The Jaffray Baronetcy, of Skilts in the Parish of Studley in the

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, is a title in the

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. It was created on 8 October 1892 for the journalist and newspaper proprietor John Jaffray. He was the co-founder of the ''

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'' and ''

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''. The second Baronet was

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in 1906. The fourth Baronet, Sir William Edmund Jaffray, was a

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in the

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and a deputy lieutenant of

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. The fifth and present baronet succeeded to the title as an infant on his father's death. He was educated at

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and in 1981 married Cynthia Ross Corrington, a daughter of John Corrington III, of

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. They have three sons and a daughter and are divorced. The heir to the baronetcy is Nicholas Gordon Alexander Jaffray, born 1982.Charles Mosley, ed. ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage'', 107th edition, volume 2 (Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), p. 2,077

Jaffray baronets, of Skilts (1892)

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(1818–1901) *Sir William Jaffray, 2nd Baronet (1852–1914), married Alice Mary Galloway *Sir John Henry Jaffray, 3rd Baronet (1893–1916), son of the second Baronet *Colonel Sir William Edmund Jaffray, 4th Baronet (29 July 1895 – 24 October 1953), younger son of the second Baronet *Sir William Otho Jaffray, 5th Baronet (born 1 November 1951), son of the fourth baronet

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References

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