BARONETAGE
Last updated 19/08/2018 (25 Jul 2025)
Date	Type	Order	Name	Born	Died	Age
Names of baronets shown in blue have not yet been placed on the Official Roll of the Baronetage.
Dates in italics in the "Born" column indicate that the baronet was baptised on that date; dates in italics in the "Died" column indicate that the baronet was buried on that date.
MACALISTER of Tarbert, Cantire, Argyll
23 Jan 1924 to     15 Jan 1934	UK	1	Sir Donald Macalister Extinct on his death	17 May 1854	15 Jan 1934	79
McALPINE of Knott Park, Surrey
2 Jul 1918	UK	1	Robert McAlpine	13 Feb 1847	3 Nov 1934	87
3 Nov 1934		2	Robert McAlpine	17 Oct 1868	16 Nov 1934	66
16 Nov 1934		3	Alfred Robert McAlpine	11 May 1907	25 Aug 1968	61
25 Aug 1968		4	Thomas George Bishop McAlpine	23 Oct 1901	5 Aug 1983	81
5 Aug 1983		5	Robert Edwin McAlpine, Baron McAlpine of Moffat [L]	23 Apr 1907	7 Jan 1990	82
7 Jan 1990		6	William Hepburn McAlpine	12 Jan 1936	4 Mar 2018	82
4 Mar 2018		7	Andrew William McAlpine	22 Nov 1960
MACARA of Ardmore, Argyll
9 Feb 1911	UK	1	Charles Wright Macara	11 Jan 1845	2 Jan 1929	83
2 Jan 1929		2	William Cowper Macara	4 Nov 1875	18 Mar 1931	55
18 Mar 1931		3	Charles Douglas Macara	19 Apr 1904	1982	78
1982 to     c Apr 1986		4	Hugh Kenneth Macara Extinct on his death	17 Jan 1913	c Apr 1986	73
MACARTNEY of Lish, co.  Armagh
4 Jan 1799	I	1	John Macartney MP [I] for Fore 1792‑1797 and Naas 1798‑1800	9 Mar 1747	29 May 1812	65
29 May 1812		2	William Isaac Macartney	25 Oct 1780	31 Jul 1867	86
31 Jul 1867		3	John Macartney	10 Oct 1832	7 Dec 1911	79
7 Dec 1911		4	William Isaac Macartney For further information on this baronet, see the note at the foot of this page	13 Oct 1867	Apr 1942	74
Apr 1942		5	Alexander Miller Macartney	24 Jul 1869	30 Sep 1960	91
30 Sep 1960		6	John Barrington Macartney	21 Jan 1917	1 Sep 1999	82
1 Sep 1999		7	John Ralph Macartney	24 Jul 1945
MACARTY of Muskerry
c 1638	NS	1	Donogh Macarty He subsequently succeeded to the Viscountcy of Muskerry in 1640 with which title the baronetcy then merged until its forfeiture in 1691	1594	4 Aug 1665	71
McCLURE of Belmont, Down
20 Mar 1874 to     21 Jan 1893	UK	1	Thomas McClure MP for Belfast 1868‑1874 and co. Londonderry 1878‑1885 Extinct on his death	4 Mar 1806	21 Jan 1893	86
McCONNELL of the Moat, Belfast
25 Sep 1900	UK	1	Robert John McConnell	6 Feb 1853	22 Apr 1927	74
22 Apr 1927		2	Joseph McConnell MP for Antrim 1929‑1942	17 Sep 1877	27 Aug 1942	64
27 Aug 1942		3	Robert Melville Terence McConnell	7 Feb 1902	3 May 1987	85
3 May 1987		4	(Robert) Shean McConnell	23 Nov 1930	13 Jul 2021	90
13 Jul 2021		5	Terence Read McConnell	16 Nov 1959
MacCORMAC of Harley Street, London
24 Sep 1897 to     4 Dec 1901	UK	1	Sir William MacCormac Extinct on his death	17 Jan 1836	4 Dec 1901	65
McCOWAN of Dalwhat, Dumfries
26 Jun 1934	UK	1	Sir David McCowan	8 Dec 1860	15 May 1937	76
15 May 1937		2	David James Cargill McCowan	15 Jan 1897	29 Aug 1965	68
29 Aug 1965		3	Hew Cargill McCowan	26 Jul 1930	12 Mar 1998	67
12 Mar 1998		4	David William Cargill McCowan	28 Feb 1934
McCULLAGH of Lismarra, Antrim
1 Jul 1935	UK	1	Sir Crawford McCullagh PC [NI] 1941	14 Dec 1868	13 Apr 1948	79
13 Apr 1948 to     16 Jan 1974		2	Joseph Crawford McCullagh Extinct on his death	25 Sep 1907	16 Jan 1974	66
MACULLOCH of Myrstoun
10 Aug 1664	NS	1	Alexander Maculloch		1675
1675 to     26 Mar 1697		2	Godfrey Maculloch Extinct on his death For information on the death of this baronet, see the note at the foot of this page		26 Mar 1697
MACDONALD of Slate, Inverness
28 May 1625	NS	1	See "Bosvile-Macdonald"
MACDONALD of East Sheen, Surrey
27 Nov 1813	UK	1	Sir Archibald Macdonald MP for Hindon 1777‑1780 and Newcastle-under-Lyme 1780‑1793; Solicitor General 1784‑1788; Attorney General 1788‑1793; Chief Baron of the Exchequer 1793‑1813; PC 1793	13 Jul 1747	18 May 1826	78
18 May 1826		2	James Macdonald MP for Tain Burghs 1805‑1806, Newcastle-under-Lyme 1806‑1812, Sutherland 1812‑1816, Calne 1816‑1831 and Hampshire 1831‑1832	14 Feb 1784	29 Jun 1832	48
29 Jun 1832		3	Archibald Keppel Macdonald	15 Oct 1820	28 Mar 1901	80
28 Mar 1901 to     11 Oct 1919		4	Archibald John Macdonald Extinct on his death	2 Feb 1871	11 Oct 1919	48
MACDONNELL of Maye, Antrim
30 Nov 1627	I	1	Alexander Macdonnell		10 May 1634
10 May 1634		2	James Macdonnell		c 1680
c 1680 to     10 Jul 1691		3	Randal Macdonnell He was attainted and the baronetcy forfeited		c 1697
McDONNELL of Kilsharvan, Meath
20 Jan 1872 to     21 Jan 1875	UK	1	Alexander Macdonnell PC [I] 1846 Extinct on his death	1794	21 Jan 1875	80
McEWEN of Marchmont, Berwick and Bardrochat, Ayr
28 Jan 1953	UK	1	John Helias Finnie McEwen MP for Berwick & Haddington 1931‑1945	21 Jun 1894	19 Apr 1962	67
19 Apr 1962		2	James Napier Finnie McEwen	14 Dec 1924	2 Jul 1971	46
2 Jul 1971		3	Robert Lindley McEwen	23 Jun 1926	18 May 1980	53
18 May 1980		4	James Francis Lindley McEwen	24 Aug 1960	18 Jun 1983	22
18 Jun 1983		5	John Roderick Hugh McEwen	4 Nov 1965
McFARLAND of Aberfoyle, co. Londonderry
23 Jan 1914	UK	1	John McFarland	15 Sep 1848	28 May 1926	77
28 May 1926		2	Basil Alexander Talbot McFarland Lord Lieutenant Londonderry City 1939‑1975	18 Feb 1898	5 Mar 1986	88
5 Mar 1986		3	John Talbot McFarland	3 Oct 1927	11 Sep 2020	92
11 Sep 2020		4	Anthony Basil Scott McFarland	29 Nov 1959
MacGREGOR of MacGregor, Baronet of Lanrick, Perth
3 Jul 1795	GB	1	John Murray MacGregor	10 Apr 1745	28 Jun 1822	77
28 Jun 1822		2	Evan John Murray MacGregor Governor of Dominica 1831, Antigua 1832, Barbados 1836 and Trinidad 1839	Jan 1785	14 Jun 1841	56
14 Jun 1841		3	John Atholl Bannatyne MacGregor	20 Jan 1810	11 May 1851	41
11 May 1851		4	Malcolm Macgregor	29 Aug 1834	31 Aug 1879	45
31 Aug 1879		5	Malcolm MacGregor	3 Aug 1873	5 Dec 1958	85
5 Dec 1958		6	Gregor MacGregor	22 Dec 1925	30 Mar 2003	77
30 Mar 2003		7	Malcolm Gregor Charles MacGregor	23 Mar 1959
MacGREGOR of Saville Row, Middlesex
17 Mar 1828	UK	1	Patrick MacGregor		17 Jul 1828
17 Jul 1828		2	William MacGregor	14 Mar 1817	29 Mar 1846	29
29 Mar 1846		3	Charles MacGregor	8 Nov 1819	12 Oct 1879	59
12 Oct 1879		4	William Gordon MacGregor For further information on this baronet, see the note at the foot of this page	11 Sep 1846	15 Jun 1905	58
15 Jun 1905		5	Cyril Patrick McConnell MacGregor	1887	30 Jan 1958	70
30 Jan 1958		6	Robert James McConnell MacGregor	1890	21 Jan 1963	72
21 Jan 1963		7	Edwin Robert MacGregor	4 Dec 1931	28 Mar 2003	71
28 Mar 2003		8	Ian Grant MacGregor	22 Feb 1959
McGRIGOR of Campden Hill, Middlesex
30 Sep 1831	UK	1	James McGrigor	9 Apr 1771	2 Apr 1858	86
2 Apr 1858		2	Charles Rhoderic McGrigor	2 May 1811	13 Jan 1890	78
13 Jan 1890		3	James Rhoderic Duff McGrigor	27 Apr 1857	4 Feb 1924	66
4 Feb 1924		4	Charles Colquhoun McGrigor	26 Apr 1893	28 Oct 1946	53
28 Oct 1946		5	Charles Edward McGrigor	5 Oct 1922	1 Oct 2007	84
1 Oct 2007		6	James Angus Rhoderick Neil McGrigor	19 Oct 1949	20 Jul 2025	75
20 Jul 2025		7	Alexander James Edward Lyon McGrigor	5 Aug 1998
McIVER of Sarisbury, Hants
23 Jul 1896 to     9 Aug 1920	UK	1	Lewis McIver MP for Torquay 1885‑1886 and Edinburgh West 1895‑1909 Extinct on his death	6 Mar 1846	9 Aug 1920	74
MACKAY of Far
28 Mar 1627	NS	1	Donald Mackay He was subsequently created Lord Reay in 1628 with which title the baronetcy remains merged	Mar 1591	Feb 1649	57
McKENNY
1831	UK	1	Thomas McKenny	24 Jul 1770	1849	78
1849 to     10 Nov 1866		2	William McKenny Extinct on his death	1798	10 Nov 1866	68
MACKENZIE of Tarbat, Ross
21 May 1628	NS	1	John Mackenzie		10 Sep 1654
10 Sep 1654		2	George Mackenzie He was created Viscount of Tarbat in 1685, and Earl of Cromartie. He resigned the baronetcy in favour of his 2nd son in 1704	1630	17 Aug 1714
29 Apr 1704		3	Kenneth Mackenzie MP for Scotland 1707‑1708 and Cromartyshire 1710‑1713 and 1727‑1728	c 1658	13 Sep 1728
13 Sep 1728		4	George Mackenzie MP for Cromartyshire 1729‑1734	c 1702	20 May 1748
20 May 1748 to     14 Sep 1763		5	Kenneth Mackenzie On his death the heir was under attainder and the baronetcy was therefore forfeited		14 Sep 1763
