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Example sentences for "baronetcy"

Lexicographically close words:
baronage; barones; baronesses; baronet; baronetage; baronets; baronial; baronie; baronies; barons
  1. He was heir to a baronetcy and to the estates that went with it.

  2. These discussions were both unfortunate and embarrassing; in the course of them, I had suggested that the way out of the difficulty was generously to offer a baronetcy to Mr. Cartier.

  3. A few days afterwards came another cable telegram, informing Lord Monck that the Queen had conferred on me the baronetcy dignity, and the C.

  4. He could have a baronetcy for the asking, but he has no children and he prefers to be a power behind the throne rather than a lackey in front of it.

  5. He had early learnt to fish in troubled waters, and the political upheaval gave him his opportunity; he promptly crossed the floor of the House and obtained, without paying for it, a baronetcy as his reward.

  6. Lady Jarvis was for purchasing a baronetcy on the spot, with what they had, under the impression that when ready for another promotion they would only have to pay the difference, as they did in the army when he received his captaincy.

  7. He was trying to bribe her with the baronetcy which was to be his in due time.

  8. It was decided, therefore, that Felden Woods was to be the country residence of Talbot and Aurora, till such time as the young man should succeed to the baronetcy and Bulstrode Castle, and be required to live upon his estate.

  9. By the God who made me" she hissed, "I will bar your Baronetcy forever!

  10. Only Berthe's determined attack on the granting of the baronetcy in London, and her own "lightning disappearance" had saved her from Ram Lal's cupidity.

  11. Before my title to the baronetcy is perfected?

  12. If I could only get in between him and this baronetcy I might creep in on the girl's friendship!

  13. The Baronetcy is safe the very moment that Abercromby's work is done.

  14. Anstruther, lightly resuming: "I was sent up to Delhi to delicately find out about this alleged daughter, for the Chief does not want to throw Johnstone's baronetcy over.

  15. There's one trust deposit yet to be divided between the Government and this sly old Indo-Scotch-man, and I fancy the empty honor of the baronetcy is a quid pro quo.

  16. But I must have my Baronetcy so that I can leave India, for I fear the vengeance of the devils who robbed the captured Princes of Oude.

  17. Circling and circling, and yet never daring to approach the subject, old Hugh Johnstone warily returned to the suspended baronetcy affair, at last revealing his secret burning anxieties.

  18. This paper, the receipt for the deposit, once delivered to the Viceroy of India--and the Baronetcy which is to be your life crown is lost for ever.

  19. I have some really valuable presents, and I am on honor to the Viceroy in this, for, of course, a baronetcy must not be given into sullied hands.

  20. Douglas Fraser can have them well bestowed; that is, if I have to remain and fight out this Baronetcy affair, then I could put you up here.

  21. If it were not for the old matter I would go to-morrow, and let the Baronetcy go hang--or find me in the Highlands.

  22. You only care for this bubble Baronetcy and for your heaped-up hoards.

  23. Perhaps he wants the Baronetcy first, and then his memory may be strangely refreshed.

  24. The Grindlays knew of the surreptitious attempts made by the plausible Hugh Fraser to withdraw the deposit long before the baronetcy episode.

  25. This signal he did not give until late; and he had been assured of the baronetcy in the following week, before he fancied it time to change the scene.

  26. This baronetcy that is promised me is what I suggested to myself long since.

  27. I hear it is his Majesty’s intention to create a baronetcy for you.

  28. I shall perhaps see the heir to the baronetcy arrive," he said to himself, "and we can make our entry together.

  29. Besides, he requires no sympathy if it is true that he is the heir to a baronetcy and a fortune.

  30. Palmerston offered Cobden a choice between a baronetcy and a Privy Councillorship as a reward for his services.

  31. A baronetcy was spoken of with confidence; a peerage was frequently mentioned.

  32. She accepted it, grumbling, because it was scanty; but the baronetcy was not rich, and the brother did more for the sister than she deserved, for she had always been ungracious.

  33. Baronetcy received on the christening of the Prince of Wales.

  34. His baronetcy was the first title conferred by Queen Victoria, in 1837, as a reward for his political exertions.

  35. It meant a baronetcy and eight thousand a year, more or less.

  36. Two thousand a year to start on and a baronetcy and eight thousand a year in the near future were not--but I hate talking about that kind of thing.

  37. The offer of a Baronetcy to her father--the only return which it was then in the power of the Crown to bestow, for the heavy losses he had sustained--was gratefully declined on the ground of poverty.

  38. But that Saturday of the last baronetcy was a day of marked crisis.

  39. I'm a journalist; my father before me was a journalist, and got his silly old baronetcy by being a journalist.

  40. He was a Tory and a staunch follower of the younger Pitt, who rewarded his services with a baronetcy in 1800.

  41. He received a Baronetcy and the Grand Cross of the Bath from the Crown, while the Company recognized his great services by conferring on him a pension of £2,000 a year.

  42. Sir James died in 1857 when the baronetcy became extinct.

  43. Succeeding his brother in 1746 in the lands and baronetcy of Prestonfield, near Edinburgh, he assumed the name of Dick, and fixed his residence at the family seat.

  44. Gothic letters on a large handsome crockeryware card, with possibly a gilt coat-of-arms and supporters, or the blood-red hand of baronetcy duly displayed.

  45. Kitely discounted bills in the City in the year 1787, and gained his baronetcy by a loan to the French princes.

  46. He was not naturally a bad man at heart, and had he not been legal heir to the baronetcy he would never have entered into the conspiracy to deprive the rightful owner of the property.

  47. As the cousin and only male relative of Sir Jasper Coleman, he was heir to the Baronetcy but not to the property.

  48. He lingered until sometime after midnight, and ere the light of another day dawned, his spirit had passed away, and the baronetcy became extinct.

  49. His youngest brother (John Henry) succeeded to the Fludyer baronetcy in 1876.

  50. His elder brother succeeded to the Coote baronetcy on the death of Lord Mountrath.

  51. On the female side he was of the elder branch of the same family to whom a baronetcy was granted by Queen Anne (extinct).


  52. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "baronetcy" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    dukedom; kingship; knighthood; lordship; queenship