Baronetage of Nova Scotia
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The Baronetage of Nova Scotia was devised in 1624 as a means of settling the plantation of that province. King James I announced his intention of creating 100 baronets, each of whom was to support six colonists for two years (or pay 2000 marks in lieu thereof) and also to pay 1000 marks to Sir William Alexander, to whom the province had been granted by charter in 1621.
James died before this scheme could be implemented, but it was carried out by his son Charles I, who created the first Scottish baronet on 28 May 1625, covenanting in the creation charter that the baronets of Scotland or of Nova Scotia should never exceed 150, that their heirs apparent should be knighted on coming of age (21), and that no one should receive the honour who had not fulfilled the conditions, viz, paid 3000 marks towards the plantation of the colony. Four years later the king wrote to the contractors for baronets, recognizing that they had advanced large sums to Sir William Alexander for the plantation on the security of the payments to be made by future baronets, and empowering them to offer a further inducement to applicants; and on the same day he granted to all Nova Scotia baronets the right to wear about their necks, suspended by an orange tawny ribbon, a badge bearing an azure saltire with a crowned inescutcheon of the arms of Scotland and the motto Fax mentis honestae gloria. As the required number, however, could not be completed, Charles announced in 1633 that English and Irish gentlemen might receive the honor, and in 1634 they began to do so. Yet even so, he was only able to create a few more than 120 in all. In 1638 the creation ceased to carry with it the grant of lands in Nova Scotia, and on the union with England (1707) the Scottish creations ceased, English and Scotsmen alike receiving thenceforth baronetcies of Great Britain.
Many baronets also hold peerage titles; these have been listed below. For a complete list of all baronetcies, see List of baronetcies.
Baronets in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia
| Title | Creation | Other titles |
|---|---|---|
| Acheson of Glencairny | 1628 | Also Earl of Gosford in the Peerage of Great Britain |
| Anstruther of Balcaskie | 1694 | |
| Baird of Sauchtonhall | 1695 | |
| Bannerman of Elsick | 1682 | |
| Barclay of Pierston | 1668 | |
| Bingham of Castlebar | 1634 | Also Earl of Lucan in the Peerage of Ireland |
| Broun of Colstoun | 1686 | |
| Browne of The Neale | 1636 | Also Baron Kilmaine in the Peerage of Ireland |
| Bruce of Stenhouse | 1629 | |
| Burnett of Leys of Muchalls | 1626 | |
| Campbell of Lundy | 1627 | Also Duke of Argyll in the Peerage of Scotland |
| Campbell of Auchinbreck | 1628 | |
| Campbell of Aberuchil | c.1668 | |
| Carnegie of Pitarrow | 1663 | Also Duke of Fife in the Peerage of the United Kingdom |
| Clerk of Penicuik | 1679 | |
| Cockburn of Cockburn | 1671 | |
| Colquhoun of Colquhoun | 1625 | Also Baron Strathspey in the Peerage of the United Kingdom |
| Cunynghame of Milncraig | 1702 | |
| Curzon of Kedleston | 1636 | Also Viscount Scarsdale in the Peerage of the United Kingdom |
| Dalrymple of Stair | 1664 | Also Earl of Stair in the Peerage of Scotland |
| Dalrymple of Cranstoun | 1698 | Also Earl of Stair in the Peerage of the United Kingdom |
| Dalyell of Binns | 1685 | |
| Dick-Lauder of Fountainhall | 1690 | |
| Don-Wauchope of Newton | 1667 | |
| Douglas of Kelhead | 1668 | Also Marquess of Queensberry in the Peerage of Scotland |
| Dunbar of Mockrum | 1694 | |
| Dunbar of Durn | 1698 | |
| Dunbar of Northfield | 1700 | |
| Dunbar of Hempriggs | 1706 | |
| Eliott of Stobs | 1666 | |
| Elliot of Minto | 1700 | Also Earl of Minto in the Peerage of the United Kingdom |
| Elphinstone of Logie | 1701 | |
| Erskine of Alva | 1666 | Also Earl of Rosslyn in the Peerage of the United Kingdom |
| Erskine of Cambo | 1666 | Also Earl of Kellie in the Peerage of Scotland |
| Fairlie-Cuninghame of Robertland | 1630 | |
| Fergusson of Kilkerran | 1703 | |
| Forbes of Castle Forbes | 1628 | Also Earl of Granard in the Peerage of Ireland |
| Forbes of Craigievar | 1630 | |
| Gibson-Craig-Carmichael of Keirhill | 1702 | |
| Gordon of Haddo | 1642 | Also Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair in the Peerage of the United Kingdom |
| Gordon of Earlston | 1706 | |
| Graham of Braco | 1625 | Dormant in 1700, but assumed by Duke of Montrose (in the Peerage of Scotland) |
| Grant of Dalvey | 1688 | |
| Grant of Monymusk | 1705 | |
| Grant-Suttie of Balgone | 1702 | |
| Grierson of Lag | 1685 | |
| Hall of Dunglass | 1687 | |
| Hamilton of Silverton Hill | 1646 | |
| Hamilton-Dalrymple of Bargeny | 1697 | |
| Hay of Park | 1663 | |
| Hay of Alderston | 1703 | |
| Heron-Maxwell of Springkell | 1683 | |
| Home of Blackadder | 1671 | |
| Hope of Craighall | 1628 | |
| Hope-Dunbar of Baldoon | 1664 | |
See also
- Baronetage of England
- Baronetage of Ireland
- Baronetage of Great Britain
- Baronetage of the United Kingdom
- List of baronetcies
References
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