Baronets are a rank in the British aristocracy. The current Baronetage of the United Kingdom has replaced the earlier Baronetages of England, Nova Scotia, Ireland, and Great Britain.
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King James I created the hereditary Order of Baronets in England on 22 May 1611, for the settlement of Ireland. He offered the dignity to 200 gentlemen of good birth, with a clear estate of ₤1,000 a year, on condition that each one should pay a sum equivalent to three years' pay to 30 soldiers at 8d per day per man (total – £1,095) into the King's Exchequer.
The Baronetage of England comprises all baronetcies created in the Kingdom of England before the Act of Union in 1707. In that year, the Baronetage of England and the Baronetage of Nova Scotia were replaced by the Baronetage of Great Britain.
The extant baronetcies are listed below in order of precedence (i.e. date). All other baronetcies, including extinct, dormant (D), unproven (U), under review (R) or forfeit, are on a separate list of baronetcies.
The baronetcy lists include any peerage titles which are held by the baronet.
To be recognised as a baronet, it is necessary to prove a claim of succession. When this has been done, the name is entered on The Official Roll. This was ordained by Royal Warrant in February 1910. [1] Those who have not so proven are shown below as unproven or under review or dormant. A baronetcy is considered dormant if, five years after the death of the previous incumbent, no heir has come forward to claim it.
No | Title | Creation | Other titles |
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001 | Bacon of Redgrave | 22 May 1611 | now also Bacon baronets of Mildenhall, since 1755 |
002 | Shirley of Staunton | 22 May 1611 | Earl Ferrers |
003 | Pelham of Laughton | 22 May 1611 | Earl of Chichester |
004 | Hoghton, now de Hoghton of Hoghton Tower | 22 May 1611 | |
005 | Hobart-Hampden of Intwood | 22 May 1611 | Earl of Buckinghamshire |
006 | Gerard of Bryn | 22 May 1611 | Baron Gerard |
007 | St John of Lydiard Tregoze | 22 May 1611 | Viscount Bolingbroke; the baronetcy is shown as "Dormant" on the Official Roll of the Baronetage* |
008 | Shelley of Michaelgrove | 22 May 1611 | |
009 | Musgrave of Hartley Castle | 29 June 1611 | |
010 | Seymour of Berry Pomeroy | 29 June 1611 | Duke of Somerset |
011 | Finch of Eastwell | 29 June 1611 | Earl of Winchilsea and Nottingham |
012 | Monson of Carleton | 29 June 1611 | Baron Monson |
013 | Wodehouse of Wilberhall | 29 June 1611 | Earl of Kimberley |
014 | Harington of Ridlington | 29 June 1611 | the baronetcy is shown as "Vacant" on the Official Roll of the Baronetage* |
015 | Brudenell of Deen | 29 June 1611 | Marquess of Ailesbury |
016 | Mordaunt of Massingham Parva | 29 June 1611 | |
017 | Devereux of Castle Bromwich | 25 November 1611 | Viscount Hereford |
018 | Dormer of Wing | 10 June 1615 | Baron Dormer; the baronetcy is shown as "Vacant" on the Official Roll of the Baronetage* |
019 | Egerton of Oulton | 5 April 1617 | |
020 | Townshend of Rainham | 16 April 1617 | Marquess Townshend |
021 | Lyttelton of Frankley | 25 June 1618 | Viscount Cobham |
022 | Hicks, now Hicks Beach of Beverston | 21 July 1619 | Earl St Aldwyn |
023 | Berney of Parkhall | 5 May 1620 | |
024 | Gower of Sittersham | 2 June 1620 | Duke of Sutherland |
025 | Philipps of Picton Castle | 9 November 1621 | Viscount St Davids |
026 | Wake of Clevedon | 5 December 1621 | |
027 | Hotham of Scorborough | 4 January 1622 | Baron Hotham |
028 | Mansel of Muddlescombe | 14 January 1622 | |
029 | Grosvenor of Eaton | 23 February 1622 | Duke of Westminster |
030 | Gage of Firle Place | 26 March 1622 | Viscount Gage |
031 | Cooper of Rockbourne | 4 July 1622 | Earl of Shaftesbury |
032 | Hazlerigg of Noseley | 21 July 1622 | Baron Hazlerigg; the baronetcy is shown as "Dormant" on the Official Roll of the Baronetage* |
033 | Skipwith of Prestwould | 20 December 1622 | |
034 | Sebright of Besford | 20 December 1626 | the baronetcy is shown as "Dormant" on the Official Roll of the Baronetage* |
035 | Style of Wateringbury | 21 April 1627 | the baronetcy is shown as "Dormant" on the Official Roll of the Baronetage* |
036 | Isham of Lamport | 30 May 1627 | |
037 | Bagot of Blithfield | 31 May 1627 | Baron Bagot; the baronetcy is shown as "Dormant" on the Official Roll of the Baronetage* |
037 | Stanley of Bickerstaff | 26 June 1627 | Earl of Derby |
038 | Bacon of Mildenhall | 29 July 1627 | now also Bacon baronets of Redgrave, since 1755 |
039 | Stonhouse of Radley | 7 May 1628 | also Stonhouse baronets of Radley (1670) |
040 | Wrey of Trebitch | 13 June 1628 | |
041 | Trelawny, now Salusbury-Trelawny of Trelawny | 1 July 1628 | |
042 | Wiseman of Canfield Hall | 29 August 1628 | |
043 | Nightingale of Newport Pond | 1 September 1628 | |
044 | Pole of Shute | 12 September 1628 | |
045 | Wolseley of Wolseley | 24 November 1628 | |
046 | Grimston of Little Waltham | 2 March 1629 | Earl of Verulam |
047 | Graham of Esk | 29 March 1629 | the baronetcy is shown as "Dormant" on the Official Roll of the Baronetage* |
048 | Every of Eggington | 26 May 1641 | |
049 | Cave, now Cave-Browne-Cave of Stanford | 30 June 1641 | |
050 | Bampfylde of Poltimore | 14 July 1641 | Baron Poltimore |
051 | Thynne of Cause Castle | 14 July 1641 | Marquess of Bath |
052 | Northcote of Hayne | 16 July 1641 | Earl of Iddesleigh |
053 | Strickland, now Strickland-Constable of Boynton | 30 July 1641 | |
054 | Chichester of Raleigh | 4 August 1641 | |
055 | Knatchbull of Mersham Hatch | 4 August 1641 | Baron Brabourne; the baronetcy is shown as "Dormant" on the Official Roll of the Baronetage* |
056 | Trollope of Casewick | 5 February 1642 | |
057 | Haggerston, now Constable Maxwell-Scott of Haggerston | 15 August 1642 | |
058 | Thorold of Marston | 24 August 1642 | the baronetcy is shown as "Dormant" on the Official Roll of the Baronetage* |
059 | Wrottesley of Wrottesley | 30 August 1642 | Baron Wrottesley |
060 | Liddell of Ravensworth Castle | 2 November 1642 | Baron Ravensworth; the baronetcy is shown as "Dormant" on the Official Roll of the Baronetage* |
061 | Waldegrave of Hever Castle | 1 August 1643 | Earl Waldegrave |
062 | Acton of Aldenham | 17 January 1644 | Baron Acton; the baronetcy is shown as "Vacant" on the Official Roll of the Baronetage* |
063 | Courtenay | February 1644 | Earl of Devon |
064 | Acland of Columb John | 21 January 1678 | precedence of 24 June 1644; the baronetcy is shown as "Vacant" on the Official Roll of the Baronetage* |
065 | Vyvyan of Trelowarren | 12 February 1645 | the baronetcy is shown as "Dormant" on the Official Roll of the Baronetage* |
066 | Boreel of Amsterdam | 21 March 1645 | the baronetcy is shown as "Dormant" on the Official Roll of the Baronetage* |
067 | Bridgeman of Great Lever | 3 December 1660 | Earl of Bradford |
068 | Palmer of Carlton | 7 June 1660 | |
069 | Langham of Cottesbrooke | 7 June 1660 | |
070 | Finch of Raunston | 7 June 1660 | Earl of Winchilsea and Nottingham |
071 | Robinson of London | 22 June 1660 | |
072 | Astley of Hill Morton | 25 June 1660 | Baron Hastings; the baronetcy is shown as "Vacant" on the Official Roll of the Baronetage* |
073 | Bowyer of Denham Court | 22 June 1660 | Baron Denham |
074 | Stanley of Alderley | 25 June 1660 | Baron Stanley of Alderley |
075 | Shuckburgh of Shuckburgh | 25 June 1660 | |
076 | Stuart of Hartley Mauduit | 27 June 1660 | the baronetcy is shown as "Dormant" on the Official Roll of the Baronetage* |
077 | St John of Woodford | 28 June 1660 | Baron St John of Bletso |
078 | Clerke of Hitcham | 29 December 1660 | |
079 | Boothby of Broadlow Ashe | 13 July 1660 | |
080 | Honywood of Evington | 19 July 1660 | |
081 | Smithson, now Percy of Stanwick | 1660 | Duke of Northumberland |
082 | Wheler of the City of Westminster | 11 August 1660 | |
083 | Rous of Henham | 17 August 1660 | Earl of Stradbroke |
084 | Onslow of West Clandon | 1674 | Earl of Onslow |
085 | Fagge of Wiston | 11 December 1660 | the baronetcy is shown as "Dormant" on the Official Roll of the Baronetage* |
086 | Frankland of Thirkelby | 24 December 1660 | Baron Zouche |
087 | Legard of Ganton | 29 December 1660 | |
088 | Bedingfeld, now Paston-Bedingfeld of Oxburgh | 2 January 1661 | |
089 | Reade of Barton | 4 March 1661 | the baronetcy is shown as "Dormant" on the Official Roll of the Baronetage* |
090 | Broughton of Broughton | 10 March 1661 | the baronetcy is shown as "Dormant" on the Official Roll of the Baronetage* |
091 | Cayley of Brompton | 26 April 1661 | |
092 | Cooke of Wheatley | 10 May 1661 | |
093 | Ashburnham of Bromham | 15 May 1661 | |
094 | Jenkinson of Walcot and Hawkesbury | 18 May 1661 | |
096 | Williams-Bulkeley of Penrhyn | 17 June 1661 | |
097 | Carew of Haccombe | 2 August 1661 | |
098 | Bowyer-Smyth of Hill Hall | 28 November 1661 | |
099 | Trevelyan of Nettlecombe | 24 January 1662 | the baronetcy is shown as "Dormant" on the Official Roll of the Baronetage* |
100 | Osborn of Chicksands | 11 February 1662 | |
101 | Graham of Norton Conyers | 17 November 1662 | |
102 | Tancred, now Lawson-Tancred of Boroughbridge | 17 November 1662 | |
103 | D'Oyly of Shottisham | 29 July 1663 | |
104 | Marsham of Cuckston | 16 August 1663 | Earl of Romney |
105 | Biddulph of Westcombe | 2 November 1664 | |
106 | Shaw, now Best-Shaw of Eltham | 15 March 1665 | |
107 | Jocelyn of Hyde Hall | 8 June 1665 | Earl of Roden |
108 | Burdett of Burthwaite | 25 July 1665 | |
109 | Hanham of Wimborne | 24 May 1667 | |
110 | Mostyn of Talacre | 28 April 1670 | |
111 | Stonhouse of Radley | 5 May 1670 | also Stonehouse baronets of Radley (1628) |
112 | Croft of Croft Castle | 18 November 1671 | |
113 | Eden of West Auckland | 13 November 1672 |
Baron Eden of Winton (
Life Peerage of the incumbent) also Baronet Eden of Maryland |
114 | Blackett of Newcastle | 12 December 1673 | |
115 | Hoskyns of Harewood | 18 December 1676 | |
116 | Hart Dyke of Horeham | 3 March 1677 | |
117 | Cotton of Combermere | 29 March 1677 | Viscount Combermere |
118 | Willoughby of Wollaton | 7 April 1677 | Baron Middleton |
119 | Cust of Stamford | 29 September 1677 | Baron Brownlow |
120 | Dyer of Tottenham | 6 July 1678 | |
121 | Bowyer, now Goring of Highden | 18 May 1678 | |
122 | Parkyns of Bunney Park | 18 May 1681 | the baronetcy is shown as "Dormant" on the Official Roll of the Baronetage* |
123 | Bunbury of Stanney Hall | 29 June 1681 | |
124 | Parker, now Hyde-Parker of Melford Hall | 1 July 1681 | |
125 | Dashwood of Kirtlington | 16 September 1684 | |
126 | Blois of Grundisburgh | 15 April 1686 | |
127 | Williams-Wynn of Gray's Inn | 6 July 1688 | |
128 | Molesworth, now Molesworth-St Aubyn of Pencarrow | 19 July 1689 | |
129 | Ramsden of Byrom | 30 November 1689 | |
130 | Leighton of Wattlesborough | 2 March 1693 | |
131 | Colt of St James's-in-the-Fields | 2 March 1694 | |
132 | Thomas of Wenvoe | 24 December 1694 | |
133 | Buckworth, now Buckworth-Herne-Soame of Sheen | 1 April 1697 | the baronetcy is shown as "Vacant" on the Official Roll of the Baronetage* |
134 | Chetwode of Oakley | 6 April 1700 | Baron Chetwode |
135 | Irby of Boston | 13 April 1704 | Baron Boston |
136 | Fleming of Rydal Hall | 4 October 1705 | |
137 | Miller of Chichester | 29 October 1705 |
.* as of 17 July 2016 (heirs are known to exist)
The Baronetage of Nova Scotia was devised in 1624 as a means of settling the plantation of that province. King James VI announced his intention of creating 100 baronets, each of whom was to support six colonists for two years (or pay 2000 marks in lieu thereof) and also to pay 1000 marks to Sir William Alexander, to whom the province had been granted by charter in 1621. [2]
James died before this scheme could be implemented, but it was carried out by his son Charles I, who created the first Scottish baronet on 28 May 1625, covenanting in the creation charter that the baronets of Scotland or of Nova Scotia should never exceed 150, that their heirs apparent should be knighted on coming of age (21), and that no one should receive the honour who had not fulfilled the conditions, viz, paid 3000 marks (£166, 13s. 4d.) towards the plantation of the colony. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] Four years later (17 November 1629) the king wrote to the contractors for baronets, recognising that they had advanced large sums to Sir William Alexander for the plantation on the security of the payments to be made by future baronets, and empowering them to offer a further inducement to applicants; and on the same day he granted to all Nova Scotia baronets the right to wear about their necks, suspended by an orange tawny ribbon, a badge bearing an azure saltire with a crowned inescutcheon of the arms of Scotland and the motto Fax mentis honestae gloria. As the required number, however, could not be completed, Charles announced in 1633 that English and Irish gentlemen might receive the honour, and in 1634 they began to do so. Yet even so, he was only able to create a few more than 120 in all. In 1638 the creation ceased to carry with it the grant of lands in Nova Scotia, and on the union with England (1707) the Scottish creations ceased, English and Scotsmen alike receiving thenceforth Baronetcies of Great Britain. [2]
To be recognised as a Baronet, it is necessary to prove a claim of succession. When this has been done, the name is entered on the Official Roll. This was ordained by Royal Warrant in 1910. Many baronets also hold peerage titles; these have been listed below. The baronetcies below are listed in order of precedence (i.e. date order). For a complete list of all baronetcies, see List of Baronetcies.
No. | Title | Creation | Other titles |
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138 | Innes, now Innes-Ker of Innes | 28 May 1625 | Duke of Roxburghe |
139 | Macdonald of Sleat | 14 July 1625 | Chief of Clan Macdonald of Sleat |
140 | Colquhoun, now Grant of Grant | 30 August 1625 | Baron Strathspey |
141 | Graham of Braco | 28 September 1625 | Duke of Montrose |
142 | Forbes, now Stuart-Forbes of Pitsligo and Monymusk | 30 March 1626 | the baronetcy is shown as "Dormant" on the Official Roll of the Baronetage* |
143 | Johnston of Caskieben | 31 March 1626 | |
144 | Moncreiff of Moncreiff and of Tulliebole | 22 April 1626 | Baron Moncreiff; the baronetcy is shown as "Dormant" on the Official Roll of the Baronetage* |
145 | Ogilvy of Inverquharity | 29 September 1626 | |
146 | Mackay of Far | 28 March 1627 | Baron Reay |
147 | Maxwell of Calderwood | 28 March 1627 | Baron Farnham |
148 | Stuart, now Crichton-Stuart of Bute | 28 March 1627 | Marquess of Bute |
149 | Stewart of Corsewell | 18 April 1627 | Earl of Galloway; now also Stewart baronet, of Burray |
150 | Napier of Merchiston | 2 May 1627 | |
151 | Makgill of Cranston Riddell | 19 July 1627 | Viscount of Oxfuird |
152 | Campbell of Lundy | 13 December 1627 | Duke of Argyll; the baronetcy is shown as "Dormant" on the Official Roll of the Baronetage* |
153 | Acheson of Glencairny | 1 January 1628 | Earl of Gosford |
154 | Innes of Balvenie | 15 January 1628 | |
155 | Hope of Craighall | 19 February 1628 | |
156 | Riddell of Riddell | 14 May 1628 | |
157 | Murray of Blackbarony | 15 May 1628 | |
158 | Murray, now Erskine-Murray of Elibank | 16 May 1628 | Lord Elibank |
159 | Forbes of Castle Forbes | 29 September 1628 | Earl of Granard |
160 | Bruce of Stenhouse | 29 September 1628 | |
161 | Stewart, later Stuart of Castle Stewart | 2 October 1628 | Earl Castle Stewart |
162 | Campbell of Auchinbreck | 23 December 1628 | |
163 | Nicolson of Lasswade | 27 July 1629 | the baronetcy is shown as "Vacant" on the Official Roll of the Baronetage* |
164 | Agnew of Lochnaw | 28 July 1629 | |
165 | Forbes of Craigievar | 20 April 1630 | the baronetcy is shown as "Dormant" on the Official Roll of the Baronetage* |
166 | Murray of Dunerne | 20 April 1630 | the baronetcy is shown as "Dormant" on the Official Roll of the Baronetage* |
167 | Richardson, now Stewart-Richardson of Pencaitland | 13 November 1630 | |
168 | Cuninghame, now Fairlie-Cuninghame of Robertland | 25 November 1630 | |
169 | Wardlaw of Pitreavie | 5 March 1631 | the baronetcy is shown as "Dormant" on the Official Roll of the Baronetage* |
170 | Sinclair of Canisbay | 2 June 1631 | Earl of Caithness |
171 | Maclean of Morvaren (or Morvern) | 3 September 1631 | |
172 | Bingham of Castlebar | 7 June 1634 | Earl of Lucan |
173 | Munro of Foulis Obsdale | 7 June 1634 | the baronetcy is shown as "Dormant" on the Official Roll of the Baronetage* |
174 | Pilkington, now Milborne-Swinnerton-Pilkington of Stanley | 29 June 1635 | |
175 | Sinclair, now Sinclair-Lockhart of Murkle and Stevenston | 18 June 1636 | |
176 | Curzon of Kedleston | 18 June 1636 | Viscount Scarsdale; the baronetcy is shown as "Dormant" on the Official Roll of the Baronetage* |
177 | Browne of The Neale | 21 June 1636 | Baron Kilmaine; the baronetcy is shown as "Vacant" on the Official Roll of the Baronetage* |
178 | Turing of Foveran | ca. 1638 | |
179 | Gordon of Haddo | 13 August 1642 | Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair |
180 | Hamilton of Silverton Hill | 1646 | |
181 | Primrose of Carrington | 1 August 1651 | Earl of Rosebery |
182 | Carnegie of Pitarrow | 20 February 1663 | Duke of Fife |
183 | Seton of Abercorn | 3 June 1663 | |
184 | Hay, now Dalrymple-Hay, of Park | 25 August 1663 | |
185 | Dalrymple of Stair | 2 June 1664 | Earl of Stair |
186 | Dunbar, now Hope-Dunbar of Baldoon | 13 October 1664 | |
187 | Malcolm of Balbedie and Innertiel | 25 July 1665 | |
188 | Erskine, now St Clair-Erskine of Alva | 30 April 1666 | Earl of Rosslyn |
189 | Erskine of Cambo | 20 August 1666 | Earl of Kellie |
190 | Scott, now Napier of Thirlestane | 22 August 1666 | Lord Napier |
191 | Eliott of Stobs | 3 December 1666 | the baronetcy is shown as "Vacant" on the Official Roll of the Baronetage* |
192 | Stewart, now Shaw-Stewart of Blackhall and Greenock | 27 March 1667 | |
193 | Don, now Don-Wauchope of Newton | 7 June 1667 | |
194 | Campbell of Aberuchill | ca. 1668 | |
195 | Douglas of Kelhead | 26 February 1668 | Marquess of Queensberry |
196 | Barclay of Pierston | 22 October 1668 | |
197 | Home of Blackadder | 25 January 1671 | |
198 | Cockburn of Cockburn | 24 May 1671 | the baronetcy is shown as "Vacant" on the Official Roll of the Baronetage* |
199 | Cuninghame, now Montgomery-Cuninghame of Corsehill | 26 February 1672 | |
200 | Jardine of Applegirth | 25 May 1672 | |
212 | Murray of Ochtertyre | 3 June 1673 | |
213 | Mackenzie of Coul | 16 October 1673 | Dormant; 12th Bt died 1990 |
214 | Hamilton, now Stirling-Hamilton of Preston | 5 November 1673 | |
223 | Clerk of Penicuik | 24 March 1679 | |
226 | Maxwell of Monreith | 8 January 1681 | |
231 | Maxwell, now Stirling-Maxwell of Pollock | 12 April 1682 | Confirmed by patent of 27 March 1707 |
233 | Bannerman of Elsick | 28 December 1682 | |
234 | Pringle of Stichell | 5 January 1683 | |
235 | Heron-Maxwell of Springkell | 7 December 1683 | |
237 | Seton of Pitmeddan | 11 December 1683 | Dormant; 11th Bt died 1993 |
239 | Grierson of Lag | 23 March 1685 | |
240 | Kirkpatrick of Closeburn | 26 March 1685 | |
241 | Dalyell of Binns | 7 November 1685 | |
243 | Broun of Colstoun | 16 February 1686 | |
244 | Innes of Coxton | 20 March 1686 | |
247 | Kinloch of Gilmerton | 26 March 1685 | |
249 | Hall of Dunglass | 8 October 1687 | |
251 | Grant of Dalvey | 10 August 1688 | |
255 | Lauder of Fountainhall | 25 January 1690 | |
258 | Dunbar of Mockrum | 29 March 1694 | |
259 | Anstruther of Balcaskie | 28 November 1694 | |
261 | Baird of Saughton Hall | 28 February 1695 | |
263 | Dunbar of Durn | 29 January 1698 | |
264 | Hope of Kirkliston | 1 March 1698 | Marquess of Linlithgow |
Dalrymple of Cranstoun | 28 April 1698 | Earl of Stair | |
265 | Hamilton-Dalrymple of Bargeny | 29 April 1698 | |
266 | Anstruther of Anstruther | 6 January 1700 | |
268 | Dunbar of Northfield | 10 April 1700 | |
269 | Elliot of Minto | 19 April 1700 | Earl of Minto |
270 | Johnstone of Westerhall | 25 April 1700 | |
271 | Elphinstone of Logie | 2 December 1701 | |
272 | Cunynghame of Milncraig | 3 February 1702 | |
273 | Grant-Suttie of Balgone | 5 May 1702 | |
274 | Gibson-Craig-Carmichael of Keirhill | 31 December 1702 | |
275 | Hay of Alderston | 22 February 1703 | |
276 | Mackenzie of Scatwell | 22 February 1703 | |
277 | Inglis of Glencorse | 22 February 1703 | |
279 | Fergusson of Kilkerran | 30 November 1703 | |
Nairne of Dunsinnan | 31 March 1704 | ||
282 | Sinclair of Dunbeath | 12 October 1704 | |
287 | Grant of Monymusk | 7 December 1705 | |
288 | Gordon of Earlston | 29 July 1706 | |
289 | Dunbar of Hempriggs | 21 December 1706 |
.* as of 25 July 2016 (heirs are known to exist)
This is a list of extant, dormant, unproven and under review baronetcies in the Baronetage of Ireland. They were first created in 1619, and were replaced by the Baronetage of the United Kingdom in 1800.
To be recognised as a Baronet, it is necessary to prove a claim of succession. When this has been done, the name is entered on The Official Roll. This was ordained by Royal Warrant in 1910. Those who have not so proven are shown below as unproven or under review or dormant. The baronetcies are listed in order of precedence (i.e. date order).
The below is a list of all extant, dormant, unrecognized, and under review baronetcies in the Baronetage of Great Britain, which replaced the Baronetages of Nova Scotia and of England in 1707. In 1801 it was succeeded by the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.
To be recognized as a Baronet, it is necessary to prove a claim of succession to one previously recognized. Once this has been done, the new Baronet's name is entered on the Official Roll, a procedure laid down by Royal Warrant in 1910. Those who have not proved their claim are shown below as unproven, under review, or dormant. [13]
These baronetcies are listed in order of precedence, which is established by the date of the creation. For a complete list of baronetcies see List of baronetcies.
The Baronetage of the United Kingdom started with the formation of the United Kingdom in 1801, replacing the Baronetage of Great Britain. (For a complete list of baronetcies see List of Baronetcies – which includes extinct baronetcies.)
As ordained by the Royal Warrant in 1910, it is necessary to prove a claim of succession to be recognised as a Baronet and have a name entered on The Official Roll. Those who have not so proven are shown below as unproven, under review or dormant.
The baronetcies are listed below in order of precedence (date order). (For ease in editing, we have created a fresh table every 25 years.)
No | Title | Creation | Notes |
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563 | Munro of Lindertis | 6 August 1825 | |
564 | Vivian of Truro | 19 January 1828 | Baron Vivian |
565 | Vavasour of Haslewood | 14 February 1828 | |
566 | Ricketts of The Elms and Beaumont Leys | 19 February 1828 | |
567 | Wakeman of Perdiswell | 20 February 1828 | Extinct on the death of the 6th Baronet in 2008 [17] |
568 | Macgregor of Savile Row | 17 March 1828 | Dormant. Presumed 8th Baronet is Ian Grant Macgregor, son of the 7th Baronet. [17] |
569 | Slade of Maunsel House | 30 September 1831 | |
570 | Anson of Birch Hall | 30 September 1831 | |
571 | Campbell of Barcaldine and Glenure | 30 September 1831 | |
572 | McGrigor of Campden Hill | 30 September 1831 | |
573 | Jones, now Lawrence-Jones of Cranmer Hall | 30 September 1831 | |
574 | Chaytor of Croft | 30 September 1831 | Dormant; 7th Bt died 1976 |
575 | Wrixon-Becher of Ballygiblin | 30 September 1831 | |
- | Gibson-Craig-Carmichael of Riccarton | 30 September 1831 | |
576 | Barrington of Limerick | 30 September 1831 | Dormant; 7th Bt died 2003 |
577 | Brinckman of Monk Bretton | 30 September 1831 | |
579 | Nugent of Donore | 30 September 1831 | |
581 | Heygate of Southend | 30 September 1831 | |
582 | Clarke of Dunham Lodge | 30 September 1831 | |
583 | Monday of Carrickfergus | 30 September 1831 | 3rd Bt died 1999 |
584 | Laurie of Bedford Square | 15 March 1834 | |
585 | Hammick of Cavendish Square | 25 July 1834 | |
586 | Brodie of Boxford | 30 August 1834 | Dormant; 4th Bt died 1971 |
587 | Forestier-Walker | 28 March 1835 | |
588 | Barrow of Ulverston | 30 March 1835 | |
589 | Rivett-Carnac of Derby | 12 March 1836 | |
590 | Fairfax, now Cameron-Ramsay-Fairfax-Lucy of The Holmes | 14 March 1836 | |
591 | Newman of Stokeley and Mamhead | 17 March 1836 | |
Rowley of Hill House | 21 March 1836 | also Rowley Baronet of Tendring Hall | |
592 | Power of Kilfane | 15 July 1836 | dormant; 7th Bt died 1928 |
593 | Macnaghten of Bushmills House | 16 July 1836 | |
594 | Kennedy of Johnstown Kennedy | 18 July 1836 | Dormant; 6th Bt died 1988 |
595 | Houstoun, now Houstoun-Boswall | 19 July 1836 | |
596 | Wood, now Page Wood of Hatherley House | 16 December 1837 | |
597 | Head of Rochester | 14 July 1838 | |
598 | O'Loghlen of Drumconora | 16 July 1838 | |
599 | Lytton of Knebworth | 18 July 1838 | Earl of Lytton |
600 | Smith-Gordon | 19 July 1838 | 5th Baronet is now listed on the Official Roll of the Baronetage. [17] |
601 | Boileau of Tacolnestone Hall | 24 July 1838 | |
602 | Shakerley of Somerset Hall | 30 July 1838 | |
603 | Seale of Mount Boone | 31 July 1838 | |
604 | Roche of Carass | 8 August 1838 | |
605 | Heywood of Claremont | 9 August 1838 | |
606 | Worsley of Hovingham | 10 August 1838 | |
607 | Stuart-Menteth of Closeburn | 11 August 1838 | |
608 | Guest of Dowlais | 14 August 1838 | Viscount Wimborne |
609 | Bellew, now Grattan-Bellew of Mount Bellew | 15 August 1838 | |
610 | Crofton of Longford House | 18 August 1838 | Unproven; 6th Bt died 2002 |
611 | Spearman of Hanwell | 28 April 1840 | |
612 | Buxton of Belfield | 30 July 1840 | |
613 | Pelly of Upton | 12 August 1840 | |
614 | Arthur of Upper Canada | 5 June 1841 | |
615 | Couper | 23 June 1841 | |
616 | de Trafford of Trafford Park | 7 September 1841 | |
617 | Lawson, now Howard-Lawson of Brough Hall | 8 September 1841 | |
618 | Armstrong of Gallen | 18 September 1841 | |
619 | Clay of Fulwell Lodge | 20 September 1841 | |
620 | Le Marchant of Chobham Place | 14 October 1841 | |
621 | Gough of Synone and Drangan | 23 December 1842 | Viscount Gough |
622 | Parker of Shenstone Lodge | 18 December 1844 | |
623 | Pakington of Westwood | 13 July 1846 | Unproven; 6th Bt died 2003 (6th Baron Hampton) |
