The Aitchison Baronetcy, of Lemmington in the county of Northumberland, is 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 31 January 1938 for Sir Stephen Aitchison, of
Lemmington Hall
Lemmington Hall is an 18th-century country mansion incorporating a 15th-century tower house, situated near Edlingham, Northumberland, England. It is a Grade II* listed building. The original tower house built for the Beadnall family in the early ...
,
Northumberland, a
Justice of the Peace
A justice of the peace (JP) is a judicial officer of a lower or ''puisne'' court, elected or appointed by means of a commission ( letters patent) to keep the peace. In past centuries the term commissioner of the peace was often used with the sa ...
for the city and county of
Newcastle upon Tyne and for
Northumberland.
Aitchison baronets, of Lemmington (1938)
*
Sir Stephen Aitchison, 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 p ...
(1863–1942)
*Sir Walter de Lancy Aitchison, 2nd Baronet (1892–1953)
*Sir Stephen Charles de Lancy Aitchison, 3rd Baronet (1923–1958)
*Sir Charles Walter de Lancy Aitchison, 4th Baronet (born 1951)
:The
heir apparent is Rory Edward de Lancey Aitchison (born 1986)
Notes
References
*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,
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