What king created the Order of Baronets?
King James I
When was that?
22 May 1611
What was the purpose?
for the settlement of Ireland
What was the cost?
£1,095
And what was the estate amount?
₤1,000 a year
Was there a condition?
yes
What?
that each one should pay a sum equivalent to three years' pay to 30 soldiers
Who?
200 gentlemen of good birth
When was the Act of Union?
1707
What is required in order to be recognized as a baronet?
a claim of succession
And then what happens?
the name is entered on The Official Roll.
Who started that?
Royal Warrant
When?
February 1910
What is it called if there is no one to claim a baronetcy for five years after a death?
dormant
Baronets are a level in what?
the British aristocracy
What did the baronets of Great Britain replace?
the earlier Baronetages