624 | Gladstone of Fasque and Balfour | 18 July 1846 | |
625 | Hogg of Upper Grosvenor Street | 20 July 1846 | also Baron Magheramorne; appears on the Official Roll of the Baronetage. [17] |
626 | Feilden of Feniscowles | 21 July 1846 | |
627 | Ferguson Davie of Creedy | 9 January 1847 | |
628 | Currie | 11 January 1847 | Dormant; 5th Bt died 1978 |
629 | Rothschild of Grosvenor Place | 12 January 1847 | Baron Rothschild |
630 | O'Brien of Merrion Square and Boris-in-Ossory | 25 September 1849 | Dormant; 6th Bt died 1982 |
No | Title | Creation | Notes |
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1237 | Lowson of Westlaws | 27 June 1951 | |
1238 | Proby of Elton Hall | 30 January 1952 | |
1239 | Ropner of Thorp Perrow | 31 January 1952 | |
1240 | Grimston of Westbury | 11 March 1952 | Baron Grimston of Westbury |
1241 | Wakeley of Liss | 30 June 1952 | |
1242 | Seager of St Mellons | 1 July 1952 | Dormant; 1st Bt died 1963 |
1243 | Boyce of Badgeworth | 24 November 1952 | |
1244 | Harris of Chepping Wycombe | 24 January 1953 | |
1245 | McEwen of Marchmont and Bardrochat | 28 January 1953 | |
1246 | Mills of Alcester | 1 July 1953 | Viscount Mills |
1247 | Williams of Cilgeraint | 3 July 1953 | |
1248 | Bossom of Maidstone | 4 July 1953 | |
1249 | Nall of Hoveringham | 25 January 1954 | |
1250 | Bernard of Snakemoor | 27 January 1954 | |
1251 | Mackeson of Hythe | 29 January 1954 | |
1252 | Whitmore of Orsett | 28 June 1954 | |
1253 | Brain of Reading | 29 June 1954 | Baron Brain |
1254 | Conant of Lyndon | 30 June 1954 | |
1255 | Nelson of Hilcote Hall | 11 July 1955 | Baron Nelson of Stafford |
1256 | Cary of Withington | 12 July 1955 | |
1257 | Howard of Great Rissington | 1 December 1955 | |
1258 | Smyth of Teignmouth | 23 January 1956 | |
1259 | Hutchison of Rossie | 26 January 1956 | Unproven; 2nd Bt died 1998 |
1260 | Ponsonby of Wootton | 27 January 1956 | |
1261 | Studholme of Perridge | 3 July 1956 | |
1262 | Ackroyd of Dewsbury | 8 May 1956 | |
1263 | Agnew, now Agnew-Somerville of Clendry | 31 January 1957 | |
1264 | Henderson-Stewart of Cullumshill | 28 March 1957 | |
1265 | Willink of Dingle Bank | 20 July 1957 | |
1266 | Maclean of Strachur and Glensluain | 22 July 1957 | |
1267 | Welch of Chard | 16 December 1957 | |
1268 | Platt of Rusholme | 29 January 1958 | Dormant; 1st Bt died 1986 |
1269 | Chapman of Cleadon | 30 January 1958 | |
1270 | Dunnington-Jefferson of Thorganby Hall | 7 July 1958 | |
1271 | Evans-Bevan of Cadoxton-juxta-Neath | 9 July 1958 | |
1272 | Llewellyn of Baglan | 20 January 1959 | Dormant; 2nd Bt died 1994 |
1273 | Pickthorn of Orford | 31 January 1959 | |
1274 | Bibby of Tarporley | 8 July 1959 | |
1275 | Oakshott of Bebington | 10 July 1959 | |
1276 | Platt of Grindleford | 14 September 1959 | |
1277 | Gillett of Bassishaw Ward, City of London | 4 December 1959 | |
1278 | Ross of Whetstone | 26 January 1960 | |
1279 | Nugent of Dunsfold | 27 January 1960 | Dormant; 1st Bt died 1994 |
1280 | Kaberry of Adel cum Eccup | 28 January 1960 | Baron Kaberry of Adel ( Life Peerage of 1st Bt) |
1281 | Storey of Settrington | 30 January 1960 | |
1282 | Lloyd of Rhu | 23 July 1960 | |
1283 | Barber of Greasley | 25 July 1960 | |
1284 | Stewart of Strathgarry | 17 August 1960 | |
1285 | Walker-Smith of Broxbourne | 18 August 1960 | |
1286 | Stockdale of Hoddington | 5 December 1960 | |
1287 | Erskine of Rerrick | 5 July 1961 | |
1288 | Harrison of Bugbrooke | 6 July 1961 | |
1289 | Waley-Cohen of Honeymead | 11 December 1961 | |
1290 | Jephcott of East Portlemouth | 14 February 1962 | |
1291 | Scott of Rotherfield | 16 February 1962 | |
1292 | Lindsay of Dowhill | 27 February 1962 | Under review; 2nd Bt died 2004 |
1293 | Wakefield of Kendal | 10 March 1962 | |
1294 | Touche of Dorking | 3 July 1962 | |
1295 | Porritt of Hampstead | 25 January 1963 | Dormant; 1st Bt died 1994 |
1296 | Thompson of Reculver | 28 January 1963 | |
1297 | Thompson of Walton-on-the-Hill | 29 January 1963 | |
1298 | Errington of Ness | 26 June 1963 | |
1299 | Orr-Ewing of Hendon | 27 June 1963 | |
1300 | Perring of Frensham Manor | 27 November 1963 | |
1301 | Graham of Dromore | 23 January 1964 | |
1302 | Mynors of Treago | 24 January 1964 | |
1303 | Arbuthnot of Kittybrewster | 26 February 1964 | |
1304 | Rodgers of Groombridge | 29 June 1964 | |
1305 | Dudley-Williams of Exeter | 2 July 1964 | |
1306 | Redmayne of Rushcliffe | 29 December 1964 | |
1307 | Pearson of Gressingham | 30 December 1964 | |
1308 | Finlay of Epping | 31 December 1964 |
No | Title | Creation | Notes |
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1309 | Thatcher of Scotney | 7 December 1990 |
The lands included in the baronies of New Scotland were resigned by Sir William Alexander into the hands of the king [Charles I], who re-granted them to the knights baronets. Thus the lands and titles were obtained directly from the sovereign. Infeftment, it was ruled, should be "expede" at the Castle of Edinburgh.
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Before this charter was ratified by the Scots Parliament, his Majesty [James VI] died; when, in 1625, the grant was renewed by his successor [Charles I] in form of a Charter of Novodamus, proceeding upon the above narrative, and conceding, over and above, additional powers to Sir William Alexander. These charters are in the usual form of feudal conveyances employed by the law of Scotland, but erecting Nova Scotia into a Barony, and declaring sasine at the castle of Edinburgh to be equivalent to sasine on the lands themselves.
As such like parties were not baronets of the colonising kind, and yet were desirous, no doubt, to take seisin of their purchased grants in Nova Scotia, old Sir William, always provident, had his remedy prepared. He had had it laid down in the formula of the charter, that "the realm of Nova Scotia, and original infeftment thereof, is holden of the kingdom of Scotland, and forms part of the County of Edinburgh." Argal, to take seisin and instruments of possession "on the Castle Hill of Edinburgh," formed a cure for every difficulty, and served the desired purpose as well as if the baronets had indulged in a trip to the actual site of their new possessions.
The precept for the charter for each Baronet was granted in the name of Sir William Alexander, who surrendered to the Crown the respective portions of his Lordship of Nova Scotia to be attached to the Baronetcy with all rights of regality. The Baronets were allowed to take possession of their territory by deed of infeftment within the walls of Edinburgh Castle.
Had it been exacted ... that each Baronet, with a stated number of colonists, should take personal possession, it is certain the number of applicants would have been scanty indeed. To obviate this difficulty it was held, by a fiction of the law, that the usual legal form of taking possession by an instrument of seisin, or infeftment of lands on the other side of the Atlantic, should take place within the Castle of Edinburgh.
For the purpose of taking possession of his lands after the feudal fashion then prevailing, Nova Scotia was made a part of the county of Edinburgh, and at Edinburgh Castle the ceremony of Sasine was performed. … [excerpt of 1621 charter:] And we will, and grant, and, for ourselves and our successors, do decree and ordain, that one seisin, at this time, by the said Sir William, and his aforesaid, upon any part of the soil of the said lands and province above written, shall, in all time to come, stand, and be a sufficient seisin for the whole region, …
The colony was named New Scotland, and by a legal fiction, it was, for administrative purposes, connected with Edinburgh. In order to raise men to help found the colony, the King instituted the Order of Baronets of Nova Scotia. This hereditary title was given to gentlemen who arranged to send a certain number of men and to pay a certain amount of money to help to found the Plantation of New Scotland, …. The Order was instituted in 1625, the ceremony being held in the courtyard of Edinburgh Castle. By Royal Decree that place was declared to be an integral part of the new colony. This decree has never been annulled.
To make this possible, since Nova Scotia was so distant, the King declared that sasine could be taken either in the new province or alternatively 'at the castle of Edinburgh as the most eminent and principal place of Scotland.'
Under Scots Law, Baronets "take sasine" by receiving symbolic "earth and stone" on the actual land. Part of Edinburgh Castle was deemed granted to Sir William as part of Nova Scotia. The Baronets were installed with "earth and stone" there while standing in Nova Scotia.
Baronets could receive their patents in Edinburgh rather than London, and an area of Edinburgh Castle was declared Nova Scotian territory for this purpose.
