Baronetage of Great Britain

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The Baronetage of Great Britain was a hereditary title system in the British honours hierarchy, ranking below barons and above most knighthoods, used between the Acts of Union 1707 and the formation of the United Kingdom in 1801.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf baronetage ⓘ
hereditary title system ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
country Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
distinctFrom knighthood ⓘ
peerage of Great Britain ⓘ
endCause formation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
endTime 1801 ⓘ
followedBy Baronetage of the United Kingdom ⓘ
follows Baronetage of England ⓘ
Baronetage of Nova Scotia ⓘ
grantedBy British Crown ⓘ
monarch of Great Britain ⓘ
hasAbbreviation Bart. ⓘ
linked to: Bart

Bt. ⓘ
linked to: Bt
hasCategory Baronetcies ⓘ
British titles of nobility ⓘ
Orders, decorations, and medals of the United Kingdom ⓘ
hasFemaleTitleStyle Dame ⓘ
hasLegalNature hereditary honour ⓘ
hasPostNominal Bart ⓘ
Bt ⓘ
hasRank baronet ⓘ
hasTitleStyle Sir ⓘ
historicalPeriod 18th century Britain ⓘ
inheritanceType primogeniture ⓘ
isHereditary true ⓘ
languageOfName English ⓘ
legalStatus substantive dignity but not peerage ⓘ
nobleTitle no ⓘ
partOf British honours hierarchy ⓘ
British honours system ⓘ
precedesInPrecedence knights bachelor ⓘ
rankInHierarchy above most knighthoods ⓘ
below barons ⓘ
regulates creation of baronets in Great Britain ⓘ
socialStatus hereditary gentry ⓘ
startTime 1707 ⓘ
Acts of Union 1707 ⓘ
succeedsInPrecedence barons ⓘ
successorJurisdiction United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
titleHoldersClass landed gentry ⓘ
usedBetween 1707–1801 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Baronetage of the United Kingdom → createdByUnionOf → Baronetage of Great Britain ⓘ
Milbanke family → titleIn → Baronetage of Great Britain ⓘ
Baronetage of Ireland → isSubsetOf → Baronetage of Great Britain and Ireland (in historical usage) ⓘ
linked to: Baronetage of Great Britain
Baronetage of Ireland → distinctFrom → Baronetage of Great Britain ⓘ
Baronetage of Nova Scotia → followedBy → Baronetage of Great Britain ⓘ
Standing Council of the Baronetage → hasJurisdictionOver → Baronetage of Great Britain ⓘ
Baronetage of England → mergedInto → Baronetage of Great Britain ⓘ
Baronetage of England → distinctFrom → Baronetage of Great Britain ⓘ
Eden baronets → partOf → Baronetage of Great Britain ⓘ
Milbanke baronets → jurisdiction → Baronetage of Great Britain ⓘ
Baronet → hasSubdivision → Baronetage of Great Britain ⓘ