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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 ...
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. The female equivalent is baroness.
Baronet is a hereditary title ranking below Baron but above Knight; this title is granted only in the United Kingdom and is variously considered to be "the head of the nobiles minores" or "the lowest of the nobiles majores" of that country. The feminine form is Baronetess.
Baron (Latin: baro) originally meant "man". In Norman England, the term came to refer to the king's greater tenants-in-chief. King's barons corresponded to king's thegns in the Anglo-Saxon hierarchy. [27] Baron was not yet a hereditary title but rather described a social status. [28] The estate of an earl or baron was called an honour.
The coronet of a baron or baroness, or lord or lady of parliament in the Scots peerage, has six "pearls", and a plain circlet lacking the gem-shaped chasing of the other coronets. The robes and coronets used at Elizabeth II's coronation in 1953 cost about £1,250 [ citation needed ] (roughly £44,100 in present-day terms). [ 29 ] (
The Baron Segrave: 1295 Baron Mowbray and Baron Stourton in Peerage of England The Baron Clinton: 1299 The Baron De La Warr: 1299 Earl De La Warr in the Peerage of Great Britain: The Baron de Clifford: 1299 The Baron Strange: 1299: Viscount St Davids in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Held with Baron Hungerford and Baron de Moleyns in Peerage ...
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 ...
Scottish baron's heiress-apparent or heiress-presumptive: The Maid of Edinburgh: Madam or Dear Maid of Edinburgh: Madam or Mistress Scottish baron's's heir-apparent's wife Mrs Smith, yr of Edinburgh Madam or Dear Mrs Smith, Younger of Edinburgh Madam or Mrs Smith Scottish baron's's heir-apparent's wife (if baron has territorial designation)