The Honyman Baronetcy, of Armadale in the County of Orkney, was 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.
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. It was created on 19 May 1804 for
William Honyman, a
Lord of Session
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under the judicial title ''Lord Armadale''. The second Baronet sat as
Member of Parliament for
Orkney
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. The fourth Baronet was a Judge of the
Court of Common Pleas
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. The title became extinct on the death of the fifth Baronet in 1911.
Robert Honyman, younger brother of the first Baronet, was MP for Orkney from 1796 to 1807.
Honyman baronets, of Armadale (1804)
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Sir William Honyman, 1st Baronet (died 1825)
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Sir Richard Bempdé Johnstone Honyman, 2nd Baronet (1787–1842)
*Sir Ord John Honyman, 3rd Baronet (1794–1863)
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Sir George Essex Honyman, 4th Baronet (1819–1875)
*Sir William Macdonald Honyman, 5th Baronet (1820–1911)
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Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom
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