There have been two baronetcies created for persons with the surname Adam, both in the
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
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)
James I of E ...
. One creation is extant as of 2009.
The Adam Baronetcy, of Blair Adam in the County of Kinross, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 20 May 1882 for
Charles Adam
Admiral Sir Charles Adam (6 October 1780 – 19 September 1853) was a British naval commander and Lord of the Admiralty who served during the Napoleonic Wars. He later commanded the royal yacht, ''Royal Sovereign'', and was the Member of Parl ...
, who was later
Lord Lieutenant of Kinross-shire from 1909 to 1911. The title was in honour of his late father, the
Liberal politician and colonial administrator
William Patrick Adam
William Patrick Adam, CIE, DL (14 September 1823 – 24 May 1881) was a British colonial administrator and Liberal politician. He was twice First Commissioner of Works under William Gladstone and also served briefly as Governor of Madras betw ...
, whose widow Emily Adam was granted the precedence of a baronet's wife the same year. William Patrick Adam was the son of Admiral
Sir Charles Adam
Admiral Sir Charles Adam (6 October 1780 – 19 September 1853) was a British naval commander and Lord of the Admiralty who served during the Napoleonic Wars. He later commanded the royal yacht, ''Royal Sovereign'', and was the Member of Parl ...
, son of
William Adam, only surviving son of the architect
John Adam, brother of architects
Robert Adam and
James Adam.
John Adam and
Sir Frederick Adam, uncles of William Patrick Adam, also gained distinction. Sir Charles Adam, 1st Baronet, died childless in 1922, when the baronetcy became extinct. His estates were passed on to his nephew,
Charles Keith Adam
Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was ...
, who served as Lord Lieutenant of Kinross-shire between 1955 and 1966.
The Adam, later Forbes Adam Baronetcy, of Hankelow Court in the County of Chester, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 15 February 1917 for the industrialist
Frank Adam. His eldest son, Ronald (1885–1982) the second Baronet, was a General in the
British Army. He was succeeded by his nephew Christopher (1920–2009), the third Baronet. He was the son of Eric Graham Forbes Adam, second son of the first Baronet. The fourth baronet was Stephen Timothy Forbes Adam (1923–2019), son of
Colin Forbes Adam
Colin Gurden Forbes Adam CSI DL (18 December 1889 – 12 November 1982) was a British civil servant in the Indian Civil Service.ADAM, Colin Gurdon Forbes’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–200 ...
, third son of Sir Frank.
Adam baronets, of Blair Adam (1882)
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Sir Charles Elphinstone Adam, 1st Baronet (1859–1922)
Adam, later Forbes Adam baronets of Hankelow Court, Sussex (1917)
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Sir Frank Forbes Adam, 1st Baronet (1846–1926)
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Sir Ronald Forbes Adam, 2nd Baronet (1885–1982)
*Sir Christopher Eric Forbes Adam, 3rd Baronet (1920–2009)
*The Revd Sir (Stephen) Timothy Forbes Adam, 4th Baronet (1923–2019)
*Sir Nigel Colin Forbes Adam, 5th Baronet
(1930–2022)
*Sir Charles David Forbes Adam, 6th Baronet (born 1957)
See also
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Adams baronets
The Adams Baronetcy, of London, was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 13 June 1660 for Thomas Adams, Lord Mayor of London in 1645. The title presumably became extinct on the death of the sixth baronet in 1770.
Adams baron ...
References
*Beauclerk Dewar, Peter. ''Burke's landed gentry of Great Britain, 19th edition''. Wilmington, Delaware: Burke's Peerage and Gentry LLC, 2001.
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External links
Portrait of Sir Frank Adam, 1st Baronet, at the National Portrait Gallery
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Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Baronetcies in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom