Baronet

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A baronet is a hereditary title of honor in the British nobility system, ranking below barons but above most knighthoods and typically passed down through male primogeniture.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Baronet canonical 5
Baronet of Stowe 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf hereditary title ⓘ
title of honor ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction England ⓘ
Ireland ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
belongsToStratum lower nobility ⓘ
canBeHeldByWomen rarely ⓘ
confersSocialRank gentry ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Kingdom of England ⓘ
creator James I of England ⓘ
linked to: James VI and I
distinctFrom Baron ⓘ
Knight Bachelor ⓘ
life peer ⓘ
entailsKnighthood no ⓘ
femaleEquivalentTitle Baronetess ⓘ
femaleSpouseStyleOfAddress Lady ⓘ
genderBias male-preference ⓘ
hasHonorificPrefix Sir ⓘ
hasSubdivision Baronetage of England ⓘ
Baronetage of Great Britain ⓘ
Baronetage of Ireland ⓘ
Baronetage of Nova Scotia ⓘ
Baronetage of the United Kingdom ⓘ
hereditaryArmsPrivilege true ⓘ
higherClass baronetage ⓘ
historicalPurpose fundraising for the Crown ⓘ
inception 1611 ⓘ
introducedFor raising money for the settlement of Ulster ⓘ
isForLifeOnly false ⓘ
isHereditary true ⓘ
isInheritedTitle true ⓘ
isPeerageTitle false ⓘ
isRecognizedIn Order of precedence in the United Kingdom ⓘ
nobleRankCategory hereditary knighthood ⓘ
partOf British honours system ⓘ
British nobility system ⓘ
postnominalLetters Bart ⓘ
Bt ⓘ
rankedAbove Knight Bachelor ⓘ
most knighthoods ⓘ
rankedBelow Baron ⓘ
regulatedBy Standing Council of the Baronetage ⓘ
styleOfAddress Sir ⓘ
successionOnDeath eldest legitimate son ⓘ
typicalSuccessionRule male primogeniture ⓘ
usedWithTerritorialDesignation true ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Temple family → titleHeld → Baronet of Stowe ⓘ
linked to: Baronet
Preston family → nobleTitle → Baronet ⓘ