There have been two baronetcies created for members of the Haggerston, later Constable Maxwell-Scott family, one in the

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and one in the

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. Only one creation is extant as of 2008. The Haggerston, later Constable Maxwell-Scott Baronetcy, of Haggerston in the County of Northumberland, was created in the

on 15 August 1642 for Thomas Haggerston, of Haggerton Castle,

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, a loyal

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who served as a colonel in the army of King Charles I (for information on the early history of the Haggerston family see

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). The Haggerston were

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in the 17th century and the estates were sequestered and forfeit to the

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in 1649 but were repurchased by the first Baronet in 1653. The line of the fourth Baronet failed on the death of the twelfth Baronet in 1972. The title reverted to the line of William Haggerston, second son of the third Baronet and younger brother of the fourth Baronet. In 1746 he inherited estates in Yorkshire from his great-uncle Sir Marmaduke Francis Constable, 4th and last Baronet, of Everingham (see

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), and assumed the surname of Constable in lieu of his patronymic. In 1758 he married Winifred, daughter of Robert Maxwell, titular sixth Earl of Nithsdale, and assumed by Royal licence the additional surname of Maxwell. Winifred was considered to be the heiress to the Scottish lordship of Herries of Terregles held (''de jure'') by her father. Constable-Maxwell built a new house at Everingham Park on the Constable estate in Yorkshire. His grandson, William Constable-Maxwell, managed to claim the lordship in 1848, when the descendants of the fifth Earl of Nithsdale (who had been attainted) were restored in blood by Act of Parliament. His eldest son, the eleventh Lord, died without male issue and was succeeded in the lordship by his eldest daughter (see the Lord Herries of Terregles for further history of this title). In 1874 the tenth Lord's third son the Hon. Joseph married Mary Monica, daughter of J. Robert Hope Scott by his wife Charlotte Lockhart, granddaughter and heiress of

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, the great author (see

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). Joseph's eldest son was created a baronet in his own right in 1932 (see below). Joseph's third son Malcolm Joseph Raphael Constable Maxwell-Scott was a

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in the

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. He was the father of Michael Fergus Constable Maxwell-Scott, who succeeded his kinsman as thirteenth Baronet in 1972. The present Baronet is also in remainder to the lordship of Herries of Terregles, a title held by his kinswoman Jane Kerr, 16th Lady Herries of Terregles. The Constable-Maxwell-Scott Baronetcy, of Abbotsford in Melrose in the County of Roxburgh, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 23 June 1932 for

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Walter Joseph Constable-Maxwell-Scott (see above for his family background). The

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was a revival of the title held by his ancestor

. Constable-Maxwell-Scott had no sons and on his death in 1954 the baronetcy became extinct.

Haggerston, later Constable Maxwell-Scott baronets, of Haggerston (1642)

* Sir Thomas Haggerston, 1st Baronet (c. 1594 – 1673).age 72 on 18 August 1666 (Blake-Forster, C.F. (1872). The Irish Chieftains, pp. 548–549
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. * Sir Thomas Haggerston, 2nd Baronet (died 1710) * Sir Carnaby Haggerston, 3rd Baronet (1700–1756) * Sir Thomas Haggerston, 4th Baronet (1722–1777) *Sir Carnaby Haggerston, 5th Baronet (1756–1831) *Sir Thomas Haggerston, 6th Baronet (1785–1842) *Sir Edward Haggerston, 7th Baronet (1797–1857) *Sir John Haggerston, 8th Baronet (1798–1858) *Sir John de Marie Haggerston, 9th Baronet (1852–1918) *Sir Edward Charlton de Marie Haggerston, 10th Baronet (1857–1925) *Sir Hugh Carnaby de Marie Haggerston, 11th Baronet (1906–1971) * Sir Ralph (Raphael) Stanley de Marie Haggerston, 12th Baronet (1912–1972) * Sir Michael Fergus Constable Maxwell-Scott, 13th Baronet (1921–1989) * Sir Dominic James Constable Maxwell-Scott, 14th Baronet (born 1968) The

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to the baronetcy is the 14th Baronet's younger brother, Matthew Joseph Constable Maxwell-Scott (born 1976).

Constable-Maxwell-Scott baronets, of Abbotsford (1932)

*Sir Walter Joseph Constable Maxwell-Scott, 1st Baronet (1875–1954)

References

*''Debretts Baronetage of England '' (1837) p 71 *Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990. * {{DEFAULTSORT:Constable-Maxwell-Scott Baronetcies in the Baronetage of England Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom 1642 establishments in England 1932 establishments in the United Kingdom Scott family of Abbotsford Clan Maxwell

Haggerston, later Constable Maxwell-Scott baronets, of Haggerston (1642)

Constable-Maxwell-Scott baronets, of Abbotsford (1932)

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