There have been two baronetcies created for persons with the surname Falkiner, one in the

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and one in the

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. As of 2014 one creation is believed to be extant. The Falkiner Baronetcy, of Anne Mount, in the County of Cork, was created in the Baronetage of Ireland on 24 August 1778 for Sir Riggs Falkiner, 1st Baronet. He was the great-grandson of Michael Falkiner, originally of Brigart,

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, who had settled in Ireland in the 1650s, and represented

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and

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in the

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. The fourth Baronet was a

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in the

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. The fifth Baronet was a

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in the

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and served throughout the

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. As of 31 December 2013, the present Baronet has not successfully proven his succession to the title, and is therefore not on the Official Roll of the Baronetage, with the baronetcy considered dormant since 1997. The family surname is pronounced "FALL-kin-err". The Falkiner Baronetcy, of Abbotstown in the County of Dublin, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 21 December 1812 for Frederick Falkiner, who had earlier represented

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in the

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. The title became extinct on his death in 1824. He was a distant cousin of the earlier Falkiner baronets.

Falkiner baronets, of Anne Mount (1778)

* Sir Riggs Falkiner, 1st Baronet (died 1797) * Sir Samuel Falkiner, 2nd Baronet (–1825) * Sir Riggs Falkiner, 3rd Baronet (1789–1850) * Sir Charles Leslie Falkiner, 4th Baronet (1790–1858) * Sir Samuel Edmund Falkiner, 5th Baronet (1791–1867) * Sir Samuel Edmund Falkiner, 6th Baronet (1843–1893) * Sir Leslie Edmund Percy Riggs Falkiner, 7th Baronet (1866–1917) * Sir Terence Edmond Patrick Falkiner, 8th Baronet (1903–1987) * Sir Edmond Charles Falkiner, 9th Baronet (1938–1997) * Sir Benjamin Simon Patrick Falkiner, 10th Baronet (born 1962) The

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is the present holder's only son Samuel James Matthew Falkiner (born 1993).

Falkiner baronets, of Abbotstown (1812)

Sir Frederick John Falkiner, 1st Baronet Sir Frederick John Falkiner, 1st Baronet (8 April 1768 – 14 September 1824) was an Irish baronet and politician. He was the eldest son of Daniel Falkiner, grandson of Daniel Falkiner, and his wife Dorothy Faure, daughter of Henry Faure. Falki ...

(1768–1824)

Notes

External links

Brief biography of Sir Frederick Falkiner, 1st Baronet

References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, * {{DEFAULTSORT:Falkiner Baronetcies in the Baronetage of Ireland Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom 1778 establishments in Ireland 1812 establishments in the United Kingdom