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

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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

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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