noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
create
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For his financial and other services, Joshua Van Neck was created a baronet 14 December 1751.
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They had four daughters and three sons, one of whom, Robert, was created a baronet in 1664-5.
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He was created baronet in 1895 and a privy councillor in 1906.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A particular kind of augmentation concerns baronets.
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He succeeded as fourth baronet in 1731.
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Shaw was knighted in 1660 and created a baronet , with three of his partners, in 1665.
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That a baronet should make a lady's-maid pregnant was nothing new.
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They had one son, Sir David Gamble, first baronet , and three daughters who died young.
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What really marked the end of Webster fortunes was the policy pursued by the fourth and fifth baronets, both Godfreys.
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When he succeeded as fifth baronet in 1758 he was ready to rebuild the house.
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Wills were created two peers, four baronets, three knights and one dame.