There have been two baronetcies created for persons with the surname Matheson, both in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. One creation is extant as of 2017. The Matheson Baronetcy, of The Lews in the County of Ross, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom in 1851 for the Scottish businessman and politician

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. He was co-founder of the firm of

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. The title became extinct on his death in 1878. The Matheson Baronetcy, of Lochalsh in the County of Ross, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 15 May 1882 for the businessman and

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politician Alexander Matheson. He was the nephew of the first Baronet of the 1850 creation and a partner in

. Matheson also represented Inverness Burghs and Ross and Cromarty in the

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. The Matheson family owned Gledfield House, a nineteenth-century country house, near Ardgay, Sutherland. It was developed in the 1850s and extended by architects Ross & Macbeth, for the second baronet, Sir Kenneth Matheson, from 1895 to 1907. The third Baronet was a member of the Senate of Australia. The fifth Baronet was a General in the Army. The sixth Baronet succeeded his kinsman as Chief of

Clan Matheson Clan Matheson ( gd, Clann Mhathain ) is a Highland Scottish clan. History Origins of the clan The surname Matheson has more than one anglicization of its Scottish Gaelic derivation.Way, George and Squire, Romily. (1994). ''Collins Scottish C ...

in 1975.

Matheson baronets, of The Lews (1850)

* Sir James Matheson, 1st Baronet (1796–1878)

Matheson baronets, of Lochalsh (1882)

* Sir Alexander Matheson, 1st Baronet (1805–1886) *Sir Kenneth James Matheson, 2nd Baronet (1854–1920) * Sir Alexander Perceval Matheson, 3rd Baronet (1861–1929) *Sir Roderick Mackenzie Chisholm Matheson, 4th Baronet (1861–1944) *

Sir Torquhil George Matheson, 5th Baronet General Sir Torquhil George Matheson, 5th Baronet, KCB, CMG (4 February 1871 − 13 November 1963) was a Scottish officer who commanded three different divisions of the British Army in some of the heaviest fighting of the First World War. He ha ...

(1871–1963) *Sir Torquhil Alexander Matheson, 6th Baronet (1925–1993) *Sir Fergus John Matheson, 7th Baronet (1927–2017) *

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Sir Alexander Fergus Matheson of Matheson, 8th Baronet LVO DL (born 1954)Chief Train – Clan Matheson
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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:Matheson Baronetcies in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom Clan Matheson Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom