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Blakiston baronets

extinct baronetcy in the Baronetage of England

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 13, 2026
Entity authorityQ4924660 ↗
Source-derived summary

There have been three baronetcies created for members of the Blakiston family of Blakiston, County Durham, two in the Baronetage of England and one in the Baronetage of Great Britain. One creation is extant as of 2026. The surname is usually pronounced "Blackiston".

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The subject matters to the general reference register because the source frames it as extinct baronetcy in the Baronetage of England. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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This entry incorporates text from “Blakiston baronets” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.