Halkett baronets

There have been two Halkett Baronetcies, both in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia — one in 1662 for Charles Halkett and the other in 1697 for politician Peter Wedderburn, who changed his name to Halkett in 1705. Both baronetcies are extinct.

Halkett baronets (25 January 1662)
  • Sir Charles Halkett, 1st Baronet (died 1697)
  • Sir James Halkett, 2nd Baronet (died 1705)

Wedderburn, later Halkett baronets of Pitfirrane, Fife (31 December 1697)
Escutcheon of the Halkett baronets of Pitfirrane
  • Sir Peter Halkett, 1st Baronet (c. 1660–1746)
  • Sir Peter Halkett, 2nd Baronet (1695–1755)
  • Sir Peter Halkett, 3rd Baronet (died 1792)
  • Sir John Halkett, 4th Baronet (1720–1793) born John Wedderburn who married Elizabeth Fletcher[1]
  • Sir Charles Halkett, 5th Baronet (1764–1837)
  • Sir Peter Halkett, 6th Baronet (1765–1839)
  • Sir John Halkett, 7th Baronet (1805–1847)
  • Sir Peter Arthur Halkett, 8th Baronet (1834–1904)
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    • Mabel

References
  1. "Fletcher [married name Wedderburn], Elizabeth [Betty] (1731–1758), scholar". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/64080. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
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