Baronetage of Great Britain

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The Baronetage of Great Britain was a hereditary title system in the British honours hierarchy, ranking below barons and above most knighthoods, used between the Acts of Union 1707 and the formation of the United Kingdom in 1801.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf baronetage
hereditary title system
appliesToJurisdiction Kingdom of Great Britain
country Kingdom of Great Britain
distinctFrom knighthood
peerage of Great Britain
endCause formation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
endTime 1801
followedBy baronetage of the United Kingdom
surface form: Baronetage of the United Kingdom
follows Baronetage of England
Baronetage of Nova Scotia
grantedBy British Crown
monarch of Great Britain
hasAbbreviation Bart
surface form: Bart.

Bt
surface form: Bt.
hasCategory Baronetcies
British titles of nobility
Orders, decorations, and medals of the United Kingdom
hasFemaleTitleStyle Dame
hasLegalNature hereditary honour
hasPostNominal Bart
Bt
hasRank baronet
hasTitleStyle Sir
historicalPeriod 18th century Britain
inheritanceType primogeniture
isHereditary true
languageOfName English
legalStatus substantive dignity but not peerage
nobleTitle no
partOf British honours system
surface form: British honours hierarchy

British honours system
precedesInPrecedence knights bachelor
rankInHierarchy above most knighthoods
below barons
regulates creation of baronets in Great Britain
socialStatus hereditary gentry
startTime 1707
Acts of Union 1707
succeedsInPrecedence barons
successorJurisdiction United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
titleHoldersClass landed gentry
usedBetween 1707–1801

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baronetage of the United Kingdom createdByUnionOf Baronetage of Great Britain
subject surface form: Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Milbanke family titleIn Baronetage of Great Britain
Baronetage of Ireland isSubsetOf Baronetage of Great Britain
this entity surface form: Baronetage of Great Britain and Ireland (in historical usage)
Baronetage of Ireland distinctFrom Baronetage of Great Britain
Baronetage of Nova Scotia followedBy Baronetage of Great Britain
Standing Council of the Baronetage hasJurisdictionOver Baronetage of Great Britain
Baronetage of England mergedInto Baronetage of Great Britain
Baronetage of England distinctFrom Baronetage of Great Britain
Eden baronets partOf Baronetage of Great Britain