There have been two baronetcies created for persons with the surname Piers, one in the

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and one in the

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. One creation is extant as of 2008 while the other is dormant. The Piers Baronetcy, of Stonepit in the County of Kent, was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia on 24 March 1638 for Thomas Piers. The title became dormant on the death of the third Baronet in 1720. The Piers Baronetcy, of

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in the County of Westmeath, was created in the Baronetage of Ireland on 18 February 1661 for

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. He was a descendant of William Piers, originally of Piers Hall,

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, who received a grant of Tristernagh Abbey,

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, by

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in the late 1560s, and served as Governor of

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and

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. The sixth baronet, Sir John Bennett Piers, was involved in a notorious lawsuit in 1807 when he was found to have seduced Lady Cloncurry, the wife of a close friend.

Piers baronets, of Stonepit (1638)

*Sir Thomas Piers, 1st Baronet (–1680) *Sir Thomas Piers, 2nd Baronet (–1693) *Sir George Piers, 3rd Baronet (1670–1720)

Piers baronets, of Tristernagh Abbey (1661)

(–1691) *

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(–1693) * Sir Henry Piers, 3rd Baronet (1678–1733) * Sir John Piers, 4th Baronet (died 1747) * Sir Pigott William Piers, 5th Baronet (–1798) *Sir

John Bennett Piers, 6th Baronet Sir John Bennett Piers, 6th Baronet, of Tristernagh Abbey, (1772 – 22 July 1845) was an Anglo-Irish baronet, now mainly remembered for his part in the Cloncurry case, an adultery scandal of the early 19th century, and for being the subject of ...

(–1845 ) * Sir Henry Samuel Piers, 7th Baronet (1811–1850) * Sir Eustace Fitz-Maurice Piers, 8th Baronet (1840–1913) * Sir Charles Pigott Piers, 9th Baronet (1870–1945) * Sir Charles Robert Fitzmaurice Piers, 10th Baronet (1903–1996) * Sir James Desmond Piers, 11th Baronet (born 1947)

References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, *{{Rayment-bt, date=March 2012, P, 2
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Piers Piers may refer to: * Pier, a raised structure over a body of water * Pier (architecture), an architectural support * Piers (name), a given name and surname (including lists of people with the name) * Piers baronets, two titles, in the baronetages ...

Dormant baronetcies in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia 1638 establishments in Nova Scotia 1661 establishments in Ireland