Falkiner baronets of Anne Mount (1778)

The Falkiner baronetcy (surname pronounced "FALL-kin-err"), of Anne Mount (Glounthaune), in the County of Cork,[1] was created in the Baronetage of Ireland on 24 August 1778 for Sir Riggs Falkiner, 1st Baronet. He represented Clonakilty in the Irish House of Commons.[2]

The 4th Baronet was a captain in the Royal Navy, a lieutenant on the HMS Shannon at its capture of the USS Chesapeake. The 5th Baronet was a lieutenant-colonel of the 31st Foot in the British Army and served throughout the Peninsular War.[2] As of 2023 the baronetcy is dormant.[3]

Falkiner baronets, of Anne Mount (1778)
  • Sir Riggs Falkiner, 1st Baronet (died 1797)[2]
  • Sir Samuel Falkiner, 2nd Baronet (c. 1745–1825)[2]
  • Sir Riggs Falkiner, 3rd Baronet (1789–1850)[2]
  • Sir Charles Leslie Falkiner, 4th Baronet (1790–1858)[2]
  • Sir Samuel Edmund Falkiner, 5th Baronet (1791–1867)[2]
  • Sir Samuel Edmund Falkiner, 6th Baronet (1843–1893)[2]
  • Sir Leslie Edmund Percy Riggs Falkiner, 7th Baronet (1866–1917)[2][4]
  • Sir Terence Edmond Patrick Falkiner, 8th Baronet (1903–1987)[5]
  • Sir Edmond Charles Falkiner, 9th Baronet (1938–1997)[6]
  • Sir Benjamin Simon Patrick Falkiner, 10th Baronet (born 1962). Not on the Official Roll of the Baronetage.[7]

The heir presumptive is the present presumed holder's brother Matthew Terence Falkiner, born 1964.[7]

Notes
  1. "No. 11889". The London Gazette. 4 July 1778. p. 1.
  2. Cokayne, George Edward (1906). Complete Baronetage. Vol. V. Exeter: W. Pollard & Co., Ltd. pp. 392–393.
  3. "Official Roll". The Standing Council of the Baronetage. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
  4. "Falkiner, Sir Leslie Edmond Percy Riggs". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  5. "Falkiner, Lt-Col Sir Terence (Edmond Patrick)". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  6. "Falkiner, Sir Edmond (Charles)". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  7. "Falkiner, Sir Benjamin (Simon) Patrick". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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