The Fairbairn Baronetcy, of

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, is a title in the

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. It was created on 2 November 1869 for the prominent Scottish engineer

William Fairbairn Sir William Fairbairn, 1st Baronet of Ardwick (19 February 1789 – 18 August 1874) was a Scotland, Scottish civil engineer, structural engineer and shipbuilder. In 1854 he succeeded George Stephenson and Robert Stephenson to become the third ...

. Another member of the family to gain distinction was

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(1880–1965), grandson of William Andrew Fairbairn, fourth son of the first Baronet. He was a

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Fairbairn baronets, of Ardwick (1869)

Sir William Fairbairn, 1st Baronet Sir William Fairbairn, 1st Baronet of Ardwick (19 February 1789 – 18 August 1874) was a Scottish civil engineer, structural engineer and shipbuilder. In 1854 he succeeded George Stephenson and Robert Stephenson to become the third president ...

(1789–1874) *

Sir Thomas Fairbairn, 2nd Baronet Sir Thomas Fairbairn, 2nd Baronet DL (18 January 1823 – 12 August 1891) was an English industrialist and art collector. Early life Fairbairn was born in the Polygon in Ardwick, near the centre of Manchester. He was the third of eight survivi ...

(1823–1891) *Sir Arthur Henderson Fairbairn, 3rd Baronet (1852–1915) *Sir Thomas Gordon Fairbairn, 4th Baronet (1854–1931) *Sir William Albert Fairbairn, 5th Baronet (1902–1972) *Sir James Brooke Fairbairn, 6th Baronet (1930–2017) * Sir Robert William Fairbairn, 7th Baronet (born 1965) The heir apparent is the current holder's elder son, Jack Edmund Brooke Fairbairn (born 1995).

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References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, * Fairbairn {{UK-baronet-stub