Definition of baronet Baronet

/bɛˈɹʌnʌt/ - [berunut] - bar•on•et

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What does baronet mean?

WordNet

Noun Plural: baronets
baronet - a member of the British order of honor; ranks below a baron but above a knight; "since he was a baronet he had to be addressed as Sir Henry Jones, Bart."
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		aristocrat, blue blood, patrician a member of the aristocracy

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Wiktionary

baronet (Noun)
A hereditary title, below a peerage and senior to most knighthoods, entitling the bearer to the titular prefix " Sir" for men or " Dame" for women which is used in conjunction with the holder's Christian name. It is inheritable, usually by the eldest son although a few baronetcies can also pass through the female line.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

baronet (n.)
A dignity or degree of honor next below a baron and above a knight, having precedency of all orders of knights except those of the Garter. It is the lowest degree of honor that is hereditary. The baronets are commoners.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

baronet
bar′on-et, n. the lowest hereditary title in the United Kingdom (of England—now of Great Britain—since 1611; of Scotland—or of Nova Scotia—since 1625; of Ireland, since 1619).—ns. Bar′onetage, the whole body of baronets: a list of such; Bar′onetcy.—adj. Baronet′ical. [Dim. of Baron.]

Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥

baronet
A dignity or degree of honor next below a baron and above a knight, having precedency of all orders of knights except those of the garter, and being the only knighthood that is hereditary. The order was founded by James I. in 1611, and is given by patent. The word, however, in the sense of lesser baron, was in use long before the time of James I.

Wikipedia

In the United Kingdom a baronet is a man who is a knight (has the title "Sir") but who is neither

Unlike the members of the orders of chivalry and a knight bachelor a baronet can pass his title to his children.

History.

Some baronets were created in the 1300s, but the modern Order of Baronets dates from King James I of England.

On 22 May 1611 King James I set up the present hereditary Order of Baronets in England. He made 200 "gentlemen of good birth" baronets. He did this partly to reward those people with more than a knighthood, without making them as important as a Baron. The other reason was that the king needed money to keep soldiers in Ireland. Each of the new baronets had to pay £1095, which was the cost of keeping thirty soldiers for three years.

In 1619 James I set up the Baronetage of Ireland, to more raise money

To explore Nova Scotia (New Scotland) in what we now call Canada King was going a create the Baronetage of Nova Scotia in 1624, but he died that year. His son King Charles I set up the Baronetage of Scotland and Nova Scotia in 1625. The new baronets had to pay £2000 or to support six settlers for two years.

Today over a hundred "baronets of Nova Scotia" still exist. The Duke of Roxburghe, who is also Baronet of Innes-Ker of Innes is the "Premier Baronet of Scotland" because the baronetcy is the oldest one still existing in Scotand. It was created in 1625.

Insignia.

The Baronets of Nova Scotia were allowed to wear a badge from 1629. The design on the badge i