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Index
to the five volumes of the
“ Complete Baronetage ”
1611–1800.
By G. E. C.
Together with an
Appendix
containing some few such Baronetcies which, inadvertently, are omitted, or which have been imperfectly dealt with, in the five volumes previously issued.
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Preface.
During the period here treated of, 1611 to 1800, there existed no less than four different series of Baronetcies, each of a separate Kingdom, viz. (1) Baronetcies of England, 22 May 1611 to 30 April 1707 ; (2) those of Ireland, 30 Sep. 1619 to 31 Dec. 1800 ; (3) those of Nova Scotia or Scotland, 28 May 1625 to 30 April 1707 ; and (4) those of Great Britain, 1 May 1707 to 31 Dec. 1800. Since this last date, i.e., after the Union with Ireland, 1 Jan. 1801, all Baronetcies are of one and the same realm, viz., that of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the arms and pedigrees of all grantees being duly registered in the College of Arms, London, under the Royal Warrant of 3 Dec. 1783, which previously had applied to the Baronetcies of Great Britain only. It is thus manifest that it is a much easier matter to deal with the creations in and after 1801 than with those which were created during the two centuries previous to that date.
The surname of the grantee, as also of every successor to the dignity (not being a Peer) is given in this index, but the Peerage title held by any Baronet is omitted.
The index itself is formed by the fusing together the five separate indexes to the five volumes of the Complete Baronetage, 1611 to 1800, edited by G.E.C. This was carried out at the cost of W. H. Weldon, C.V.O., Norroy King of Arms, who in so doing was able to correct several inaccuracies in the former indexes.
Grantees of the same name are arranged in chronological order, inasmuch as the designation (and, in several cases, even the surname) of the grantee does not, of necessity devolve with the dignity.
- G.E.C.
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Note.
It is proposed, if the health of the Editor (now, 1909, in his 85th year) should permit, to conclude this volume with a general Corrigenda to the five volumes already issued of the Complete Baronetage to 1800. In this Corrigenda such information as is already given in the “ Appendix ” will not be repeated, though a reference thereto will in all cases be given.
Since this Index was printed the legitimacy of Capt. John Twisden, R.N., son of Lieut. William Twisden, R.N., who was the 2d son of the 5th Baronet [1666], has been established by a judgment of the Court of Probate, 5 July 1909. This John (who died in 1853, aged 86) would accordingly (at the age of 12) have been entitled on the death, 5 Oct. 1779, of his uncle. Sir Roger Twisden, 6th Baronet [1666], to that dignity, and his grandson and heir male would accordingly be now (1909) so entitled. The succession to the Baronetcy from 5 Oct. 1779 to 1 Jan. 1841 (which was presumed to have followed that of the Bradbourne estate) and its extinction at the last named date would likewise be invalidated.
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Index to the Baronetage, 1611 to 1800,
comprising All the Baronetcies of the Kingdoms of England, Ireland, Scotland and Great Britain, from the institution of that dignity, 22 May 1611, until 1 January 1801 (the date of the Union with Ireland), after which date all Baronetcies are of one Kingdom only, viz., “ the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.”
[The letters “ I.” and “ S.” (within square brackets), placed immediately after the surname of the Grantee, denote respectively that the creation was either one of Ireland (30 Sep. 1619 to 30 Dec. 1800), or of Scotland, otherwise Nova Scotia (28 May 1625 to 24 April 1707). When no such letters are given, all creations, before 1 May 1707 (the date of the Union with Scotland), are of England, and all, after that date, of Great Britain.
The abbreviations “ cr.,” “ ex.,” “ dorm.” and “ forf.” stand respectively for “ created,” “ extinct,” “ dormant ” and “ forfeited.”
The above Baronetcies (1611 to 1800) are fully dealt with in the “ Complete Baronetage, edited by G.E.C.” (5 vols., 1906), to which, consequently this list forms, also, an index, and to which the figures at the end of each creation (e.g., “ ii. 98 ” meaning vol. ii., page 98, of that work) refer.
An Index to the Jacobite Baronetcies (1688 to 1784) created by the exiled Kings of the House of Stuart is given, separately, at the end hereof.]
A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, V, W, Y.
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