baronetcy
Americannoun
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baronetcies
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noun
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Origin of baronetcy
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It was through his mother that Dalyell later inherited the Dalyell baronetcy, although he never used the title.
From BBC ● Jan. 26, 2017
She lives with her unpleasant older sister and her father, a vain, unintelligent man, vulgarly proud of his well-preserved good looks and his baronetcy.
From Slate ● Apr. 5, 2013
Campbell received the Military Cross and in 1961 succeeded to his family's baronetcy.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 27, 2013
It was founded by one of the community’s most aristocratic families, one that still boasts a Raj-era baronetcy.
From New York Times ● Mar. 23, 2012
He succeeded to the baronetcy in 1787, and in 1788 made a second continental tour, the record of his travels appearing in 1819 under the title A Classical Tour through Italy and Sicily.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" by Various
Sir Arthur Detling is a crusty old Tory, holder of "one of the most ancient baronetcies in the land."
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
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
Meanwhile, Elizabeth bestowed her first titles of the reign, including four peerages, five baronetcies, 60 knighthoods.
From Time Magazine Archive
But while peerages and baronetcies were being handed about for honour, Hughes was the kind of man that should have got his—except that he made it impossible.
From The Masques of Ottawa by Augustus Bridle
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