MACKENZIE of Coul, Ross
16 Oct 1673	NS	1	Kenneth Mackenzie	c 1620	c 1680
c 1680		2	Alexander Mackenzie		1702
1702		3	John Mackenzie	c 1673	c 1715
c 1715		4	Colin Mackenzie	1674	Oct 1740	66
Oct 1740		5	Alexander Mackenzie		1792
1792		6	Alexander Mackenzie		14 Sep 1796
14 Sep 1796		7	George Steuart Mackenzie	22 Jun 1780	Oct 1848	68
Oct 1848		8	Alexander Mackenzie	10 Jan 1805	3 Jan 1856	50
3 Jan 1856		9	William Mackenzie	20 May 1806	21 Dec 1868	62
21 Dec 1868		10	Robert Ramsay Mackenzie	21 Jul 1811	19 Sep 1873	62
19 Sep 1873		11	Arthur George Ramsay Mackenzie	2 May 1865	28 Apr 1935	69
28 Apr 1935		12	Robert Evelyn Mackenzie	15 Feb 1906	28 Jul 1990	84
28 Jul 1990		13	Peter Douglas Mackenzie	23 Apr 1949	31 Dec 2021	72
31 Dec 2021		14	Miles Roderick Turing Mackenzie	18 Apr 1952
MACKENZIE of Darien, Ross
22 Feb 1703	NS	1	Alexander Mackenzie	1663	20 Dec 1744	81
20 Dec 1744		2	George Mackenzie	23 Sep 1711	c 1780
c 1780		3	George Mackenzie	28 Mar 1747	21 Oct 1815	68
21 Oct 1815		4	Arthur Mackenzie	6 Sep 1782	2 Aug 1836	53
2 Aug 1836 to     Sep 1839		5	George Mackenzie On his death the baronetcy became dormant	17 Feb 1811	Sep 1839	28
MACKENZIE of Gairloch, Ross
22 Feb 1703	NS		See "Inglis"
MACKENZIE of Scatwell, Ross
22 Feb 1703	NS	1	Kenneth Mackenzie		1730
1730		2	Roderick Mackenzie	c 1687	24 Apr 1750
24 Apr 1750		3	Lewis Mackenzie	1715	13 Sep 1756	41
13 Sep 1756		4	Roderick Mackenzie	c 1740	11 Jun 1811
11 Jun 1811		5	James Wemyss Mackenzie MP for Ross-shire 1822‑1831; Lord Lieutenant Ross-shire 1826‑1843	10 Jun 1770	8 Mar 1843	72
8 Mar 1843		6	James John Randoll Mackenzie	20 Jun 1814	28 Feb 1884	69
28 Feb 1884		7	James Dixon Mackenzie	22 Apr 1830	24 Jun 1900	70
24 Jun 1900		8	James Kenneth Douglas Mackenzie	31 Aug 1859	5 Dec 1930	71
5 Dec 1930		9	Lewis Roderick Kenneth Mackenzie	8 Aug 1902	10 Dec 1972	70
10 Dec 1972		10	Roderick Campbell Mackenzie	15 Nov 1954	31 May 1981	26
31 May 1981		11	Roderick Edward Francois McQuhae Mackenzie	11 Dec 1894	7 Jan 1986	91
7 Jan 1986		12	Roderick McQuhae Mackenzie	17 Apr 1942
MACKENZIE of Royston, Edinburgh
8 Feb 1704	NS	1	James Mackenzie	c 1671	9 Nov 1744
9 Nov 1744		2	George Mackenzie		20 May 1748
20 May 1748 to     14 Sep 1763		3	Kenneth Mackenzie (see also 1628 creation) On his death the heir was under attainder and the baronetcy was therefore forfeited		14 Sep 1763
MACKENZIE of Delvine, Perth
9 Nov 1805	UK		See "Muir-Mackenzie"
MACKENZIE of Berkeley Square, London
26 May 1819	UK	1	Ewen Baillie		21 Aug 1820
21 Aug 1820 to     17 Oct 1853		2	Alexander Mackenzie Extinct on his death	c 1771	17 Oct 1853
MACKENZIE of Kilcoy, Ross
15 Mar 1836	UK	1	Colin Mackenzie For details of the special remainder included in the creation of this baronetcy, see the note at the foot of this page	22 Apr 1782	16 Jan 1845	62
16 Jan 1845 to     12 Dec 1883		2	Evan Mackenzie Extinct on his death	15 Aug 1816	12 Dec 1883	67
MACKENZIE of Glen Muick, Aberdeen
21 Mar 1890	UK	1	James Thompson Mackenzie	27 Dec 1818	12 Aug 1890	71
12 Aug 1890		2	Allan Russell Mackenzie	29 Mar 1850	20 Aug 1906	56
20 Aug 1906		3	Victor Audley Falconer Mackenzie	15 Dec 1882	18 Apr 1944	61
18 Apr 1944		4	Alexander George Anthony Allan Mackenzie	4 Jan 1913	5 Jan 1993	80
5 Jan 1993		5	James William Guy Mackenzie	6 Oct 1946
MACKESON of Hythe, Kent
29 Jan 1954	UK	1	Harry Ripley Mackeson MP for Hythe 1945‑1950 and Folkestone & Hythe 1950‑1959	25 May 1905	25 Jan 1964	58
25 Jan 1964		2	Rupert Henry Mackeson	16 Nov 1941
MACKIE of Corraith, Kilmarnock
23 Jun 1920 to     22 Sep 1924	UK	1	Peter Jeffrey Mackie Extinct on his death	26 Nov 1855	22 Sep 1924	68
MACKINNON of Strathaird and Loup, Argyll
15 Jul 1889 to     22 Jun 1893	UK	1	William Mackinnon Extinct on his death	31 Mar 1823	22 Jun 1893	70
MACKINTOSH of Mackintosh, Glamorgan
30 Dec 1812 to     21 Jan 1820	UK	1	Aeneas Mackintosh Extinct on his death		21 Jan 1820
MACKINTOSH of Halifax, Yorks
28 Jan 1935	UK	1	Harold Vincent Mackintosh He was subsequently created Baron Mackintosh in 1948 with which title the baronetcy remains merged	8 Jun 1891	27 Dec 1964	73
MACKWORTH of Normanton, Rutland
4 Jun 1619	E	1	Thomas Mackworth		Mar 1626
Mar 1626		2	Henry Mackworth		24 Aug 1640
24 Aug 1640		3	Thomas Mackworth MP for Rutland 1679, 1680‑1681 and 1685‑1694	1 May 1624	28 Nov 1694	70
28 Nov 1694		4	Thomas Mackworth MP for Rutland 1694‑1695, 1701‑1708 and 1721‑1727, and Portsmouth 1713‑1715	after 1666	Feb 1745
Feb 1745		5	Thomas Mackworth		17 Oct 1769
17 Oct 1769		6	Henry Mackworth		14 Jan 1774
14 Jan 1774 to     1 Aug 1803		7	Henry Mackworth Extinct on his death	c 1728	1 Aug 1803
MACKWORTH of the Gnoll, Glamorgan
16 Sep 1776	GB	1	Herbert Mackworth MP for Cardiff 1766‑1790	1 Jan 1737	25 Oct 1791	54
25 Oct 1791		2	Robert Humphrey Mackworth	16 Nov 1764	13 Sep 1795	30
13 Sep 1795		3	Digby Mackworth	14 May 1766	2 May 1838	71
2 May 1838		4	Digby Mackworth	13 Jun 1789	23 Dec 1852	63
23 Dec 1852		5	Digby Francis Mackworth	7 Jul 1817	8 Sep 1857	40
8 Sep 1857		6	Arthur William Mackworth	5 Oct 1842	8 Mar 1914	71
8 Mar 1914		7	Humphrey Mackworth	11 Jul 1871	2 May 1948	76
2 May 1948		8	Harry Llewellyn Mackworth	17 Mar 1878	18 Nov 1952	74
18 Nov 1952		9	David Arthur Geoffrey Mackworth	13 Jul 1912	8 Feb 1998	85
8 Feb 1998		10	Digby John Mackworth	2 Nov 1945	17 Jul 2018	72
17 Jul 2018		11	Alan Keith Mackworth	18 Oct 1945
MACKWORTH-PRAED of Owsden Hall, Suffolk
28 Dec 1905 to     21 Nov 1921	UK	1	Herbert Bulkley Mackworth-Praed MP for Colchester 1874‑1880 Extinct on his death	2 May 1841	21 Nov 1921	80
McLAREN of Bodnant, Denbigh, Gwylgre, Flint and Hilders, Surrey
8 Aug 1902	UK	1	Charles Benjamin Bright McLaren He was subsequently created Baron Aberconway in 1911 with which title the baronetcy remains merged, although, as at 30/06/2014, the baronetcy does not appear on the Official Roll of the Baronetage	12 May 1850	23 Jan 1934	83
MACLAY of Park Terrace, Glasgow
20 Jul 1914	UK	1	James Paton Maclay He was subsequently created Baron Maclay in 1922 with which title the baronetcy remains merged	6 Sep 1857	24 Apr 1951	93
MACLEAN of Morvaren, Argyll
3 Sep 1631	NS	1	Lauchlan Maclean		18 Apr 1649
18 Apr 1649		2	Hector Maclean	c 1625	1674
1674		3	Allan Maclean	c 1637	1674
1674		4	John Maclean		c 1719
c 1719		5	Hector Maclean	c 1704	c Feb 1751
c Feb 1751		6	Allan Maclean		10 Dec 1783
10 Dec 1783		7	Hector Maclean		2 Nov 1818
2 Nov 1818		8	Fitzroy Jeffreys Grafton Maclean		5 Jul 1847
5 Jul 1847		9	Charles Fitzroy Maclean	14 Oct 1798	27 Jan 1883	84
27 Jan 1883		10	Fitzroy Donald Maclean	18 May 1835	22 Nov 1936	101
22 Nov 1936		11	Charles Hector Fitzroy Maclean, later [1971] Baron Maclean [L]	5 May 1916	8 Feb 1990	73
8 Feb 1990		12	Lachlan Hector Charles McLean	25 Aug 1942
MACLEAN of Dunconnel, Argyll
22 Jul 1957	UK	1	Fitzroy Hew Royle Maclean MP for Lancaster 1941‑1959 and Bute & Northern Ayrshire 1959‑1974; KT 1993	11 Mar 1911	15 Jun 1996	85
15 Jun 1996		2	Charles Edward Maclean	31 Oct 1946
MACLELLAN of Bombie, Galloway
c 1631	NS	1	Robert Maclellan He was subsequently created Lord Kirkcudbright in 1633 with which title the baronetcy then merged until it became dormant in 1832		1641
MACLEOD of Fuinary, Argyll
3 Mar 1924	UK	1	John Mackintosh MacLeod MP for Glasgow Central 1915‑1918 and Kelvingrove 1918‑1922	5 May 1857	6 Mar 1934	76
6 Mar 1934		2	John Mackintosh Norman MacLeod	10 Aug 1891	23 Sep 1939	48
23 Sep 1939		3	Ian Francis Norman MacLeod	25 Sep 1921	28 Apr 1944	22
28 Apr 1944		4	George Fielden MacLeod, later [1967] Baron MacLeod of Fuinary [L]	17 Jun 1895	27 Jun 1991	96
27 Jun 1991		5	John Maxwell Norman MacLeod	23 Feb 1952
McLEOD of The Fairfields, Cobham, Surrey
22 Jan 1925	UK	1	Sir Charles Campbell McLeod	19 Jun 1858	2 Oct 1936	78
2 Oct 1936		2	Murdoch Campbell McLeod	17 Jul 1893	21 Apr 1950	56
21 Apr 1950		3	Charles Henry McLeod	7 Nov 1924	26 Dec 2012	88
26 Dec 2012		4	James Roderick Charles McLeod	26 Sep 1960
McLINTOCK of Sanquhar, Dumfries
