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

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 ...

and one 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 ...

, both extinct. The Houston Baronetcy, of Houston in the County of Renfrew, was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia on 29 February 1668 for Patrick Houston. The third Baronet represented

Linlithgowshire West Lothian ( sco, Wast Lowden; gd, Lodainn an Iar) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland, and was one of its historic counties. The county was called Linlithgowshire until 1925. The historic county was bounded geographically by the Av ...

in Parliament. After the death of the eighth Baronet in circa 1835, no-one successfully claimed the title, although there were living heirs. The Houston Baronetcy, of West Toxteth in the City of Liverpool, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 17 January 1922 for the shipowner and Conservative politician Robert Houston. The title became extinct on his death in 1926. His wife

Lucy, Lady Houston Dame Fanny Lucy Houston, Lady Houston, Baroness Byron ( Radmall; 8 April 1857 – 29 December 1936) was a British philanthropist, political activist and suffragist. Beginning in 1933, she published the '' Saturday Review'', which was best kno ...

, was a benefactor and philanthropist.

Houston baronets, of Houston (1668)

Sir Patrick Houston, 1st Baronet Sir Patrick Houstoun of that Ilk, 1st Baronet (or Houston; died 1696) was a Scottish politician who served as a member of the Parliament of Scotland for Renfrewshire in 1661 and Dunbartonshire in 1681–1682 and of the Convention of the Estates ...

(died 1696) *

Sir John Houston, 2nd Baronet Sir John Houstoun of that Ilk, 2nd Baronet (or Houston; died December 1717) was a member of the Parliament of Scotland for Renfrewshire from 1685 to 1686 and 1702 to 1707 and for Stirlingshire Stirlingshire or the County of Stirling, gd, Si ...

(died 1717) *

Sir John Houston, 3rd Baronet Sir John Houston, 3rd Baronet (or Houstoun; died 1722), of Houstoun, Renfrew, and Glasgow, Lanarkshire, was a Scottish Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1708 and 1715. He was a Jacobite. Biography Houston was the only son o ...

(died 1722) *Sir John Houston, 4th Baronet (died 1751) *Sir Patrick Houston, 5th Baronet (–1762) *Sir Patrick Houston, 6th Baronet (c. 1743–1785 *Sir George Houston, 7th Baronet (c. 1745–1795) *Sir Patrick Houston, 8th Baronet (died c. 1835) American lawyer William Houstoun (1755-1813) was the son of the 5th Baronet.

Houston baronets, of West Toxteth (1922)

* Sir Robert Paterson Houston, 1st Baronet (1853–1926)

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Houston Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom