There have been two baronetcies created for persons with the surname Matheson, 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 2017. The Matheson Baronetcy, of The Lews in the County of Ross, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom in 1851 for the Scottish businessman and politician James Matheson. He was co-founder of the firm of Jardine Matheson. The title became extinct on his death in 1878. The Matheson Baronetcy, of Lochalsh in the County of Ross, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 15 May 1882 for the businessman and Liberal politician Alexander Matheson. He was the nephew of the first Baronet of the 1850 creation and a partner in Jardine Matheson. Matheson also represented

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and

Ross and Cromarty Ross and Cromarty ( gd, Ros agus Cromba), sometimes referred to as Ross-shire and Cromartyshire, is a variously defined area in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. There is a registration county and a lieutenancy area in current use, the latt ...

in the House of Commons. The Matheson family owned Gledfield House, a nineteenth-century country house, near Ardgay,

Sutherland Sutherland ( gd, Cataibh) is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area in the Highlands of Scotland. Its county town is Dornoch. Sutherland borders Caithness and Moray Firth to the east, Ross-shire and Cromartyshire (later ...

. It was developed in the 1850s and extended by architects Ross & Macbeth, for the second baronet, Sir Kenneth Matheson, from 1895 to 1907. The third Baronet was a member of the Senate of Australia. The fifth Baronet was a General in the Army. The sixth Baronet succeeded his kinsman as Chief of Clan Matheson in 1975.

Matheson baronets, of The Lews (1850)

Sir James Matheson, 1st Baronet Sir James Nicolas Sutherland Matheson, 1st Baronet, FRS (17 November 179631 December 1878), was a Scottish Tai-Pan. Born in Shiness, Lairg, Sutherland, Scotland, he was the son of Captain Donald Matheson. He attended Edinburgh's Royal High Sc ...

(1796–1878)

Matheson baronets, of Lochalsh (1882)

* Sir Alexander Matheson, 1st Baronet (1805–1886) *Sir Kenneth James Matheson, 2nd Baronet (1854–1920) * Sir Alexander Perceval Matheson, 3rd Baronet (1861–1929) *Sir Roderick Mackenzie Chisholm Matheson, 4th Baronet (1861–1944) * Sir Torquhil George Matheson, 5th Baronet (1871–1963) *Sir Torquhil Alexander Matheson, 6th Baronet (1925–1993) *Sir Fergus John Matheson, 7th Baronet (1927–2017) * Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Alexander Fergus Matheson of Matheson, 8th Baronet LVO DL (born 1954)Chief Train – Clan Matheson
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References

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