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Baronets are a rank in the British aristocracy. The current Baronetage of the United Kingdom has replaced the earlier Baronetages of England, Nova Scotia, Ireland, and Great Britain.
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King James I created the hereditary Order of Baronets in England on 22 May 1611, for the settlement of Ireland. He offered the dignity to 200 gentlemen of good birth, with a clear estate of ₤1,000 a year, on condition that each one should pay a sum equivalent to three years' pay to 30 soldiers at 8d per day per man (total – £1,095) into the King's Exchequer.
The Baronetage of England comprises all baronetcies created in the Kingdom of England before the Act of Union in 1707. In that year, the Baronetage of England and the Baronetage of Nova Scotia were replaced by the Baronetage of Great Britain.
The extant baronetcies are listed below in order of precedence (i.e. date). All other baronetcies, including extinct, dormant (D), unproven (U), under review (R) or forfeit, are on a separate list of baronetcies.
The baronetcy lists include any peerage titles which are held by the baronet.
To be recognised as a baronet, it is necessary to prove a claim of succession. When this has been done, the name is entered on The Official Roll. This was ordained by Royal Warrant in February 1910. [1] Those who have not so proven are shown below as unproven or under review or dormant. A baronetcy is considered dormant if, five years after the death of the previous incumbent, no heir has come forward to claim it.
No | Title | Creation | Other titles |
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001 | Bacon of Redgrave | 22 May 1611 | now also Bacon baronets of Mildenhall, since 1755 |
002 | Shirley of Staunton | 22 May 1611 | Earl Ferrers |
003 | Pelham of Laughton | 22 May 1611 | Earl of Chichester |
004 | Hoghton, now de Hoghton of Hoghton Tower | 22 May 1611 | |
005 | Hobart-Hampden of Intwood | 22 May 1611 | Earl of Buckinghamshire |
006 | Gerard of Bryn | 22 May 1611 | Baron Gerard |
007 | St John of Lydiard Tregoze | 22 May 1611 | Viscount Bolingbroke; the baronetcy is shown as "Dormant" on the Official Roll of the Baronetage* |
008 | Shelley of Michaelgrove | 22 May 1611 | |
009 | Musgrave of Hartley Castle | 29 June 1611 | |
010 | Seymour of Berry Pomeroy | 29 June 1611 | Duke of Somerset |
011 | Finch of Eastwell | 29 June 1611 | Earl of Winchilsea and Nottingham |
012 | Monson of Carleton | 29 June 1611 | Baron Monson |
013 | Wodehouse of Wilberhall | 29 June 1611 | Earl of Kimberley |
014 | Harington of Ridlington | 29 June 1611 | the baronetcy is shown as "Vacant" on the Official Roll of the Baronetage* |
015 | Brudenell of Deen | 29 June 1611 | Marquess of Ailesbury |
016 | Mordaunt of Massingham Parva | 29 June 1611 | |
017 | Devereux of Castle Bromwich | 25 November 1611 | Viscount Hereford |
018 | Dormer of Wing | 10 June 1615 | Baron Dormer; the baronetcy is shown as "Vacant" on the Official Roll of the Baronetage* |
019 | Egerton of Oulton | 5 April 1617 | |
020 | Townshend of Rainham | 16 April 1617 | Marquess Townshend |
021 | Lyttelton of Frankley | 25 June 1618 | Viscount Cobham |
022 | Hicks, now Hicks Beach of Beverston | 21 July 1619 | Earl St Aldwyn |
023 | Berney of Parkhall | 5 May 1620 | |
024 | Gower of Sittersham | 2 June 1620 | Duke of Sutherland |
025 | Philipps of Picton Castle | 9 November 1621 | Viscount St Davids |
026 | Wake of Clevedon | 5 December 1621 | |
027 | Hotham of Scorborough | 4 January 1622 | Baron Hotham |
028 | Mansel of Muddlescombe | 14 January 1622 | |
029 | Grosvenor of Eaton | 23 February 1622 | Duke of Westminster |
030 | Gage of Firle Place | 26 March 1622 | Viscount Gage |
031 | Cooper of Rockbourne | 4 July 1622 | Earl of Shaftesbury |
032 | Hazlerigg of Noseley | 21 July 1622 | Baron Hazlerigg; the baronetcy is shown as "Dormant" on the Official Roll of the Baronetage* |
033 | Skipwith of Prestwould | 20 December 1622 | |
034 | Sebright of Besford | 20 December 1626 | the baronetcy is shown as "Dormant" on the Official Roll of the Baronetage* |
035 | Style of Wateringbury | 21 April 1627 | the baronetcy is shown as "Dormant" on the Official Roll of the Baronetage* |
036 | Isham of Lamport | 30 May 1627 | |
037 | Bagot of Blithfield | 31 May 1627 | Baron Bagot; the baronetcy is shown as "Dormant" on the Official Roll of the Baronetage* |
037 | Stanley of Bickerstaff | 26 June 1627 | Earl of Derby |
038 | Bacon of Mildenhall | 29 July 1627 | now also Bacon baronets of Redgrave, since 1755 |
039 | Stonhouse of Radley | 7 May 1628 | also Stonhouse baronets of Radley (1670) |
040 | Wrey of Trebitch | 13 June 1628 | |
041 | Trelawny, now Salusbury-Trelawny of Trelawny | 1 July 1628 | |
042 | Wiseman of Canfield Hall | 29 August 1628 | |
043 | Nightingale of Newport Pond | 1 September 1628 | |
044 | Pole of Shute | 12 September 1628 | |
045 | Wolseley of Wolseley | 24 November 1628 | |
046 | Grimston of Little Waltham | 2 March 1629 | Earl of Verulam |
047 | Graham of Esk | 29 March 1629 | the baronetcy is shown as "Dormant" on the Official Roll of the Baronetage* |
048 | Every of Eggington | 26 May 1641 | |
049 | Cave, now Cave-Browne-Cave of Stanford | 30 June 1641 | |
050 | Bampfylde of Poltimore | 14 July 1641 | Baron Poltimore |
051 | Thynne of Cause Castle | 14 July 1641 | Marquess of Bath |
052 | Northcote of Hayne | 16 July 1641 | Earl of Iddesleigh |
053 | Strickland, now Strickland-Constable of Boynton | 30 July 1641 | |
054 | Chichester of Raleigh | 4 August 1641 | |
055 | Knatchbull of Mersham Hatch | 4 August 1641 | Baron Brabourne; the baronetcy is shown as "Dormant" on the Official Roll of the Baronetage* |
056 | Trollope of Casewick | 5 February 1642 | |
057 | Haggerston, now Constable Maxwell-Scott of Haggerston | 15 August 1642 | |
058 | Thorold of Marston | 24 August 1642 | the baronetcy is shown as "Dormant" on the Official Roll of the Baronetage* |
059 | Wrottesley of Wrottesley | 30 August 1642 | Baron Wrottesley |
060 | Liddell of Ravensworth Castle | 2 November 1642 | Baron Ravensworth; the baronetcy is shown as "Dormant" on the Official Roll of the Baronetage* |
061 | Waldegrave of Hever Castle | 1 August 1643 | Earl Waldegrave |
062 | Acton of Aldenham | 17 January 1644 | Baron Acton; the baronetcy is shown as "Vacant" on the Official Roll of the Baronetage* |
063 | Courtenay | February 1644 | Earl of Devon |
064 | Acland of Columb John | 21 January 1678 | precedence of 24 June 1644; the baronetcy is shown as "Vacant" on the Official Roll of the Baronetage* |
065 | Vyvyan of Trelowarren | 12 February 1645 | the baronetcy is shown as "Dormant" on the Official Roll of the Baronetage* |
066 | Boreel of Amsterdam | 21 March 1645 | the baronetcy is shown as "Dormant" on the Official Roll of the Baronetage* |
067 | Bridgeman of Great Lever | 3 December 1660 | Earl of Bradford |
068 | Palmer of Carlton | 7 June 1660 | |
069 | Langham of Cottesbrooke | 7 June 1660 | |
070 | Finch of Raunston | 7 June 1660 | Earl of Winchilsea and Nottingham |
071 | Robinson of London | 22 June 1660 | |
072 | Astley of Hill Morton | 25 June 1660 | Baron Hastings; the baronetcy is shown as "Vacant" on the Official Roll of the Baronetage* |
073 | Bowyer of Denham Court | 22 June 1660 | Baron Denham |
074 | Stanley of Alderley | 25 June 1660 | Baron Stanley of Alderley |
075 | Shuckburgh of Shuckburgh | 25 June 1660 | |
076 | Stuart of Hartley Mauduit | 27 June 1660 | the baronetcy is shown as "Dormant" on the Official Roll of the Baronetage* |
077 | St John of Woodford | 28 June 1660 | Baron St John of Bletso |
078 | Clerke of Hitcham | 29 December 1660 | |
079 | Boothby of Broadlow Ashe | 13 July 1660 | |
080 | Honywood of Evington | 19 July 1660 | |
081 | Smithson, now Percy of Stanwick | 1660 | Duke of Northumberland |
082 | Wheler of the City of Westminster | 11 August 1660 | |
083 | Rous of Henham | 17 August 1660 | Earl of Stradbroke |
084 | Onslow of West Clandon | 1674 | Earl of Onslow |
085 | Fagge of Wiston | 11 December 1660 | the baronetcy is shown as "Dormant" on the Official Roll of the Baronetage* |
086 | Frankland of Thirkelby | 24 December 1660 | Baron Zouche |
087 | Legard of Ganton | 29 December 1660 | |
088 | Bedingfeld, now Paston-Bedingfeld of Oxburgh | 2 January 1661 | |
089 | Reade of Barton | 4 March 1661 | the baronetcy is shown as "Dormant" on the Official Roll of the Baronetage* |
090 | Broughton of Broughton | 10 March 1661 | the baronetcy is shown as "Dormant" on the Official Roll of the Baronetage* |
091 | Cayley of Brompton | 26 April 1661 | |
092 | Cooke of Wheatley | 10 May 1661 | |
093 | Ashburnham of Bromham | 15 May 1661 | |
094 | Jenkinson of Walcot and Hawkesbury | 18 May 1661 | |
096 | Williams-Bulkeley of Penrhyn | 17 June 1661 | |
097 | Carew of Haccombe | 2 August 1661 | |
098 | Bowyer-Smyth of Hill Hall | 28 November 1661 | |
099 | Trevelyan of Nettlecombe | 24 January 1662 | the baronetcy is shown as "Dormant" on the Official Roll of the Baronetage* |
100 | Osborn of Chicksands | 11 February 1662 | |
101 | Graham of Norton Conyers | 17 November 1662 | |
102 | Tancred, now Lawson-Tancred of Boroughbridge | 17 November 1662 | |
103 | D'Oyly of Shottisham | 29 July 1663 | |
104 | Marsham of Cuckston | 16 August 1663 | Earl of Romney |
105 | Biddulph of Westcombe | 2 November 1664 | |
106 | Shaw, now Best-Shaw of Eltham | 15 March 1665 | |
107 | Jocelyn of Hyde Hall | 8 June 1665 | Earl of Roden |
108 | Burdett of Burthwaite | 25 July 1665 | |
109 | Hanham of Wimborne | 24 May 1667 | |
110 | Mostyn of Talacre | 28 April 1670 | |
111 | Stonhouse of Radley | 5 May 1670 | also Stonehouse baronets of Radley (1628) |
112 | Croft of Croft Castle | 18 November 1671 | |
113 | Eden of West Auckland | 13 November 1672 |
Baron Eden of Winton (
Life Peerage of the incumbent) also Baronet Eden of Maryland |
114 | Blackett of Newcastle | 12 December 1673 | |
115 | Hoskyns of Harewood | 18 December 1676 | |
116 | Hart Dyke of Horeham | 3 March 1677 | |
117 | Cotton of Combermere | 29 March 1677 | Viscount Combermere |
118 | Willoughby of Wollaton | 7 April 1677 | Baron Middleton |
119 | Cust of Stamford | 29 September 1677 | Baron Brownlow |
120 | Dyer of Tottenham | 6 July 1678 | |
121 | Bowyer, now Goring of Highden | 18 May 1678 | |
122 | Parkyns of Bunney Park | 18 May 1681 | the baronetcy is shown as "Dormant" on the Official Roll of the Baronetage* |
123 | Bunbury of Stanney Hall | 29 June 1681 | |
124 | Parker, now Hyde-Parker of Melford Hall | 1 July 1681 | |
125 | Dashwood of Kirtlington | 16 September 1684 | |
126 | Blois of Grundisburgh | 15 April 1686 | |
127 | Williams-Wynn of Gray's Inn | 6 July 1688 | |
128 | Molesworth, now Molesworth-St Aubyn of Pencarrow | 19 July 1689 | |
129 | Ramsden of Byrom | 30 November 1689 | |
130 | Leighton of Wattlesborough | 2 March 1693 | |
131 | Colt of St James's-in-the-Fields | 2 March 1694 | |
132 | Thomas of Wenvoe | 24 December 1694 | |
133 | Buckworth, now Buckworth-Herne-Soame of Sheen | 1 April 1697 | the baronetcy is shown as "Vacant" on the Official Roll of the Baronetage* |
134 | Chetwode of Oakley | 6 April 1700 | Baron Chetwode |
135 | Irby of Boston | 13 April 1704 | Baron Boston |
136 | Fleming of Rydal Hall | 4 October 1705 | |
137 | Miller of Chichester | 29 October 1705 |
.* as of 17 July 2016 (heirs are known to exist)
The Baronetage of Nova Scotia was devised in 1624 as a means of settling the plantation of that province. King James VI announced his intention of creating 100 baronets, each of whom was to support six colonists for two years (or pay 2000 marks in lieu thereof) and also to pay 1000 marks to Sir William Alexander, to whom the province had been granted by charter in 1621. [2]
James died before this scheme could be implemented, but it was carried out by his son Charles I, who created the first Scottish baronet on 28 May 1625, covenanting in the creation charter that the baronets of Scotland or of Nova Scotia should never exceed 150, that their heirs apparent should be knighted on coming of age (21), and that no one should receive the honour who had not fulfilled the conditions, viz, paid 3000 marks (£166, 13s. 4d.) towards the plantation of the colony. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] Four years later (17 November 1629) the king wrote to the contractors for baronets, recognising that they had advanced large sums to Sir William Alexander for the plantation on the security of the payments to be made by future baronets, and empowering them to offer a further inducement to applicants; and on the same day he granted to all Nova Scotia baronets the right to wear about their necks, suspended by an orange tawny ribbon, a badge bearing an azure saltire with a crowned inescutcheon of the arms of Scotland and the motto Fax mentis honestae gloria. As the required number, however, could not be completed, Charles announced in 1633 that English and Irish gentlemen might receive the honour, and in 1634 they began to do so. Yet even so, he was only able to create a few more than 120 in all. In 1638 the creation ceased to carry with it the grant of lands in Nova Scotia, and on the union with England (1707) the Scottish creations ceased, English and Scotsmen alike receiving thenceforth Baronetcies of Great Britain. [2]
To be recognised as a Baronet, it is necessary to prove a claim of succession. When this has been done, the name is entered on the Official Roll. This was ordained by Royal Warrant in 1910. Many baronets also hold peerage titles; these have been listed below. The baronetcies below are listed in order of precedence (i.e. date order). For a complete list of all baronetcies, see List of Baronetcies.
No. | Title | Creation | Other titles |
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138 | Innes, now Innes-Ker of Innes | 28 May 1625 | Duke of Roxburghe |
139 | Macdonald of Sleat | 14 July 1625 | Chief of Clan Macdonald of Sleat |
140 | Colquhoun, now Grant of Grant | 30 August 1625 | Baron Strathspey |
141 | Graham of Braco | 28 September 1625 | Duke of Montrose |
142 | Forbes, now Stuart-Forbes of Pitsligo and Monymusk | 30 March 1626 | the baronetcy is shown as "Dormant" on the Official Roll of the Baronetage* |
143 | Johnston of Caskieben | 31 March 1626 | |
144 | Moncreiff of Moncreiff and of Tulliebole | 22 April 1626 | Baron Moncreiff; the baronetcy is shown as "Dormant" on the Official Roll of the Baronetage* |
145 | Ogilvy of Inverquharity | 29 September 1626 | |
146 | Mackay of Far | 28 March 1627 | Baron Reay |
147 | Maxwell of Calderwood | 28 March 1627 | Baron Farnham |
148 | Stuart, now Crichton-Stuart of Bute | 28 March 1627 | Marquess of Bute |
149 | Stewart of Corsewell | 18 April 1627 | Earl of Galloway; now also Stewart baronet, of Burray |
150 | Napier of Merchiston | 2 May 1627 | |
151 | Makgill of Cranston Riddell | 19 July 1627 | Viscount of Oxfuird |
152 | Campbell of Lundy | 13 December 1627 | Duke of Argyll; the baronetcy is shown as "Dormant" on the Official Roll of the Baronetage* |
153 | Acheson of Glencairny | 1 January 1628 | Earl of Gosford |
154 | Innes of Balvenie | 15 January 1628 | |
155 | Hope of Craighall | 19 February 1628 | |
156 | Riddell of Riddell | 14 May 1628 | |
157 | Murray of Blackbarony | 15 May 1628 | |
158 | Murray, now Erskine-Murray of Elibank | 16 May 1628 | Lord Elibank |
159 | Forbes of Castle Forbes | 29 September 1628 | Earl of Granard |
160 | Bruce of Stenhouse | 29 September 1628 | |
161 | Stewart, later Stuart of Castle Stewart | 2 October 1628 | Earl Castle Stewart |
162 | Campbell of Auchinbreck | 23 December 1628 | |
163 | Nicolson of Lasswade | 27 July 1629 | the baronetcy is shown as "Vacant" on the Official Roll of the Baronetage* |
164 | Agnew of Lochnaw | 28 July 1629 | |
165 | Forbes of Craigievar | 20 April 1630 | the baronetcy is shown as "Dormant" on the Official Roll of the Baronetage* |
166 | Murray of Dunerne | 20 April 1630 | the baronetcy is shown as "Dormant" on the Official Roll of the Baronetage* |
167 | Richardson, now Stewart-Richardson of Pencaitland | 13 November 1630 | |
168 | Cuninghame, now Fairlie-Cuninghame of Robertland | 25 November 1630 | |
169 | Wardlaw of Pitreavie | 5 March 1631 | the baronetcy is shown as "Dormant" on the Official Roll of the Baronetage* |
170 | Sinclair of Canisbay | 2 June 1631 | Earl of Caithness |
171 | Maclean of Morvaren (or Morvern) | 3 September 1631 | |
172 | Bingham of Castlebar | 7 June 1634 | Earl of Lucan |
173 | Munro of Foulis Obsdale | 7 June 1634 | the baronetcy is shown as "Dormant" on the Official Roll of the Baronetage* |
174 | Pilkington, now Milborne-Swinnerton-Pilkington of Stanley | 29 June 1635 | |
175 | Sinclair, now Sinclair-Lockhart of Murkle and Stevenston | 18 June 1636 | |
176 | Curzon of Kedleston | 18 June 1636 | Viscount Scarsdale; the baronetcy is shown as "Dormant" on the Official Roll of the Baronetage* |
177 | Browne of The Neale | 21 June 1636 | Baron Kilmaine; the baronetcy is shown as "Vacant" on the Official Roll of the Baronetage* |
178 | Turing of Foveran | ca. 1638 | |
179 | Gordon of Haddo | 13 August 1642 | Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair |
180 | Hamilton of Silverton Hill | 1646 | |
181 | Primrose of Carrington | 1 August 1651 | Earl of Rosebery |
182 | Carnegie of Pitarrow | 20 February 1663 | Duke of Fife |
183 | Seton of Abercorn | 3 June 1663 | |
184 | Hay, now Dalrymple-Hay, of Park | 25 August 1663 | |
185 | Dalrymple of Stair | 2 June 1664 | Earl of Stair |
186 | Dunbar, now Hope-Dunbar of Baldoon | 13 October 1664 | |
187 | Malcolm of Balbedie and Innertiel | 25 July 1665 | |
188 | Erskine, now St Clair-Erskine of Alva | 30 April 1666 | Earl of Rosslyn |
189 | Erskine of Cambo | 20 August 1666 | Earl of Kellie |
190 | Scott, now Napier of Thirlestane | 22 August 1666 | Lord Napier |
191 | Eliott of Stobs | 3 December 1666 | the baronetcy is shown as "Vacant" on the Official Roll of the Baronetage* |
192 | Stewart, now Shaw-Stewart of Blackhall and Greenock | 27 March 1667 | |
193 | Don, now Don-Wauchope of Newton | 7 June 1667 | |
194 | Campbell of Aberuchill | ca. 1668 | |
195 | Douglas of Kelhead | 26 February 1668 | Marquess of Queensberry |
196 | Barclay of Pierston | 22 October 1668 | |
197 | Home of Blackadder | 25 January 1671 | |
198 | Cockburn of Cockburn | 24 May 1671 | the baronetcy is shown as "Vacant" on the Official Roll of the Baronetage* |
199 | Cuninghame, now Montgomery-Cuninghame of Corsehill | 26 February 1672 | |
200 | Jardine of Applegirth | 25 May 1672 | |
212 | Murray of Ochtertyre | 3 June 1673 | |
213 | Mackenzie of Coul | 16 October 1673 | Dormant; 12th Bt died 1990 |
214 | Hamilton, now Stirling-Hamilton of Preston | 5 November 1673 | |
223 | Clerk of Penicuik | 24 March 1679 | |
226 | Maxwell of Monreith | 8 January 1681 | |
231 | Maxwell, now Stirling-Maxwell of Pollock | 12 April 1682 | Confirmed by patent of 27 March 1707 |
233 | Bannerman of Elsick | 28 December 1682 | |
234 | Pringle of Stichell | 5 January 1683 | |
235 | Heron-Maxwell of Springkell | 7 December 1683 | |
237 | Seton of Pitmeddan | 11 December 1683 | Dormant; 11th Bt died 1993 |
239 | Grierson of Lag | 23 March 1685 | |
240 | Kirkpatrick of Closeburn | 26 March 1685 | |
241 | Dalyell of Binns | 7 November 1685 | |
243 | Broun of Colstoun | 16 February 1686 | |
244 | Innes of Coxton | 20 March 1686 | |
247 | Kinloch of Gilmerton | 26 March 1685 | |
249 | Hall of Dunglass | 8 October 1687 | |
251 | Grant of Dalvey | 10 August 1688 | |
255 | Lauder of Fountainhall | 25 January 1690 | |
258 | Dunbar of Mockrum | 29 March 1694 | |
259 | Anstruther of Balcaskie | 28 November 1694 | |
261 | Baird of Saughton Hall | 28 February 1695 | |
263 | Dunbar of Durn | 29 January 1698 | |
264 | Hope of Kirkliston | 1 March 1698 | Marquess of Linlithgow |
Dalrymple of Cranstoun | 28 April 1698 | Earl of Stair | |
265 | Hamilton-Dalrymple of Bargeny | 29 April 1698 | |
266 | Anstruther of Anstruther | 6 January 1700 | |
268 | Dunbar of Northfield | 10 April 1700 | |
269 | Elliot of Minto | 19 April 1700 | Earl of Minto |
270 | Johnstone of Westerhall | 25 April 1700 | |
271 | Elphinstone of Logie | 2 December 1701 | |
272 | Cunynghame of Milncraig | 3 February 1702 | |
273 | Grant-Suttie of Balgone | 5 May 1702 | |
274 | Gibson-Craig-Carmichael of Keirhill | 31 December 1702 | |
275 | Hay of Alderston | 22 February 1703 | |
276 | Mackenzie of Scatwell | 22 February 1703 | |
277 | Inglis of Glencorse | 22 February 1703 | |
279 | Fergusson of Kilkerran | 30 November 1703 | |
Nairne of Dunsinnan | 31 March 1704 | ||
282 | Sinclair of Dunbeath | 12 October 1704 | |
287 | Grant of Monymusk | 7 December 1705 | |
288 | Gordon of Earlston | 29 July 1706 | |
289 | Dunbar of Hempriggs | 21 December 1706 |
.* as of 25 July 2016 (heirs are known to exist)
This is a list of extant, dormant, unproven and under review baronetcies in the Baronetage of Ireland. They were first created in 1619, and were replaced by the Baronetage of the United Kingdom in 1800.
To be recognised as a Baronet, it is necessary to prove a claim of succession. When this has been done, the name is entered on The Official Roll. This was ordained by Royal Warrant in 1910. Those who have not so proven are shown below as unproven or under review or dormant. The baronetcies are listed in order of precedence (i.e. date order).
The below is a list of all extant, dormant, unrecognized, and under review baronetcies in the Baronetage of Great Britain, which replaced the Baronetages of Nova Scotia and of England in 1707. In 1801 it was succeeded by the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.
To be recognized as a Baronet, it is necessary to prove a claim of succession to one previously recognized. Once this has been done, the new Baronet's name is entered on the Official Roll, a procedure laid down by Royal Warrant in 1910. Those who have not proved their claim are shown below as unproven, under review, or dormant. [13]
These baronetcies are listed in order of precedence, which is established by the date of the creation. For a complete list of baronetcies see List of baronetcies.
The Baronetage of the United Kingdom started with the formation of the United Kingdom in 1801, replacing the Baronetage of Great Britain. (For a complete list of baronetcies see List of Baronetcies – which includes extinct baronetcies.)
As ordained by the Royal Warrant in 1910, it is necessary to prove a claim of succession to be recognised as a Baronet and have a name entered on The Official Roll. Those who have not so proven are shown below as unproven, under review or dormant.
The baronetcies are listed below in order of precedence (date order). (For ease in editing, we have created a fresh table every 25 years.)
No | Title | Creation | Notes |
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563 | Munro of Lindertis | 6 August 1825 | |
564 | Vivian of Truro | 19 January 1828 | Baron Vivian |
565 | Vavasour of Haslewood | 14 February 1828 | |
566 | Ricketts of The Elms and Beaumont Leys | 19 February 1828 | |
567 | Wakeman of Perdiswell | 20 February 1828 | Extinct on the death of the 6th Baronet in 2008 [17] |
568 | Macgregor of Savile Row | 17 March 1828 | Dormant. Presumed 8th Baronet is Ian Grant Macgregor, son of the 7th Baronet. [17] |
569 | Slade of Maunsel House | 30 September 1831 | |
570 | Anson of Birch Hall | 30 September 1831 | |
571 | Campbell of Barcaldine and Glenure | 30 September 1831 | |
572 | McGrigor of Campden Hill | 30 September 1831 | |
573 | Jones, now Lawrence-Jones of Cranmer Hall | 30 September 1831 | |
574 | Chaytor of Croft | 30 September 1831 | Dormant; 7th Bt died 1976 |
575 | Wrixon-Becher of Ballygiblin | 30 September 1831 | |
- | Gibson-Craig-Carmichael of Riccarton | 30 September 1831 | |
576 | Barrington of Limerick | 30 September 1831 | Dormant; 7th Bt died 2003 |
577 | Brinckman of Monk Bretton | 30 September 1831 | |
579 | Nugent of Donore | 30 September 1831 | |
581 | Heygate of Southend | 30 September 1831 | |
582 | Clarke of Dunham Lodge | 30 September 1831 | |
583 | Monday of Carrickfergus | 30 September 1831 | 3rd Bt died 1999 |
584 | Laurie of Bedford Square | 15 March 1834 | |
585 | Hammick of Cavendish Square | 25 July 1834 | |
586 | Brodie of Boxford | 30 August 1834 | Dormant; 4th Bt died 1971 |
587 | Forestier-Walker | 28 March 1835 | |
588 | Barrow of Ulverston | 30 March 1835 | |
589 | Rivett-Carnac of Derby | 12 March 1836 | |
590 | Fairfax, now Cameron-Ramsay-Fairfax-Lucy of The Holmes | 14 March 1836 | |
591 | Newman of Stokeley and Mamhead | 17 March 1836 | |
Rowley of Hill House | 21 March 1836 | also Rowley Baronet of Tendring Hall | |
592 | Power of Kilfane | 15 July 1836 | dormant; 7th Bt died 1928 |
593 | Macnaghten of Bushmills House | 16 July 1836 | |
594 | Kennedy of Johnstown Kennedy | 18 July 1836 | Dormant; 6th Bt died 1988 |
595 | Houstoun, now Houstoun-Boswall | 19 July 1836 | |
596 | Wood, now Page Wood of Hatherley House | 16 December 1837 | |
597 | Head of Rochester | 14 July 1838 | |
598 | O'Loghlen of Drumconora | 16 July 1838 | |
599 | Lytton of Knebworth | 18 July 1838 | Earl of Lytton |
600 | Smith-Gordon | 19 July 1838 | 5th Baronet is now listed on the Official Roll of the Baronetage. [17] |
601 | Boileau of Tacolnestone Hall | 24 July 1838 | |
602 | Shakerley of Somerset Hall | 30 July 1838 | |
603 | Seale of Mount Boone | 31 July 1838 | |
604 | Roche of Carass | 8 August 1838 | |
605 | Heywood of Claremont | 9 August 1838 | |
606 | Worsley of Hovingham | 10 August 1838 | |
607 | Stuart-Menteth of Closeburn | 11 August 1838 | |
608 | Guest of Dowlais | 14 August 1838 | Viscount Wimborne |
609 | Bellew, now Grattan-Bellew of Mount Bellew | 15 August 1838 | |
610 | Crofton of Longford House | 18 August 1838 | Unproven; 6th Bt died 2002 |
611 | Spearman of Hanwell | 28 April 1840 | |
612 | Buxton of Belfield | 30 July 1840 | |
613 | Pelly of Upton | 12 August 1840 | |
614 | Arthur of Upper Canada | 5 June 1841 | |
615 | Couper | 23 June 1841 | |
616 | de Trafford of Trafford Park | 7 September 1841 | |
617 | Lawson, now Howard-Lawson of Brough Hall | 8 September 1841 | |
618 | Armstrong of Gallen | 18 September 1841 | |
619 | Clay of Fulwell Lodge | 20 September 1841 | |
620 | Le Marchant of Chobham Place | 14 October 1841 | |
621 | Gough of Synone and Drangan | 23 December 1842 | Viscount Gough |
622 | Parker of Shenstone Lodge | 18 December 1844 | |
623 | Pakington of Westwood | 13 July 1846 | Unproven; 6th Bt died 2003 (6th Baron Hampton) |
