The Craufurd Baronetcy, of
Kilbirney in south-west Scotland ("North Britain" in the terminology of the time), is a title in the
Baronetage of Great Britain
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. It was created on 8 June 1781 for Alexander Craufurd, the member of an ancient Scottish family. The General and Major-General were elected to the
Nottinghamshire
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East Retford (UK Parliament constituency)
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of the almost wholly unreformed (pre-1832)
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Craufurd baronets, of Kilbirney (1781)
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Sir Alexander Craufurd, 1st Baronet (–1797)
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Sir James Gregan-Craufurd, 2nd Baronet (1761–1839)
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Sir George William Craufurd, 3rd Baronet (1797–1881)
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Sir Charles William Frederick Craufurd, 4th Baronet (1847–1939)
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Sir George Standish Gage Craufurd, 5th Baronet (1872–1957)
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Sir Quentin Charles Alexander Craufurd, 6th Baronet (1875–1957)
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Sir Alexander John Fortescue Craufurd, 7th Baronet (1876–1966)
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Sir James Gregan Craufurd, 8th Baronet (1886–1970)
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Sir Robert James Craufurd, 9th Baronet (born 1937)
The 9th Baronet has three children, all daughters and there is no heir to this baronetcy.
[Burke's Peerage, 107th Ed., London, 2003, volume 1 at page 947.]
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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Crauford
1781 establishments in Great Britain