The Myers Baronetcy was a title 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 ...

. It was created on 3 July 1804 for

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William Myers William, Wil, Bill, or Billy Myers may refer to: Sports *Bill Myers (baseball) (1886–?), American baseball player *Billy Myers (1910–1995), shortstop in Major League Baseball * William James Myers (1937–2017), American wrestler better known a ...

, Commander of the British Forces in the

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. The title became extinct in 1811 on the death of the second Baronet, who was killed in action at the

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Myers baronets (1804)

Sir William Myers, 1st Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as ...

(1751–1805) * Sir William James Myers, 2nd Baronet (1783–1811)

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