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The Harvie-Watt Baronetcy, of
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in the County of
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, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 5 September 1945 for the Unionist politician George Harvie-Watt. He represented Keighley and Richmond in the
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and was
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's Parliamentary Private Secretary from 1941 to 1945. The title is presently held by his son, the second Baronet, who succeeded in 1989.


Harvie-Watt baronets, of Bathgate (1945)

* Sir George Harvie-Watt, 1st Baronet (1903–1989) *Sir James Harvie-Watt, 2nd Baronet (born 1940) The
heir apparent An heir apparent, often shortened to heir, is a person who is first in an order of succession and cannot be displaced from inheriting by the birth of another person; a person who is first in the order of succession but can be displaced by the b ...
is Mark Harvie-Watt.


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*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, * {{DEFAULTSORT:Harvie-Watt Baronetcies in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom