The Loraine Baronetcy, of Kirk Harle in the County of Northumberland, was a title in the

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. It was created on 26 September 1664 for Thomas Loraine,

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. The second Baronet was

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for

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. The third Baronet was High Sheriff of Northumberland in 1742, the fourth Baronet in 1774 and the fifth Baronet in 1814. The eleventh Baronet was a

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in the

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. The twelfth baronet was a distinguished diplomat. The title became extinct on his death in 1961. The Loraines held a Northumbrian estate at

Kirkharle Hall Kirkharle Hall was a country house at Kirkharle, Northumberland, England, the former seat of the Loraine family, now much reduced and in use as a farmhouse. The Hall is in the upper reaches of the Wansbeck valley; almost adjacent to the A696 ro ...

that was acquired when William Loraine married the Strother heiress of Kirk Harle early in the 15th century.

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was born at Kirk Harle and was employed as a youth on the estate by the second Baronet.

Loraine baronets, of Kirk Harle (1664)

* Sir Thomas Loraine, 1st Baronet (1638–1718) * Sir William Loraine, 2nd Baronet (1658–1744) * Sir Charles Loraine, 3rd Baronet (1701–1755) * Sir William Loraine, 4th Baronet (1749–1809) * Sir Charles Loraine, 5th Baronet (1779–1833) * Sir William Loraine, 6th Baronet (1801–1849) * Sir Charles Vincent Loraine, 7th Baronet (1807–1850) * Sir Henry Claude Loraine, 8th Baronet (1812–1851) * Sir William Loraine, 9th Baronet (1780–1851) * Sir John Lambton Loraine, 10th Baronet (1784–1852) *

Sir Lambton Loraine, 11th Baronet Sir Lambton Loraine, 11th Baronet (17 November 1838 - 13 May 1917) was a British naval officer, involved in several incidents of gunboat diplomacy. He is best remembered for his involvement in the "Virginius Affair" of 1873. On 11 July 1852 he ...

(1838–1917) * Sir Percy Lyham Loraine, 12th Baronet (1880–1961)

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{{reflist Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of England 1664 establishments in England