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Sir Arthur Detling is a crusty old Tory, holder of "one of the most ancient baronetcies in the land."

From Time Magazine Archive

Each New Year's Day, on advice of the Emperor's various Premiers, His Majesty rewards subjects of their choosing with peerages, baronetcies, knighthoods, stars, assorted ribbons.

From Time Magazine Archive

Among ten baronetcies bestowed last week the only one of note went to famed Motors Tycoon William R. Morris, "England's Ford," maker of the staunch little Morris-Cowley and Morris-Oxford.

From Time Magazine Archive

Meanwhile, Elizabeth bestowed her first titles of the reign, including four peerages, five baronetcies, 60 knighthoods.

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Baronets, who are hereditary knights, were instituted, and baronetcies were sold for one thousand pounds each.

From A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges by Lord, John