Baronetage of Ireland

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The Baronetage of Ireland is the historical register of hereditary baronet titles granted in Ireland prior to their incorporation into the broader Baronetage of the United Kingdom.

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Baronetage of Ireland canonical 3

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf baronetage
system of hereditary titles
administeredBy Crown Office
Lord Chancellor of England
surface form: Lord Chancellor (historically)
associatedWith Norman-Irish nobility
surface form: Anglo-Irish aristocracy

Irish landed gentry
country Kingdom of Ireland
distinctFrom Baronetage of England
Baronetage of Great Britain
Baronetage of Nova Scotia
baronetage of the United Kingdom
surface form: Baronetage of the United Kingdom

Peerage of Ireland
entails right to be addressed as Sir or Dame
use of hereditary coat of arms with baronet’s badge (for some creations)
femaleTitleStyle Dame
followedBy baronetage of the United Kingdom
surface form: Baronetage of the United Kingdom
follows Baronetage of England
grantedBy British Crown
Kingdom of England
surface form: English Crown
hasCharacteristic hereditary dignity but not peerage
titles generally pass to male heirs
hasCreationPeriod early modern period
hasFeature titles often associated with specific territorial designations in Ireland
hasJurisdiction Ireland
hasNotableTitle Burke family
surface form: Burke baronets

FitzGerald family
surface form: FitzGerald baronets

Lynch baronets
Nugent baronets
O’Brien baronets
hasPurpose means of raising revenue for the Crown through sale of dignities
reward for loyalty to the Crown
hasTypeOfTitle baronetcy
historicalScope Irish baronetcies created before the formation of the United Kingdom baronetage
inheritanceType hereditary
isRecordedIn Official Roll of the Baronetage
isSubsetOf Baronetage of Great Britain
surface form: Baronetage of Great Britain and Ireland (in historical usage)
language English
legalStatus substantive dignity but not a peerage
mergedInto baronetage of the United Kingdom
surface form: Baronetage of the United Kingdom
partOf Baronetage of the British Isles
hereditary titled nobility of Ireland
postNominalLetters Bart
Bt
rankedAbove knighthood
rankedBelow barony
titleStyle Sir

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

baronetage of the United Kingdom createdByUnionOf Baronetage of Ireland
subject surface form: Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Baronetage of England distinctFrom Baronetage of Ireland