Foulis baronets

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There have been three baronetcies created for persons with the surname Foulis, one in the

Baronetage of Nova Scotia
.

The Foulis Baronetcy, of Ingleby in the

Member of Parliament for Northallerton
. The title became extinct on the death of the ninth Baronet in 1876.

The Foulis, later Liston-Foulis Baronetcy, of

Lord Lyon
. The title became extinct on his death in 2006. The family surname is pronounced "Fowls".

The Foulis, later Primrose Baronetcy, of Ravelstoun near Edinburgh, was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia on 15 October 1661 for John Foulis. He was the son of the aforementioned George Foulis, of Ravelstoun, uncle of the first Baronet of the 1634 creation. The second Baronet assumed the surname of Primrose. He took part in the Jacobite rising of 1745, was attainted, condemned to death for treason and executed at Carlisle. The baronetcy was forfeited. From 1825 to 2006 the baronet of Colinton (see above) was also the baronet of Ravelstoun but for the attainder.

Foulis baronets, of Ingleby (1620)

Foulis, later Liston-Foulis baronets, of Colinton (1634)

Escutcheon of the Foulis baronets of Ingleby and of Colinton

Foulis, later Primrose baronets, of Ravelstoun (1661)

Notes

  1. ^ Cokayne, George E. (George Edward) (1900). Complete baronetage. Cornell University Library. Exeter : W. Pollard & co., ltd.

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