was High Sheriff of Berkshire for 1664–5. He died without issue, and the baronetcy became extinct in 1669.[1] Flower married, thirdly, Henry Hyde, Lord Cornbury.[4]