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Nixon baronets, of Roebuck Grove and Merrion Square (1906)

*Sir Christopher John Nixon, Kt., 1st Baronet (1849–1914) *Sir Christopher William Nixon, DSO, 2nd Baronet (1877–1945) *Sir Christopher John Louis Joseph Nixon, MC, 3rd Baronet (1918–1978) *Sir Kenneth Michael John Basil Nixon, 4th Baronet (1919–1997) *Sir Simon Michael Christopher Nixon, 5th Baronet (born 1954)

References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990. * {{Use dmy dates, date=March 2012 Baronetcies in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom