Nairne Baronets

There have been two Baronetcies created for persons with the surname Nairne, one in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia and one in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.

The Nairne Baronetcy, of Dunsinnan in the County of Perth, was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia on 1 March 1704 for Thomas Nairn. The title became dormant on the death of the fifth Baronet in 1811.

The Nairne Baronetcy of Kircudbright, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 7 August 1917 for John Nairne,^[1] a former Chief Cashier of the Bank of England. He was later a director of the Bank, and a Governor of the BBC. The baronetcy became extinct on his death on 9 February 1945.

Nairne Baronets, of Dunsinnan (1704)

• Sir Thomas Nairne, 1st Baronet (d. c. 1721)
• Sir William Nairne, 2nd Baronet (d. 1754)
• Sir Thomas Nairne, 3rd Baronet (d. 1760)
• Sir William Nairne, 4th Baronet (1744–1790)
• Sir William Nairne, 5th Baronet (c. 1731–1811)

Nairne Baronets, of Kirkcudbright (1917)

• Sir John Gordon Nairne, 1st Baronet (1861–1945)

See also

• Nairn Baronets

References

• Leigh Rayment's List of Baronets