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Neck decoration for baronets, depicting the Red Hand of Ulster. A baronet (/ ˈ b æ r ə n ɪ t / or / ˈ b æ r ə ˌ n ɛ t /; [1] abbreviated Bart or Bt [1]) or the female equivalent, a baronetess (/ ˈ b æ r ə n ɪ t ɪ s /, [2] / ˈ b æ r ə n ɪ t ɛ s /, [3] or / ˌ b æ r ə ˈ n ɛ t ɛ s /; [4] abbreviation Btss), is the holder of a baronetcy, a hereditary title awarded by the ...
A baronetcy is considered vacant if the previous holder has died within the previous five years and if no one has proven their succession, and is considered dormant if no one has proven their succession in more than five years after the death of the previous incumbent.
Baron Hieronymus von Münchhausen (1720–1797), on the basis of which Rudolf Erich Raspe wrote the tales of Baron Munchausen. [1]Baron is a rank of nobility or title of honour, often hereditary, in various European countries, either current or historical.
Neck decoration for British baronets, depicting the Red Hand of Ulster. This article lists baronetcies, whether extant, extinct, dormant (D), unproven (U), under review (R) or forfeit, in the baronetages of England, Nova Scotia, Great Britain, Ireland and the United Kingdom.
second Baronet inherited the baronetcy of Scott of Great Barr in 1851; in 1905 the baronetcy was inherited by the fourth Fuller-Acland-Hood Baronet of St Audries. Bates of Gwyn Castle [22] 1880: Bates: extant: Unproven; sixth Baronet died 2007 Bates of Magherabuoy [80] 1937: Bates: extant Bateson of Belvoir Park [81] 1818: de Yarburgh-Bateson ...
The Clarke baronetcy is the sole baronetcy in Australia conferred upon an Australian-born (Tasmanian-born) individual. South Australia. Sir Samuel Way, 1st Baronet, of Montefiore, in South Australia (1899), extinct 1916; Victoria. Sir William Clarke, 1st Baronet, of Rupertswood, in the Colony of Victoria (1882), extant; New South Wales
The baronetcy did not appear in Burke's Extinct Baronetcies 1841 Halford of Wistow: 1641: Halford: extinct 1780: the last baronet Sir Charles Halford left his estate, after a lifetime interest to his widow, to his kinsman Henry Vaughan, later Sir Henry Halford: Halton of Samford Parva: 1642: Halton: extinct 1823 Hamilton of London: 1642 ...
second Baronet created Baron Mostyn in 1831; baronetcy unproven (sixth baronet died 2006) Lovett of Liscombe House: 23 October 1781: Lovett: extinct 1812: A new patent of the baronetcy was gazetted in 1808, with remainder to the first Baronet's daughters and their male issue. However, it is unclear whether this creation passed the Great Seal.