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The Houston Baronetcy, of Houston in the County of Renfrew, was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia on 29 February 1668 for Patrick Houston. [1] The third Baronet represented Linlithgowshire in Parliament. After the death of the eighth Baronet in circa 1835, no-one successfully claimed the title, although there were living heirs.
Sir Patrick Houstoun of that Ilk, 1st Baronet (or Houston; died 1696 [1]) was a Scottish politician who served as a shire commissioner of the Parliament of Scotland for Renfrewshire in 1661 and Dunbartonshire in 1681–1682 and of the Convention of the Estates of Scotland for Dunbartonshire in 1678. [2]
Houston, Texas, the fourth-most populated city in the United States, is named for him. Sir Robert Houston, descended from a Renfrew branch of the family, was a prominent Victorian ship owner who was created a baronet of the United Kingdom. He is credited with developing the theory of convoys first used during the Boer War.
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Project Pat, whose real name is Patrick Earl Houston, is a former member of the rap group the Kaze and the older brother of fellow rapper Juicy J, a co-founder of Three 6 Mafia.
Houston died at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Feb. 11, 2012 — just one day before the awards ceremony that year. ... Richard Corkery/NY Daily News via Getty. Whitney Houston performing in 1985.
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