Look up: Baronet

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   Baronet
   Baronet is the first in rank among the gentry, and the only knighthood that is hereditary. They were instituted by James I in 1611 as a result of the revellion in Ulster, it being required of a baronet on his creation, to pay into the exchequer as much as would maintain 'thirty soldiers three years at eightpence a day in the province of Ulster in Ireland.' It was also required that a baronet should be a gentleman born, and have a clear estate of 1000 pounds per annum.
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   Baronet
   [n] - a member of the British order of honor
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   baronet
   British order of chivalry below the rank of baron, but above that of knight, created in 1611 by James I to finance the settlement of Ulster. It is a hereditary honour, although women cannot succeed...
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   Baronet
   Bar'on·et noun [ Baron + - et .] A dignity or degree of honor next below a baron and above a knight, having precedency of all orders of knights except those of the Garter. It is the lowest degree of honor that is hereditary. The baronets are commoners. » The order was founded by James I. in 1611, and is given by patent. The word, however, in the sense of a lesser baron, was ...
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   baronet
   Bart noun a member of the British order of honor; ranks below a baron but above a knight; `since he was a baronet he had to be addressed as Sir Henry Jones, Bart.`
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   Baronet
   A `baronet` (traditional abbreviation `Bart`, modern abbreviation `Bt`) or the rare female equivalent, a `baronetess` (abbreviation `Btss`), is the holder of a hereditary title awarded by the British Crown known as a `baronetcy`. The current practice of awarding baronetcies was originally introduced in England and Ireland by James I of England in 1611 in order to raise funds. Baronetcies have two European equivalents from a ranking perspective: ...
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   Baronet
   • (n.) A dignity or degree of honor next below a baron and above a knight, having precedency of all orders of knights except those of the Garter. It is the lowest degree of honor that is hereditary. The baronets are commoners.
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   baronet
   British hereditary dignity, first created by King James I of England in May 1611. The baronetage is not part of the peerage, nor is it an order of ...
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