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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 ...
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.
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 ...
Peerages and baronetcies of Britain and Ireland Extant All Dukes Dukedoms Marquesses Marquessates Earls Earldoms Viscounts Viscountcies Barons Baronies Baronets Baronetcies En, Ir, NS, GB, UK (extinct) This is a list of baronetcies in the Baronetage of Great Britain. There were first created in 1707, and was replaced by the Baronetage of the United Kingdom in 1801. A Title Date of creation ...
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 .
Sir Robert Slingsby, 1st Baronet (1611–1661) was an English baronet, author and Naval commander, and in his last years a much-loved colleague of Samuel Pepys. [1]He was born at Bifrons near Canterbury, the second son of Sir Guylford Slingsby, Controller of the Navy, and Margaret Walter. [1]
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.
Admiral Sir Albemarle Bertie, 1st Baronet, KCB (20 January 1755 – 24 February 1824) was a long-serving and at the time controversial officer of the Royal Navy who saw extensive service in his career, but also courted controversy with several of his actions.