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Definition of Baronetcies
1. baronetcy [n] - See also: baronetcy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Baronetcies
Literary usage of Baronetcies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Baronage and the Senate: Or, The House of Lords in the Past, the Present by William Charteris Macpherson (1893)
"THERE are more than a hundred Peers sitting in the House with baronetcies of
older creation than their peerages ; and many of these baronetcies date from ..."
2. The Genealogist's Guide by George William Marshall (1893)
"392. Foster's Collectanea Genealogica, (MP's Scotland,) 187. Burke's Extinct
baronetcies, 626. Memoir of Chancellor Seton, by Geo. Seton, App. II. ..."
3. A Life of Anthony Ashley Cooper, First Earl of Shaftesbury, 1621-1683 by William Dougal Christie (1871)
"Birth and parentage — baronetcies of father and maternal grandfather—The Coopers
... BaronetcIes ..."
4. A History of the Baronetage by Francis William Pixley (1900)
"Other baronetcies were similarly created, and they were for some time numerous,
particularly in Ireland; but with the exception of a few cases in Ireland, ..."
5. The Englishman at Home: His Responsibilities and Privileges by Edward Porritt (1893)
"baronetcies as Rewards for Political Service. — Journalism and Politics.-—Labor
and Socialism in the House of Commons. THE Crown, the House of Lords, ..."
6. The genealogist's guide to printed pedigrees: Being a General Search Through by George William Marshall (1885)
"... baronetcies, 625. See BRISBANE, HAYE. HAY-DRUMMOND. Hunter's Deanery of Don
caster, i. 316. HAY-GORDON. Burke's Landed Gentry, 5, 6. HAY-MACDOUGAL. ..."
7. The Annals of Bristol in the Seventeenth Century by John Latimer (1900)
"... and selling monopolies ami baronetcies to tho best bidder, legislative help
was found to be indispensable for tho liquidation of the royal debts. ..."
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