The Pearce Baronetcy, of Cardell in the County of

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, 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. To be recognised as a baronet, it is necessary ...

. It was created on 21 July 1887 for the shipbuilder and

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politician William Pearce. His only son, the second Baronet, was also a businessman and Conservative Member of Parliament. He was childless and the title became extinct on his death in 1907.

Pearce baronets, of Cardell (1887)

Sir William Pearce, 1st Baronet Sir William Pearce, 1st Baronet (8 January 1833 – 18 December 1888) was a British shipbuilder, under whose management the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company in Govan on the River Clyde became the leading shipbuilding company i ...

(1833–1888) * Sir William George Pearce, 2nd Baronet (1861–1907)

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