Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
Baronets of Nova Scotia
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Other form(s) of name
- Order of Knight Baronets of Nova Scotia
- Baronetage of Nova Scotia
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Description area
Dates of existence
1625-1706
History
In 1625, King James I established the Order of Knight Baronets of Nova Scotia. The baronetage was devised as a means of settling the territory granted to Sir William Alexander in 1621. King James died before the scheme was implemented, but it was continued under Charles I. In 1633, Charles announced that English and Irish persons could receive the honor. Baronetcies included Nova Scotia land grants until 1638. The last baronet created in the baronetage of Nova Scotia was created in 1706. After the union with England in 1707, English and Scottish people received Baronetcies of Great Britain.
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Relationships area
Related entity
Stirling, William Alexander, Earl of, 1567 or 1568-1640 ([1567?] -1640)
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Category of relationship
hierarchical
Dates of relationship
1925-1640
Description of relationship
King James I established the Order of Knight Baronets of Nova Scotia in 1625 as a means of settling the territory granted to Sir William Alexander in 1621 by royal charter. Baronetcies were created even after Alexander was forced to surrender his colony to the French in 1632.