Craufurd baronets

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Craufurd baronets
Blazon of Craufurd Baronets of Kilbirney (1781).svg
Escutcheon of the Craufurd baronets of Kilbirney
Creation date1781
Statusextant
MottoSine labe nota, Distinction without a stain[1]

The Craufurd Baronetcy, of Kilbirney in south-west Scotland ("North Britain" in the terminology of the time), is a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. It was created on 8 June 1781 for Alexander Craufurd,[2] the member of an ancient Scottish family. The General and Major-General were elected to the Nottinghamshire East Retford (UK Parliament constituency) of the almost wholly unreformed (pre-1832) House of Commons.

Craufurd baronets, of Kilbirney (1781)[]

The list also shows notable ranks of siblings of those passing on the title.

  • Sir Alexander Craufurd, 1st Baronet (c. 1729–1797)
  • Sir James Gregan-Craufurd, 2nd Baronet (1761–1839)
  • Sir George William Craufurd, 3rd Baronet (1797–1881)
  • Sir Charles William Frederick Craufurd, 4th Baronet (1847–1939)
  • Sir George Standish Gage Craufurd, 5th Baronet (1872–1957)
  • Sir Quentin Charles Alexander Craufurd, 6th Baronet (1875–1957)
  • Sir Alexander John Fortescue Craufurd, 7th Baronet (1876–1966)
  • Sir James Gregan Craufurd, 8th Baronet (1886–1970)
  • Sir Robert James Craufurd, 9th Baronet (born 1937)
    • General Sir Charles Gregan Craufurd (1761–1839)
    • Major-General Robert Craufurd (1764–1812) died in battle at Ciudad Rodrigo in the Peninsular Wars (Napoleonic War)
    • Robert Gregan Craufurd (1804–1868)
    • Lieutenant Henry Robert Craufurd (1845–1920)
    • Commander Charles Quentin Gregan Craufurd, Master Attendant at Singapore (1847–1917)
    • Colonel Robert Quentin Craufurd (1880–1943)
    • Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Craufurd (1881–1932)

The 9th Baronet has three children, all daughters and there is no heir apparent to this baronetcy.[3]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. London: Debrett's Peerage. 2000. p. B276. ISBN 033354577X.
  2. ^ "No. 12172". The London Gazette. 20 March 1781. p. 5.
  3. ^ Burke's Peerage, 107th Ed., London, 2003, volume 1 at page 947.

References[]

  • Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,[page needed]
  • Leigh Rayment's list of baronets
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