The Rae Baronetcy, of Eskgrove in the County of Midlothian, was a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 27 June 1804 for the Scottish judge David Rae, Lord Eskgrove.[1] The third Baronet was Lord Advocate between 1819 and 1830 and 1834 and 1835. The title became extinct on his death in 1842.
Rae baronets, of Esk Grove (1804)
[edit]- Sir David Rae, 1st Baronet (c. 1724–1804)[1]
- Sir David Rae, 2nd Baronet (died 1815)[2]
- Sir William Rae, 3rd Baronet (1769–1842)[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Betham, William (1805). The Baronetage of England: Or The History of the English Baronets, and Such Baronets of Scotland, as are of English Families; with Genealogical Tables, and Engravings of Their Coats of Arms. Vol. V. Burrell & Bransby. p. 586.
- ^ Debrett, John (1819). The Baronetage of England: Containing Their Descent and Present State, Their Collateral Branches, Births, Marriages, and Issue, from the Institution of the Order in 1611 : a Complete and Alphabetical Arrangement of Their Mottoes, with Correct Translations; a List of Persons who Have Received the Honour of Knighthood, of Extinct Baronets, of Such as Have Been Advanced to the Peerage, and of British Subjects Holding Foreign Orders of Knighthood. F.C. and J. Rivington. p. 1091.
- ^ Fry, Michael. "Rae, Sir William, third baronet (1769–1842)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/23005. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
