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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 ...
en, ir, ns, gb, uk 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 .
Canadian peers and baronets (French: pairs et baronnets canadiens) exist in both the peerage of France recognized by the Monarch of Canada (the same as the Monarch of the United Kingdom) and the peerage of the United Kingdom. In 1627, French Cardinal Richelieu introduced the seigneurial system of New France.
King James I created the hereditary Order of Baronets in England on 22 May 1611, to fund 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 8 d. per day per man (total – £1,095 ...
Coat of Arms of the Martin baronets of Long Melford (1667) with the badge of a Baronet of England. This is a list of baronetcies in the Baronetage of England. The first Baronetage was created in 1611. The Baronetage of England was replaced by the Baronetage of Great Britain in 1707. This list is not currently complete.
en, ir, ns, gb, uk This is a list of baronetcies in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom . They have been created since 1801 when they replaced the baronetages in the Baronetage of Great Britain , and Baronetage of Ireland .
Title Date of creation Surname Current status Notes Baron de Ros: 1264 [a]: De Ros, Manners, Cecil, MacDonnell, Villiers, FitzGerald-De Ros / Boyle, Dawson, Ross, Maxwell
Baronets Baronetcies This is a list of the present and extant Barons ( Lords of Parliament , in Scottish terms) in the Peerages of England , Scotland , Great Britain , Ireland , and the United Kingdom .