19 Jan 1934	UK	1	Sir William McLintock	26 Sep 1873	8 May 1947	73
8 May 1947		2	Thomson McLintock	30 Apr 1905	23 Dec 1953	48
23 Dec 1953		3	William Traven McLintock	4 Jan 1931	26 Jun 1987	56
26 Jun 1987		4	Michael William McLintock	13 Aug 1958
MACLURE of the Home, Whalley Range, Lancs
12 Mar 1898	UK	1	John William Maclure MP for Stretford 1886‑1901	22 Apr 1835	28 Jan 1901	65
28 Jan 1901		2	John Edward Stanley Maclure	25 Feb 1869	16 Nov 1938	69
16 Nov 1938		3	John William Spencer Maclure	4 Feb 1899	1 Mar 1980	81
1 Mar 1980		4	John Robert Spencer Maclure	25 Mar 1934
MacMAHON of Clondirrala, Clare
15 Aug 1628	I	1	Tiege MacMahon		c 1650
c 1650 to     c 1680		2	Turlough MacMahon Presumably extinct on his death		c 1680
McMAHON of Dublin
6 May 1815	UK	1	William McMahon PC [I] 1814	12 Jul 1776	13 Jan 1837	60
13 Jan 1837		2	Beresford Burston McMahon	14 Feb 1808	11 Jan 1873	64
11 Jan 1873		3	William Samuel McMahon	9 Nov 1839	3 Jun 1905	65
3 Jun 1905 to     20 Feb 1926		4	Lionel McMahon Extinct on his death	30 Jun 1856	20 Feb 1926	69
McMAHON of Ashley Manor, Hants
7 Aug 1817	UK	1	John McMahon For details of the special remainder included in the creation of this baronetcy, see the note at the foot of this page PC 1812		12 Sep 1817
12 Sep 1817		2	Thomas McMahon	27 Dec 1779	10 Apr 1860	80
10 Apr 1860		3	Thomas Westropp McMahon	c 1813	23 Jan 1892
23 Jan 1892		4	Aubrey Hope McMahon	26 Aug 1862	8 Apr 1893	30
8 Apr 1893		5	Horace Westropp McMahon	28 Oct 1863	9 Jul 1932	68
9 Jul 1932		6	Eyre McMahon	24 Aug 1860	10 Sep 1935	75
10 Sep 1935		7	William Patrick McMahon	24 Apr 1900	5 Jan 1977	76
5 Jan 1977		8	Brian Patrick McMahon	9 Jun 1942	30 Jan 2018	75
30 Jan 2018		9	Patrick John Westropp McMahon	7 Feb 1988
MacMASTER of Glengarry, Ontario, Canada
26 Jan 1921 to     3 Mar 1922	UK	1	Donald MacMaster MP for Chertsey 1910‑1922 Extinct on his death	3 Sep 1846	3 Mar 1922	75
MACNAB of Dundurn Castle, Canada
5 Feb 1858 to     8 Aug 1862	UK	1	Sir Allan Napier Macnab Extinct on his death	19 Feb 1798	8 Aug 1862	64
MACNAGHTEN of Bushmills House, co. Antrim and Mahan, co. Armagh
16 Jul 1836	UK	1	Francis Workman-Macnaghten	2 Aug 1763	22 Nov 1843	80
22 Nov 1843		2	Edmund Charles Workman-Macnaghten MP for Antrim 1847‑1852	1 Apr 1790	6 Jan 1876	85
6 Jan 1876		3	Francis Edmund Workman-Macnaghten Lord Lieutenant Antrim 1890‑1911; PC [I] 1906	9 Jul 1828	21 Jul 1911	83
21 Jul 1911		4	Edward Macnaghten, Baron Macnaghten	3 Feb 1830	17 Feb 1913	83
17 Feb 1913		5	Edward Charles Macnaghten	9 Oct 1859	31 Dec 1914	55
31 Dec 1914		6	Edward Harry Macnaghten	12 Feb 1896	1 Jul 1916	20
1 Jul 1916		7	Arthur Douglas Macnaghten	25 Jan 1897	15 Sep 1916	19
15 Sep 1916		8	Francis Alexander Macnaghten	18 May 1863	1 Nov 1951	88
1 Nov 1951		9	Frederic Fergus Macnaghten	10 May 1867	18 Nov 1955	88
18 Nov 1955		10	Antony Macnaghten	15 Nov 1899	12 Dec 1972	73
12 Dec 1972		11	Patrick Alexander Macnaghten	24 Jan 1927	22 Aug 2007	80
22 Aug 2007		12	Malcolm Francis Macnaghten	21 Sep 1956
MACNAGHTEN
18 Jan 1840 to     25 Dec 1841	UK	1	William Hay Macnaghten Extinct on his death	24 Aug 1793	25 Dec 1841	48
MACPHERSON of Calcutta, India
27 Jun 1786 to     12 Jan 1821	GB	1	John Macpherson MP for Cricklade 1779‑1782 and Horsham 1796‑1802 Extinct on his death	c 1745	12 Jan 1821
MACPHERSON of Drumalban
26 Apr 1933	UK	1	James Ian Macpherson He was subsequently created Baron Strathcarron in 1936 with which title the baronetcy remains merged	14 May 1880	14 Aug 1937	57
MACPHERSON-GRANT of Ballindallock, Elgin
25 Jul 1838	UK	1	George Macpherson-Grant MP for Sutherland 1809‑1812 and 1816‑1826	25 Feb 1781	24 Nov 1846	65
24 Nov 1846		2	John Macpherson-Grant	3 Aug 1804	2 Dec 1850	46
2 Dec 1850		3	George Macpherson-Grant MP for Elgin & Nairnshire 1879‑1886	12 Aug 1839	5 Dec 1907	68
5 Dec 1907		4	John Macpherson-Grant	22 Mar 1863	25 Nov 1914	51
25 Nov 1914		5	George Macpherson-Grant	15 May 1890	12 Feb 1951	60
12 Feb 1951 to     12 Feb 1983		6	Ewan George Macpherson-Grant Extinct on his death	29 Sep 1907	12 Feb 1983	75
MACREADY of Cheltenham, Gloucs
1 Mar 1923	UK	1	Cecil Frederick Nevil Macready PC [I] 1920	7 May 1862	9 Jan 1946	83
9 Jan 1946		2	Gordon Nevil Macready	5 Apr 1891	17 Oct 1956	65
17 Oct 1956		3	Nevil John Wilfrid Macready	7 Sep 1921	27 Sep 2014	93
27 Sep 2014		4	Charles Nevil Macready	19 May 1955
MacROBERT of Douneside, Aberdeen
5 Apr 1922	UK	1	Sir Alexander MacRobert	21 May 1854	22 Jun 1922	68
22 Jun 1922		2	Alasdair Workman MacRobert	11 Jul 1912	1 Jun 1938	25
1 Jun 1938		3	Roderic Alan MacRobert	8 May 1915	22 May 1941	26
22 May 1941 to     30 Jun 1941		4	Iain Workman MacRobert Extinct on his death	19 Apr 1917	30 Jun 1941	24
			For further information on this baronetcy, see the note at the foot of this page
McTAGGART of Ardwell, Wigtown
Aug 1841 to     13 Aug 1867	UK	1	John McTaggart MP for Wigtown 1835‑1857 Extinct on his death	15 Mar 1789	13 Aug 1867	78
MACTAGGART of King's Park, Glasgow
2 Feb 1938	UK	1	John Auld Mactaggart	30 Sep 1867	24 Nov 1956	89
24 Nov 1956		2	John Auld Mactaggart	27 Jun 1898	8 Apr 1960	61
8 Apr 1960		3	Ian Auld Mactaggart	19 Apr 1923	27 Jan 1987	63
27 Jan 1987		4	John Auld Mactaggart	21 Jan 1951
McTAGGART-STEWART of Southwick, Kirkcudbright
7 Oct 1892	UK	1	Mark John McTaggart‑Stewart MP for Wigtown 1874, 1874‑1880 and 1880, and Kirkcudbright 1885‑1906 and 1910	12 Oct 1834	26 Sep 1923	88
26 Sep 1923 to     19 Oct 1948		2	Edward Orde McTaggart‑Stewart Extinct on his death	31 Jan 1883	19 Oct 1948	65
MADDEN of Kells, co. Kilkenny
7 Oct 1919	UK	1	Sir Charles Edward Madden Admiral of the Fleet 1924; OM 1931	5 Sep 1862	5 Jun 1935	72
5 Jun 1935		2	Charles Edward Madden	15 Jun 1906	23 Apr 2001	94
23 Apr 2001		3	Peter John Madden	10 Sep 1942	20 Nov 2006	64
20 Nov 2006		4	Charles Jonathan Madden	11 Aug 1949
MADDOX of Wormley, Herts
11 Mar 1676 to     14 Dec 1716	E	1	Benjamin Maddox Extinct on his death	c 1638	14 Dec 1716
MADGE of St. Margaret's Bay, Kent
26 May 1919	UK	1	William Thomas Madge	6 Oct 1845	29 Jan 1927	81
29 Jan 1927 to     26 May 1962		2	Frank William Madge Extinct on his death	24 Mar 1897	26 May 1962	65
MAGILL of Gill Hall, Devon
10 Nov 1680 to     18 Jan 1700	I	1	John Magill MP [I] for Hillsborough 1692‑1693 and Downpatrick 1695‑1699 Extinct on his death	by 1639	18 Jan 1700
MAGNAY of Postford House, Surrey
8 Nov 1844	UK	1	William Magnay	4 Mar 1797	3 Apr 1871	74
3 Apr 1871		2	William Magnay	30 Nov 1855	8 Jun 1917	61
8 Jun 1917 to     4 Sep 1960		3	Christopher Boyd William Magnay Extinct on his death	27 Mar 1884	4 Sep 1960	76
MAGNUS of Tangley Hill, Surrey
22 Jun 1917	UK	1	Philip Magnus MP for London University 1906‑1922	7 Oct 1842	29 Aug 1933	90
29 Aug 1933		2	Philip Magnus (Magnus‑Allcroft from 1951)	8 Feb 1906	21 Dec 1988	82
21 Dec 1988		3	Laurence Henry Philip Magnus	24 Sep 1955
MAGRATH of Allevolan, Tipperary
5 Jun 1629	I	1	John Magrath		c 1652
c 1652		2	Terence Magrath		c 1660
c 1660 to     c 1670		3	John Magrath Presumably extinct on his death		c 1670
MAHON of Castlegar, co. Galway
14 Apr 1819	UK	1	Ross Mahon MP [I] for Granard 1798‑1800; MP for Ennis 1820	1763	10 Aug 1835	72
10 Aug 1835		2	Ross Mahon	18 Jul 1811	5 Apr 1842	30
5 Apr 1842		3	James Fitzgerald Mahon	13 Jun 1812	11 Mar 1852	39
11 Mar 1852		4	William Vesey Ross Mahon	14 Jul 1813	14 Aug 1893	80
14 Aug 1893		5	William Henry Mahon	31 Dec 1856	13 Aug 1926	69
13 Aug 1926		6	George Edward John Mahon	22 Jun 1911	16 Dec 1987	76
16 Dec 1987		7	William Walter Mahon	4 Dec 1940
MAINWARING of Over Peover, Cheshire
22 Nov 1660	E	1	Thomas Mainwaring MP for Cheshire 1660‑1661	7 Apr 1623	28 Jun 1689	66
28 Jun 1689		2	John Mainwaring MP for Cheshire 1689‑1702	8 May 1656	4 Nov 1702	46
4 Nov 1702		3	Thomas Mainwaring	7 Aug 1681	21 Sep 1726	45
21 Sep 1726 to     6 Apr 1797		4	Henry Mainwaring Extinct on his death	7 Nov 1726	6 Apr 1797	70
MAINWARING of Over Peover, Cheshire
26 May 1804	UK	1	Henry Mainwaring	25 Apr 1782	11 Jan 1860	77
11 Jan 1860		2	Harry Mainwaring	3 Nov 1804	23 Sep 1875	70