624 | Gladstone of Fasque and Balfour | 18 July 1846 | |
625 | Hogg of Upper Grosvenor Street | 20 July 1846 | also Baron Magheramorne; appears on the Official Roll of the Baronetage. [17] |
626 | Feilden of Feniscowles | 21 July 1846 | |
627 | Ferguson Davie of Creedy | 9 January 1847 | |
628 | Currie | 11 January 1847 | Dormant; 5th Bt died 1978 |
629 | Rothschild of Grosvenor Place | 12 January 1847 | Baron Rothschild |
630 | O'Brien of Merrion Square and Boris-in-Ossory | 25 September 1849 | Dormant; 6th Bt died 1982 |
No | Title | Creation | Notes |
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1237 | Lowson of Westlaws | 27 June 1951 | |
1238 | Proby of Elton Hall | 30 January 1952 | |
1239 | Ropner of Thorp Perrow | 31 January 1952 | |
1240 | Grimston of Westbury | 11 March 1952 | Baron Grimston of Westbury |
1241 | Wakeley of Liss | 30 June 1952 | |
1242 | Seager of St Mellons | 1 July 1952 | Dormant; 1st Bt died 1963 |
1243 | Boyce of Badgeworth | 24 November 1952 | |
1244 | Harris of Chepping Wycombe | 24 January 1953 | |
1245 | McEwen of Marchmont and Bardrochat | 28 January 1953 | |
1246 | Mills of Alcester | 1 July 1953 | Viscount Mills |
1247 | Williams of Cilgeraint | 3 July 1953 | |
1248 | Bossom of Maidstone | 4 July 1953 | |
1249 | Nall of Hoveringham | 25 January 1954 | |
1250 | Bernard of Snakemoor | 27 January 1954 | |
1251 | Mackeson of Hythe | 29 January 1954 | |
1252 | Whitmore of Orsett | 28 June 1954 | |
1253 | Brain of Reading | 29 June 1954 | Baron Brain |
1254 | Conant of Lyndon | 30 June 1954 | |
1255 | Nelson of Hilcote Hall | 11 July 1955 | Baron Nelson of Stafford |
1256 | Cary of Withington | 12 July 1955 | |
1257 | Howard of Great Rissington | 1 December 1955 | |
1258 | Smyth of Teignmouth | 23 January 1956 | |
1259 | Hutchison of Rossie | 26 January 1956 | Unproven; 2nd Bt died 1998 |
1260 | Ponsonby of Wootton | 27 January 1956 | |
1261 | Studholme of Perridge | 3 July 1956 | |
1262 | Ackroyd of Dewsbury | 8 May 1956 | |
1263 | Agnew, now Agnew-Somerville of Clendry | 31 January 1957 | |
1264 | Henderson-Stewart of Cullumshill | 28 March 1957 | |
1265 | Willink of Dingle Bank | 20 July 1957 | |
1266 | Maclean of Strachur and Glensluain | 22 July 1957 | |
1267 | Welch of Chard | 16 December 1957 | |
1268 | Platt of Rusholme | 29 January 1958 | Dormant; 1st Bt died 1986 |
1269 | Chapman of Cleadon | 30 January 1958 | |
1270 | Dunnington-Jefferson of Thorganby Hall | 7 July 1958 | |
1271 | Evans-Bevan of Cadoxton-juxta-Neath | 9 July 1958 | |
1272 | Llewellyn of Baglan | 20 January 1959 | Dormant; 2nd Bt died 1994 |
1273 | Pickthorn of Orford | 31 January 1959 | |
1274 | Bibby of Tarporley | 8 July 1959 | |
1275 | Oakshott of Bebington | 10 July 1959 | |
1276 | Platt of Grindleford | 14 September 1959 | |
1277 | Gillett of Bassishaw Ward, City of London | 4 December 1959 | |
1278 | Ross of Whetstone | 26 January 1960 | |
1279 | Nugent of Dunsfold | 27 January 1960 | Dormant; 1st Bt died 1994 |
1280 | Kaberry of Adel cum Eccup | 28 January 1960 | Baron Kaberry of Adel ( Life Peerage of 1st Bt) |
1281 | Storey of Settrington | 30 January 1960 | |
1282 | Lloyd of Rhu | 23 July 1960 | |
1283 | Barber of Greasley | 25 July 1960 | |
1284 | Stewart of Strathgarry | 17 August 1960 | |
1285 | Walker-Smith of Broxbourne | 18 August 1960 | |
1286 | Stockdale of Hoddington | 5 December 1960 | |
1287 | Erskine of Rerrick | 5 July 1961 | |
1288 | Harrison of Bugbrooke | 6 July 1961 | |
1289 | Waley-Cohen of Honeymead | 11 December 1961 | |
1290 | Jephcott of East Portlemouth | 14 February 1962 | |
1291 | Scott of Rotherfield | 16 February 1962 | |
1292 | Lindsay of Dowhill | 27 February 1962 | Under review; 2nd Bt died 2004 |
1293 | Wakefield of Kendal | 10 March 1962 | |
1294 | Touche of Dorking | 3 July 1962 | |
1295 | Porritt of Hampstead | 25 January 1963 | Dormant; 1st Bt died 1994 |
1296 | Thompson of Reculver | 28 January 1963 | |
1297 | Thompson of Walton-on-the-Hill | 29 January 1963 | |
1298 | Errington of Ness | 26 June 1963 | |
1299 | Orr-Ewing of Hendon | 27 June 1963 | |
1300 | Perring of Frensham Manor | 27 November 1963 | |
1301 | Graham of Dromore | 23 January 1964 | |
1302 | Mynors of Treago | 24 January 1964 | |
1303 | Arbuthnot of Kittybrewster | 26 February 1964 | |
1304 | Rodgers of Groombridge | 29 June 1964 | |
1305 | Dudley-Williams of Exeter | 2 July 1964 | |
1306 | Redmayne of Rushcliffe | 29 December 1964 | |
1307 | Pearson of Gressingham | 30 December 1964 | |
1308 | Finlay of Epping | 31 December 1964 |
No | Title | Creation | Notes |
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1309 | Thatcher of Scotney | 7 December 1990 |
The lands included in the baronies of New Scotland were resigned by Sir William Alexander into the hands of the king [Charles I], who re-granted them to the knights baronets. Thus the lands and titles were obtained directly from the sovereign. Infeftment, it was ruled, should be "expede" at the Castle of Edinburgh.
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Before this charter was ratified by the Scots Parliament, his Majesty [James VI] died; when, in 1625, the grant was renewed by his successor [Charles I] in form of a Charter of Novodamus, proceeding upon the above narrative, and conceding, over and above, additional powers to Sir William Alexander. These charters are in the usual form of feudal conveyances employed by the law of Scotland, but erecting Nova Scotia into a Barony, and declaring sasine at the castle of Edinburgh to be equivalent to sasine on the lands themselves.
As such like parties were not baronets of the colonising kind, and yet were desirous, no doubt, to take seisin of their purchased grants in Nova Scotia, old Sir William, always provident, had his remedy prepared. He had had it laid down in the formula of the charter, that "the realm of Nova Scotia, and original infeftment thereof, is holden of the kingdom of Scotland, and forms part of the County of Edinburgh." Argal, to take seisin and instruments of possession "on the Castle Hill of Edinburgh," formed a cure for every difficulty, and served the desired purpose as well as if the baronets had indulged in a trip to the actual site of their new possessions.
The precept for the charter for each Baronet was granted in the name of Sir William Alexander, who surrendered to the Crown the respective portions of his Lordship of Nova Scotia to be attached to the Baronetcy with all rights of regality. The Baronets were allowed to take possession of their territory by deed of infeftment within the walls of Edinburgh Castle.
Had it been exacted ... that each Baronet, with a stated number of colonists, should take personal possession, it is certain the number of applicants would have been scanty indeed. To obviate this difficulty it was held, by a fiction of the law, that the usual legal form of taking possession by an instrument of seisin, or infeftment of lands on the other side of the Atlantic, should take place within the Castle of Edinburgh.
For the purpose of taking possession of his lands after the feudal fashion then prevailing, Nova Scotia was made a part of the county of Edinburgh, and at Edinburgh Castle the ceremony of Sasine was performed. … [excerpt of 1621 charter:] And we will, and grant, and, for ourselves and our successors, do decree and ordain, that one seisin, at this time, by the said Sir William, and his aforesaid, upon any part of the soil of the said lands and province above written, shall, in all time to come, stand, and be a sufficient seisin for the whole region, …
The colony was named New Scotland, and by a legal fiction, it was, for administrative purposes, connected with Edinburgh. In order to raise men to help found the colony, the King instituted the Order of Baronets of Nova Scotia. This hereditary title was given to gentlemen who arranged to send a certain number of men and to pay a certain amount of money to help to found the Plantation of New Scotland, …. The Order was instituted in 1625, the ceremony being held in the courtyard of Edinburgh Castle. By Royal Decree that place was declared to be an integral part of the new colony. This decree has never been annulled.
To make this possible, since Nova Scotia was so distant, the King declared that sasine could be taken either in the new province or alternatively 'at the castle of Edinburgh as the most eminent and principal place of Scotland.'
Under Scots Law, Baronets "take sasine" by receiving symbolic "earth and stone" on the actual land. Part of Edinburgh Castle was deemed granted to Sir William as part of Nova Scotia. The Baronets were installed with "earth and stone" there while standing in Nova Scotia.
Baronets could receive their patents in Edinburgh rather than London, and an area of Edinburgh Castle was declared Nova Scotian territory for this purpose.
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