The Jardine, later Buchanan-Jardine Baronetcy, of Castle Milk in the County of Dumfries, is a title in the
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Baronets are hereditary titles awarded by the Crown. The current baronetage of the United Kingdom has replaced the earlier, existing baronetages of England, Nova Scotia, Ireland and Great Britain.
To be recognised as a baronet, it is necessary ...
.
It was created on 20 July 1885 for the businessman and
Liberal
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Politics
* Generally, a supporter of the political philosophy liberalism. Liberals may be politically left or right but tend to be centrist.
* An adherent of a Liberal Party (See also Liberal parties by country ...
politician
Robert Jardine. He was head of
Jardine, Matheson and Co, merchants in
China
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, and also represented
Ashburton,
Dumfries
Dumfries ( ; ; from ) is a market town and former royal burgh in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, near the mouth of the River Nith on the Solway Firth, from the Anglo-Scottish border. Dumfries is the county town of the Counties of Scotland, ...
and
Dumfriesshire
Dumfriesshire or the County of Dumfries or Shire of Dumfries () is a Counties of Scotland, historic county and registration county in southern Scotland. The Dumfries lieutenancy areas of Scotland, lieutenancy area covers a similar area to the hi ...
in Parliament. Jardine married Margaret, daughter of John Buchanan Hamilton and sister and heiress of John Hamilton-Buchanan,
Chief of Clan Buchanan. The second and third Baronets were also heads of Jardine, Matheson and Co. The latter assumed the additional surname of Buchanan.
Jardine, later Buchanan-Jardine baronets, of Castlemilk (1885)
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Sir Robert Jardine, 1st Baronet
Sir Robert Jardine, 1st Baronet (24 May 1825 – 17 February 1905) was a Scottish businessman and Liberal politician.
Life
Jardine was born at Edinburgh the son of David Jardine of Muir House, Lockerbie, Dumfries and his wife Rachel Johnstone ...
(1825–1905)
*Sir Robert William Buchanan Jardine, 2nd Baronet (1868–1927)
*Sir John William Buchanan-Jardine, 3rd Baronet (1900–1969)
*Sir Andrew Rupert John Buchanan-Jardine, 4th Baronet (1923–2010)
*Sir John Christopher Rupert Buchanan-Jardine, 5th Baronet (born 1952)
The
heir apparent
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is the present holder's only son, Jamie Rupert Buchanan-Jardine (born 1994)
See also
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Buchanan baronets
There have been two baronetcies created for persons with the surname Buchanan, both in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.
The Buchanan Baronetcy, of Dunburgh in the County of Stirling, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 1 ...
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Jardine baronets
There have been four baronetcies created for persons with the surname Jardine, one in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia and three in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.
Summary
The Jardine Baronetcy, of Applegirth in the County of Dumfries, was ...
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William Jardine
Notes
References
*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,
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Baronetcies in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom