baronet

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The baronet and his wife said the decision was due to a desire to retire and do other things after decades working to maintain the large estate.

From BBC • Feb. 1, 2025

A professed “vello-maniac,” Mr. Phillipps, a quarrelsome baronet, bought manuscripts indiscriminately from booksellers with whom he engaged in ceaseless battle.

From New York Times • Oct. 31, 2023

She is also cushioned by wealth, her father being a baronet with connections and a country estate.

From Seattle Times • May 23, 2023

After the coronation, the king made Treves a baronet.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2023

The baronet sat down again, but evidently with so much unwillingness, that his brethren marvelled not a little at this fresh instance of the influence which Mr. Radford exerted over his mind.

From The Smuggler: (Vol's I-III) A Tale by James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford)