A hereditary title, below a peerage and senior to most knighthoods, entitling the bearer to the titular prefix "Sir" (for men) or "Dame" (for women) which is used in conjunction with the holder's Christian name. It is inheritable, usually by the eldest son although a few baronetcies can also pass through the female line
a member of the British order of honor; ranks below a baron but above a knight; "since he was a baronet he had to be addressed as Sir Henry Jones, Bart "
A baronet is a man who has been made a knight. When a baronet dies, the title is passed on to his son. a member of the British nobility, lower in rank than a baron, whose title passes to his son when he dies. British hereditary rank of honor, first created by James I in 1611 to raise money, ostensibly for support of troops in Ulster. The baronetage is not part of the peerage, nor is it an order of knighthood. A baronet ranks below a baron but above all knights except a Knight of the Garter (see Order of the Garter). The baronetcy is inherited by the male heirs of a baronet. Cartier Sir George Étienne Baronet Cockburn Sir Alexander James Edmund 10th Baronet Cunard Sir Samuel 1st Baronet Dilke Sir Charles Wentworth 2nd Baronet Grey Sir Edward 3rd Baronet Harris Sir Arthur Travers 1st Baronet Johnson Sir William 1st Baronet LaFontaine Sir Louis Hippolyte Baronet Mosley Sir Oswald Ernald 6th Baronet Peel Sir Robert 2nd Baronet Pollock Sir Frederick 3rd Baronet Scott Sir Walter 1st Baronet Stephen Sir James Fitzjames 1st Baronet Hoare Sir Samuel John Gurney 2nd Baronet
A hereditary title, below a peerage and senior to most knighthoods, entitling the bearer to the titular prefix "Sir" (for men) or "Dame" (for women) which is used in conjunction with the holders Christian name. It is inheritable, usually by the eldest son although a few baronetcies can also pass through the female line. "