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Speelman Baronets
The Speelman Baronetcy, of the Netherlands, is a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 9 September 1686 for the two-year-old Cornelis Speelman, who later became a General in the Dutch Army. At the same time his mother was given the rank of the widow of a baronet. Speelman was the only son of Johan Cornelis Speelman (1659–1686) and a grandson of Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies Cornelis Speelman (1628–1684). Johan died before the letters patent intended to create him a baronet had passed the Great Seal. The sixth Baronet was Burgemeester of the city of Harlingen in the Netherlands. In 1817, Sir Cornelis Speelman, the 3rd Baronet, was raised into the Dutch nobility by King William I of the Netherlands. Since then all his descendants belong to the ''untitled nobility'' with the Dutch honorific title Jonkheer, with inheritance in male line. This noble family became extinct with the 8th and last baronet in 2005. Speelman baronets (1686) * Sir Cornelis S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baronetage Of England
Baronets are a rank in the British aristocracy. The current Baronetage of the United Kingdom has replaced the earlier but existing Baronetages of England, Nova Scotia, Ireland, and Great Britain. Baronetage of England (1611–1705) King James I created the hereditary Order of Baronets in England on 22 May 1611, for the settlement of Ireland. He offered the dignity to 200 gentlemen of good birth, with a clear estate of £1,000 a year, on condition that each one should pay a sum equivalent to three years' pay to 30 soldiers at 8d per day per man (total – £1,095) into the King's Exchequer. The Baronetage of England comprises all baronetcies created in the Kingdom of England before the Act of Union in 1707. In that year, the Baronetage of England and the Baronetage of Nova Scotia were replaced by the Baronetage of Great Britain. The extant baronetcies are listed below in order of precedence (i.e. date). All other baronetcies, including extinct, dormant (D), unproven (U), under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
