baronet

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The baronet and his wife said the decision was due to a desire to retire and do other things after decades working to maintain the large estate.

From BBC • Feb. 1, 2025

She is also cushioned by wealth, her father being a baronet with connections and a country estate.

From Seattle Times • May 23, 2023

After the coronation, the king made Treves a baronet.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2023

He’s also a baronet, master of an estate near a coal-mining village in the Midlands.

From New York Times • Dec. 1, 2022

His companion only answered by a melancholy smile; and the conversation went on between the old gentleman and the young baronet till they reached the small town of Lenham, where they stopped again to dine.

From The Smuggler: (Vol's I-III) A Tale by James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford)