Baronetage | Baronets and Baronetcies | Guide to Baronetage

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Baronets, as distinct from barons, are neither members of the peerage nor of the knightage (these titles are conferred by The Crown for life only). Baronets constitute an entirely separate dignity of their own, the Baronetage.