baronetcy
IPA: bɛrʌnˈɛtki
noun
- The rank of a baronet.
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Examples of "baronetcy" in Sentences
- There is no heir to the baronetcy.
- A baronetcy is not a peerage title.
- He inherited the baronetcy in 1858.
- He is heir apparent to the baronetcy.
- A baronetcy is a rank of nobility, not chivalry.
- There is no heir to the baronetcy and viscountcy.
- But a baronetcy is a junior title to that of a baron.
- He was attainted and the baronetcy was forfeited in 1691.
- The baronetcy was a recent one, and not unconnected with trade.
- On the death of the seventh Baronet in 1743 the baronetcy became dormant.
- The baronetcy became dormant in 1786 on the death of the seventh Baronet.
- It was a sadness with him that he had neither son nor any male relative: he was resigned to the baronetcy dying with him.
- Later he administered the affairs of the Duke of Kent, whose trustee he was, and his baronetcy was the first bestowed by Queen Victoria.
- The more Seabright gains in the public sphere (election to Parliament, a baronetcy, an offer of high office), the more he loses in his household.
- There's one trust deposit yet to be divided between the Government and this sly old Indo-Scotch-man, and I fancy the empty honor of the baronetcy is a quid pro quo. "
- In the same year (1826), however, the death of Shelley's son by Harriet made little Percy a person of consequence as heir to the baronetcy, and her position improved.
- Lastingham, and might therefore be readily excused if he considered himself a person of some importance in a country where a baronetcy is the highest hereditary dignity, and where many of the existing
- Orthodox art history tends to see Effie as a malign influence, eagerly propelling her docile husband down the path to mass acceptance, marchionesses' daughters and giving the public what it wanted—a long, craven process of "selling out" symbolized by the baronetcy that came his way in 1885.