The Hanson baronetcy, of Fowey in the County of Cornwall, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 6 July 1918 for Charles Hanson, Lord Mayor of London for 1917/8. He was Member of Parliament for Bodmin from 1916 to 1922.
Hanson baronets of Fowey (1918) Sir Charles Augustin Hanson, 1st Baronet (1846–1922) Sir Charles Hanson, 2nd Baronet (1874–1958). The son of the 1st Baronet, he was Lord Lieutenant of the City of London in 1910 and High Sheriff of Cornwall in 1936. Sir (Charles) John Hanson, 3rd Baronet (1919–1996) Sir (Charles) Rupert Patrick Hanson, 4th Baronet (born 1945)
The heir apparent is the present holder's son Alexis Charles Hanson (born 1978).
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