baronetcy
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baronetcies
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noun
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Origin of baronetcy
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Sir Percival David was born into a wealthy family in Bombay in 1892 and inherited a baronetcy from his father, as well as ownership of the family company.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2024
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
The heir to a baronetcy could not quite replicate that time in the final, running 13.39, but the Malcolm Arnold-coached hurdler beat some experienced names to finish just outside the medal positions.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 8, 2012
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
In the belief that he was dead his younger brother succeeded to the baronetcy and all its obligations to a life of infamy.
From The Secrets of a Savoyard by Henry A. Lytton
Meanwhile, Elizabeth bestowed her first titles of the reign, including four peerages, five baronetcies, 60 knighthoods.
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
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
Peerages, baronetcies, patronage and court favor for the rich—places, pensions and bribes for the needy.
From The Negro and the elective franchise. A Series Of Papers And A Sermon (The American Negro Academy. Occasional Papers, No. 11.) by Charles C. Cook
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