Halkett baronets
There have been two Halkett Baronetcies, both in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia — one in 1662 for and the other in 1697 for politician , who changed his name to Halkett in 1705. Both baronetcies are extinct.
Halkett baronets (25 January 1662)[]
- (died 1697)
- (died 1705)
Wedderburn, later Halkett baronets of Pitfirrane, Fife (31 December 1697)[]
Escutcheon of the Halkett baronets of Pitfirrane
- (c. 1660–1746)
- Sir Peter Halkett, 2nd Baronet (1695–1755)
- (died 1792)
- (1720–1793) born John Wedderburn who married Elizabeth Fletcher[1]
- (1764–1837)
- Sir Peter Halkett, 6th Baronet (1765–1839)
- (1805–1847)
- Sir Peter Arthur Halkett, 8th Baronet (1834–1904)
- Madeline
- Mabel
References[]
- ^ "Fletcher [married name Wedderburn], Elizabeth [Betty] (1731–1758), scholar". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/64080. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
- George Edward Cokayne, The Complete Baronetage, vols III and IV (Exeter, 1902 and 1904)
- vol. III, pp. 334-335 (1662 creation)
- vol. IV, pp. 373-374 (1697 creation)
- thePeerage.com
External links[]
- Archives catalogue for Sir Peter Arthur Halkett, 8th Baronet, Collection, The Black Watch Castle & Museum, Perth, Scotland.
Categories:
- Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia
- 1662 establishments in the British Empire