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It is the doctrine held forth in several works on the Baronetage compiled by a person calling himself "Sir Richard Broun," of whom we read in Dodd's _Baronetage_, that "previous to succeeding his father, he demanded inauguration as a knight, in the capacity of a baronet's eldest son; but the Lord Chamberlain having refused to present him to the Queen for that purpose, he assumed the title of 'Sir,' and the addition of
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'If every lady who calls herself Lady Errand had a legal title to do so, the "Baronetage" would have to be extended to several supplementary volumes.'
Much Darker Days Andrew Lang 1878
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She alludes perpetually in conversation to that celebrated lady; and if you look in the "Baronetage" to the pedigree of the Pash family, you may see manuscript notes by Mrs. Frank Berry, relative to them and herself.
Men's Wives William Makepeace Thackeray 1837
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See Pixley's _History of the Baronetage_; Playfair's "Baronetage" (in
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" Various
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The editor of Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage, Charles Kidd, agrees.
Hugh Muir's diary 2012
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She alludes perpetually in conversation to that celebrated lady; and if you look in the “Baronetage” to the pedigree of the Pash family, you may see manuscript notes by Mrs. Frank Berry, relative to them and herself.
Mens Wives 2006
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Baronetage, about Uncle Newcome and Newcome; about the Newcome who was burned at Smithfield; about the one that was at the battle of
The Newcomes 2006
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The company no longer puts out the authoritative Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, which it sold off in the 1970s, but it compiles a number of genealogical volumes, and its publishing director, Harold Brooks-Baker (an American — and as yet a commoner), is the world's most quoted expert on royalty and aristocracy.
To the Manor Bought 2001
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The company no longer puts out the authoritative Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, which it sold off in the 1970s, but it compiles a number of genealogical volumes, and its publishing director, Harold Brooks-Baker (an American — and as yet a commoner), is the world's most quoted expert on royalty and aristocracy.
To the Manor Bought 2001
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History of the Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage, ed. Peter
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