Talk:List of extant baronetcies

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"Extant" Baronetcies?

If there were no more Baronets of England, Nova Scotia or Ireland after 1706, and no Baronets of Great Britain after 1800, surely they doesn't count as extant baronetcies? Surely these are all extinct baronetcies? Hairy Dude 15:59, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

A baronetcy of Nova Scotia might well be extant and several are. E.g. Merlin Hay, 24th Earl of Erroll. - Kittybrewster (talk) 16:01, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Not sure if I doing this right. The baronet Lynch-Blosse of Galway created 8 June 1622 is not extant. The current Baronet is named Robert and lives in Oxfordshire —Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.237.92.109 (talk) 21:24, 1 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

An extant baronetcy is one which has a current holder of the title and it will remain an extant baronetcy as long as there is an heir to hold the title according to the Letters Patent creating the title. According to the Standing Council of the Baronetage, a baronetcy may be vacant or dormant if a succession has not been proved.

A vacant baronetage is one where the holder has died within about 5 or six years of the current date and the successor is usually known, but has not submitted the proof to be put on the Roll of the Baronets.

A dormat baronetage is one where the holder has died more than 5 or 6 years prior to the current date and the successor is not known and it is not known whether the line which is in remainder to the title has died out. That is why there are some baronetcies that have been dormant since the 1600's because there was a known heir at the time, but that line has disappeared.

An extinct baronetage is one where all branches of the line in remainder to the original grantee has died out.

A baronetcy always retains its grant name "Lynch-Blosse of Galway" throughout the life of the life of the title. While the name "Lynch-Blosse" might change (sometimes a holder will drop part of the surname or add to the surname), the "of Galway" will always be part of the Baronet's title no matter where his residence is located. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.91.172.226 (talk) 01:04, 3 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Scottish Baronets

The money should be "merks" and not "marks". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.105.247.220 (talk) 08:53, 29 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I thought that at the time a merk (or mark) was worth 13s. 4d., so 3000 of them is £2000, much greater than the article says. But have not edited because I'm not sure.Kjm2 (talk) 15:39, 9 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Moncreiffe

I don't see the baronetcy held by Sir Iain Moncreiffe of that Ilk (1919–1985), which apparently is not the same as "Moncreiff of Moncreiff and of Tulliebole". It would have passed to Merlin Hay, 24th Earl of Erroll. —Tamfang (talk) 03:04, 19 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Numbering

How is the numbering determined? For example, in List of extant baronetcies, the Henderson baronets (of Buscot Park) and the Banbury baronets are at nos. 817 and 820; whereas in "No. 28804". The London Gazette (invalid |supp= (help)). 20 February 1914. they are nos. 1088 and 1093 respectively. In between these, I see that two names shown in the London Gazette are omitted from List of extant baronetcies - they are Hermon-Hodge of Wyfold Court (created 6 August 1902) and Muntz of Clifton-on-Dunsmore (created 7 August 1902). Assuming that these baronetcies are extinct, that would justify their omission from List of extant baronetcies; but surely there should also be a gap in the numbering? --Redrose64 (talk) 16:55, 6 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

You are right. More work is needed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tes712ngombe (talk • contribs) 09:50, 27 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Major edits?

@Aumnamahashiva has recently removed many entries. Would be helpful if reasons were given for the changes, please! Somej (talk) 09:49, 31 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Removed all dormant and extinct baronetcies, per the latest lists from the Standing Council of the BaronetageAumnamahashiva (talk) 11:02, 31 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Life baronetcies

Is there such thing as life baronetcies? Or are all baronetcies hereditary? --95.24.63.92 (talk) 22:52, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

With few exceptions, British life peers hold the rank of baron/baroness. As determined by the Life Peerages Act 1958. Dimadick (talk) 23:58, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]