The Macara Baronetcy, of Ardmore in St Anne-on-the-Sea in the County of Lancaster, was a title in the
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Baronets are a rank in the British aristocracy. The current Baronetage of the United Kingdom has replaced the earlier but existing Baronetages of England, Nova Scotia, Ireland, and Great Britain.
Baronetage of England (1611–1705)
James I of E ...
. It was created in 1911 for the
Lancashire cotton-spinner, Charles Macara. The title became extinct upon the death of the fourth Baronet in
Dudley in 1986.
Macara baronets, of Ardmore (1911)
*
Sir Charles Wright Macara, 1st Baronet (1845–1929), cotton spinner. He was founder of the Lifeboat Saturday movement for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, the first recorded charity street collection. His wife, Lady Marion Macara, founded the Ladies Lifeboat Guild.
*Sir William Cowper Macara, 2nd Baronet (1875–1931)
*Sir (Charles) Douglas Macara, 3rd Baronet (1904–1982)
*Sir Hugh Kenneth Macara, 4th Baronet (1913–1986). After his succession in 1982, his name never appeared on the Official Roll of the Baronetage. He died without heir.
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External links
''1886: Southport and St Anne's lifeboats disaster'', RNLI
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Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom