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Sir James Rankin, 1st Baronet
Sir James Rankin, 1st Baronet (25 December 1842 – 17 April 1915) was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was Member of Parliament for Leominster from 1880 to 1885, and from 1886 until the general election of 1906, losing the seat by only 28 votes to the Liberal candidate. He regained the seat in January 1910 and resigned in March 1912. He was made a Baronet on 20 June 1898, of Bryngwyn (Bryngwyn Manor, near Wormelow Tump),
. The title became extinct on his death in 1960.
Rankin baronets, of Bryngwyn (1898).
- Sir James Rankin, 1st Baronet (1842–1915)
- Sir (James) Reginald Lea Rankin, 2nd Baronet (1871–1931)
- Sir Hugh Charles Rhys Rankin, 3rd Baronet (1899–1988)
- Sir Ian Niall Rankin, 4th Baronet (born 1932)
The heir apparent to the baronetcy is Gavin Niall Rankin (born 1962), eldest son of the 4th Baronet. His heir apparent is