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There have been eight baronets surnamed Dickson holding between them two baronetcies: The Dickson baronetcy of Sornbeg in
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Cokayne's ''Complete Baronetage'', vol.4, p.368
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Baronetage of Nova Scotia 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 ...
on 28 February 1695 for Robert Dickson and became either extinct or dormant on the death of the second baronet in 1760. The Dickson baronetcy of Hardingham Hall in
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was created 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 ...
on 21 September 1802 for Admiral Archibald Dickson. The 6th baronet was elevated to the peerage as Baron Islington in 1910 and died with no son in 1936, when his titles became extinct.


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