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baronetcy


  • n  the rank or dignity or position of a baronet or baroness
  • n  the title of a baron

  • By an upland salmon stream, the heir to the family baronetcy (but not the barony), Rear Admiral Arthur Lionel Ochoncar Forbes-Sempill, 74, considered his new status.
  • Charles Grey, brother heir to the baronetcy of Viscount Edward Grey of Fallodon; from injuries inflicted by a buffalo; in Tanganyika, East Africa.
  • The Standard also pointed out that Grant had only recently received a baronetcy.

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