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Definition of Baronets
1. baronet [n] - See also: baronet
Lexicographical Neighbors of Baronets
Literary usage of Baronets
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual for the Genealogist, Topographer, Antiquary, and Legal Professor by Richard Sims (1856)
"Some creations of baronets are entered on the Patent Rolls, and there is a bundle
of original ... Since December 1783, all the patents of baronets have, ..."
2. Guide to Printed Books and Manuscripts Relating to English and Foreign by George Gatfield (1892)
"1889, 8°- Lists of baronets of Great Britain, from their creation to 1806. ...
Letter to the King on the place and precedence of baronets, by Francis Bacon. ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"All baronets are entitled to bear in their coata-of-arms, ... —This order of
knights-baronets was instituted by Charles L in the year 1626, when the first ..."
4. The Treasury of Knowledge and Library Reference by Samuel Maunder (1853)
"baronets OF IRELAND. The baronets of Ireland were instituted by James I., for
the same purpose with the baronets of England, namely, to raise money for the ..."
5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"Cromwell created a few baronets, but at the Restoration the honour was bestowed
so lavishly ... In consequence of the opposition of the baronets themselves, ..."
6. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1880)
"... a work of this description, being handsomely bound, and profusely illustrated
with the armorial bearings of the several peers and baronets. LORD FORBES. ..."
7. A Manual of Dignities, Privilege, and Precedence by Charles Roger Dodd (1844)
"baronets are either members of the baronetage of England, of Great Britain, ...
baronets OF ENGLAND are all those who were created from May 1611 till the ..."
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