The Adair Baronetcy, of Flixton Hall in the County of Suffolk, was a title in the

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. It was created on 2 August 1838 for Robert Adair. He was succeeded by his eldest son, the second Baronet. He sat as Member of Parliament for

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. In 1873 he was created Baron Waveney, of

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in the

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, in the

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. The barony became extinct on his death in 1886 while he was succeeded in the baronetcy by his younger brother, Hugh Adair, the third Baronet. The latter had earlier represented

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in Parliament. Two of his sons, the fourth and fifth Baronets, both succeeded in the title. The fifth Baronet's son, the sixth Baronet, was a major general in the

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. The title became extinct on the latter's death in 1988.

Adair baronets, of Flixton Hall (1838)

*Sir Robert Shafto Adair, 1st Baronet (1786–1869) * Sir Robert Alexander Shafto Adair, 2nd Baronet (1811–1886) (created Baron Waveney in 1873)

Barons Waveney (1873)

Robert Alexander Shafto Adair, 1st Baron Waveney Robert Alexander Shafto Adair, 1st Baron Waveney (25 August 1811 – 15 February 1886) was a British Liberal Party politician who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Cambridge for 8 of the years from 1847 to 1857. Life Born in Ballymena ...

(1811–1886)

Adair baronets, of Flixton Hall (1838; reverted)

* Sir Hugh Edward Adair, 3rd Baronet (1815–1902) *Sir Frederick Edward Shafto Adair, 4th Baronet (1860–1915) *Sir Robert Shafto Adair, 5th Baronet (1862–1949) * Sir Allan Henry Shafto Adair, 6th Baronet (1897–1988) **Desmond Allan Shafto Adair (1920–1943), his son, killed at Mount Camino.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Adair Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom