Examples of baronet in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web At the heart of the Holburne Museum is the collection of Sir William Holburne (1793-1874), fifth baronet of Menstrie, who had a life-long interest in collecting art. — Emily Burack, Town & Country, 3 Apr. 2022 Wilde’s extended family tree includes: her grandfather Claud Cockburn, a prominent English communist who founded the radical magazine The Week; the baronet who ordered the 1814 Burning of Washington; and Evelyn Waugh. — Alexandra Schwartz, Vogue, 9 Dec. 2021 Born into an intellectual, progressive family in 1821, Duff Gordon married an impoverished Scottish baronet and knew Tennyson, Dickens, and Thackeray. — Ursula Lindsey, The New York Review of Books, 27 Apr. 2021 Sir Richard is the 13th baronet; Charlotte’s husband, Tremayne, will one day be the 14th. — Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 14 Nov. 2020 Charlotte’s father-in-law, Sir Richard Carew Pole, is a baronet, an aristocratic title bestowed on his family by King Charles I in 1628. — Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 14 Nov. 2020 Despite having confounded his privileged peers by setting himself up as a private detective, Lenox is the son of a baronet and very rich, which makes him a prize indeed. — Marilyn Stasio, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2020 Jack is descended from the Brooksbank baronets, according to the Telegraph. — Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 26 June 2018 Jack, 32, is descended from the Brooksbank baronets, according to the Telegraph. — Sam Dangremond, Town & Country, 26 June 2018 See More

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