baronet

Example Sentences

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

From New York Times

Lawrence novel about the neglected young wife of an impotent baronet who has an affair with the country estate gamekeeper.

From Seattle Times

His father — at least, according to his birth certificate — was Sir Edward Lindsay-Hogg, a baronet of Rotherfield Hall in East Sussex, England.

From New York Times

Born into the family of an English baronet, young Lindsay-Hogg grew up among the small world of Hollywood royalty.

From Salon

A baronet's wife has written to the prime minister calling on him to abolish a law that will stop her 16-year-old daughter from inheriting the family's title.

From BBC