23 Sep 1875		3	Stapleton Thomas Mainwaring	6 Jan 1837	4 Aug 1878	41
4 Aug 1878		4	Phillip Tatton Mainwaring	11 Sep 1838	21 Feb 1906	67
21 Feb 1906 to     30 Dec 1934		5	Harry Stapleton Mainwaring Extinct on his death	25 Aug 1878	30 Dec 1934	56
MAITLAND of Pitrichies, Aberdeen
12 Mar 1672	NS	1	Richard Maitland		22 Feb 1677
22 Feb 1677		2	Richard Maitland		c Sep 1679
c Sep 1679		3	Charles Maitland		1700
1700 to     c 1704		4	Charles Maitland On his death the baronetcy became either dormant or extinct		c 1704
MAITLAND of Ravelrig
18 Nov 1680	NS	1	John Maitland He subsequently succeeded to the Earldom of Lauderdale in 1695 with which title the baronetcy remains merged	c 1655	30 Aug 1710
MAITLAND of Clifton Hall, Midlothian
30 Nov 1818	UK	1	Alexander Maitland		14 Feb 1820
14 Feb 1820		2	Alexander Charles Maitland	21 Nov 1755	7 Feb 1848	92
7 Feb 1848		3	Alexander Charles Maitland (Ramsay-Gibson-Maitland from 1856) MP for Midlothian 1868‑1874	7 Jan 1820	16 May 1876	56
16 May 1876		4	James Ramsay-Gibson-Maitland	29 Mar 1848	9 Nov 1897	49
9 Nov 1897		5	John Nisbet Maitland	26 Nov 1850	14 Dec 1936	86
14 Dec 1936		6	John Maitland	25 Nov 1879	27 Nov 1949	70
27 Nov 1949		7	George Ramsay Maitland	20 Dec 1882	1 Nov 1960	77
1 Nov 1960		8	Alexander Keith Maitland	26 Oct 1920	18 Jul 1963	42
18 Jul 1963		9	Richard John Maitland	24 Nov 1952	14 Jan 1994	41
14 Jan 1994		10	Charles Alexander Maitland	3 Jun 1986
MAJOR of Worlingsworth, Suffolk
15 Jul 1765	GB		See "Henniker-Major"
MAKDOUGALL of Alderston, Peebles
22 Feb 1703	NS		See "Hay"
MAKGILL of Cranston Riddle
19 Jul 1627	NS	1	James Makgill, later [1651] 1st Viscount Oxfuird		5 May 1663
5 May 1663 to     8 Dec 1706		2	Robert Makgill, 2nd Viscount Oxfuird On his death the baronetcy became dormant	20 May 1651	8 Dec 1706	55
			For continuation of the descent of this baronetcy see "Oxfuird, Viscount of" in Peerage section
MAKINS of Oxford, Oxon
9 Jan 1903	UK	1	William Thomas Makins MP for Essex South 1874‑1885, Essex South East 1885‑1886 and Walthamstow 1886‑1892	16 Mar 1840	2 Feb 1906	65
2 Feb 1906		2	Paul Augustine Makins	8 Jun 1871	9 Sep 1939	68
9 Sep 1939		3	William Vivian Makins	19 Jan 1903	22 Apr 1969	66
22 Apr 1969 to     17 Dec 1999		4	Paul Vivian Makins Extinct on his death	12 Nov 1913	17 Dec 1999	86
MALCOLM of Balbedie and Innertiel, Fife
25 Jul 1665	NS	1	John Malcolm MP for Kinross-shire 1711‑1713	1646	30 Mar 1729	82
30 Mar 1729		2	John Malcolm	4 May 1681	12 Aug 1753	72
12 Aug 1753		3	Michael Malcolm		5 May 1793
5 May 1793		4	James Malcolm		25 Oct 1805
25 Oct 1805		5	John Malcolm	1 Apr 1749	23 May 1816	67
23 May 1816		6	Michael Malcolm		8 Oct 1828
8 Oct 1828		7	John Malcolm	1 Apr 1828	24 Dec 1865	37
24 Dec 1865		8	James Malcolm	11 Apr 1823	8 Jun 1901	78
8 Jun 1901		9	James William Malcolm	29 Mar 1862	30 Apr 1927	65
30 Apr 1927		10	Michael Albert James Malcolm	9 May 1898	10 Jan 1976	77
10 Jan 1976		11	David Peter Michael Malcolm	7 Jul 1919	30 Nov 1995	76
30 Nov 1995		12	James William Thomas Alexander Malcolm	15 May 1930	4 Sep 2012	82
4 Sep 2012		13	Alexander James Elton Malcolm	30 Aug 1956

	Sir William Isaac Macartney, 4th baronet
	Sir William appears to be have been a solitary eccentric, who lived in the Australian state of Queensland. The following notice of his death appeared in the Canberra Times on 6 May 1942:-
	The death has occurred of Sir William Macartney, 75, at Mackay, and it removes a colourful Central Queensland identity. He was the fourth baronet of the line, but shunned the use of the title. He was a striking figure and the townspeople referred to him as Sir William, but inland he was known as plain Bill.
	He was widely read but was eccentric. On his rare visits to Mackay he generally wore old clothes and carried a schoolboy's bag or a sugar bag over shoulders. He was educated at Rockhampton Grammar School and took up surveying, joining the laboratory staff at the old Habana sugar mill. He followed cane farming and was an expert on the origin of Aboriginal names.
	Sir Godfrey Maculloch, 2nd baronet
	Maculloch was convicted of shooting William Gordon of Cardines in the leg, causing a wound from which Gordon eventually died. The Maculloch family's estates had been sold to the neighbouring Gordon family in 1629, but the Macullochs still claimed the lands around Cardoness Castle and the dispute had now become a feud. Maculloch was sentenced to death for his action and was executed by beheading on 26 March 1697. The following transcription of his speech while on the scaffold appeared as a broadside published on the day of his execution:-
	The Last Speech of Sir GODFREY M'CULLOCH of Myretoun, Knight and Baronet, who was Beheaded at the Cross of Edinburgh, the Twenty Sixth day of March, 1697.
	I Am brought here Good People to give Satisfaction to Justice, for the Slaughter of William Gordon designed of Cardines; And therefore I am obliged as a dying Man, to give a Faithfull and True Account of that matter.
	I do declare in the Sight of GOD, I had no design against his Life, nor did I expect to see him, when I came where the Accident happened; I came there contrair to my Inclination, being pressed by these two Persons, who were the Principal Witnesses against me, (they declaring he was not out of Bed) that I might relieve their Goods he had poinded [impounded]; I do freely forgive them, and I Pray heartily GOD may forgive them, for bringing me to that place.
	When I was in England, I was of times urged by several Persons, who declared they had Commission from Castle-Stewart and his Lady, (now the Pursuers for my Blood) that I might give up the Papers of these Lands of Cardines, wherupon they promised not only a piece of Money, But also to concurr for procuring me a Remission: And I have been several times since in the Countrie, where the Misfortune happened, and where they lived, But never troubled by any of them; Although now after they have got themselves secured in these Lands without me, they have been very active in the Pursute, untill at last they have got me brought to this place.
	I do acknowledge my Sentence is Just, and does not Repine; For albeit it was only a single Wound in the Legg, by a shot of small Hail, which was neither intended, nor could be foreseen to be deadly; Yet I do believe, That GOD in his Justice hath suffered me to fall in that miserable Accident, for which I am now to suffer, because of my many other Great and Grievous unrepented for Sins; I do therefore heartily forgive my Judges, Accusers, Witnesses and all Others who have now, or at any time injured me, as I wish to be Foregiven.
	I Recommend my Wife, and poor Children to the Protection of the Almighty GOD, who doth take Care of, and Provides for the Widow and Fatherless; And Prayes, That GOD may Stirr up and Enable their Friends and mine, to be Careful of them.
	I have been Branded as being a Roman Catholick, which I altogether disown, And Declare, as the Words of a Dying Man, whom am instantly to make my Appearance before the Great Tribunal of the Great GOD, That I die in the True Catholick Reformed Protestant Religion, Renouncing all Righteoussness of my own, or any Others: Relying only upon the Merits of CHRIST JESUS, through whose Blood, I hope to be Saved, And whom I Trust, will not only be my Judge, But also Advocate with the Father for my Redemption.
	Now, Dear Spectators, As my Last Request, Again and Again, I earnestly Desire, and Begg, The Assistance of Your Fervent Prayers, That, Although I stand here Condemned by Man, I may be Absolved before the Tribunal of the Great GOD, That in place of this Scaffold I may enjoy a Throne of Glory; That this Violent Death may bring me to a Life of Glorious Rest, Eternal in the Heavens: And that in place of all these Spectators, I may be Accompanyed with an Innumerable Company of Saints and Angels, Singing, Hallelujah to the Great KING to all Eternity.
	Now, O LORD, Remember me with that Love Thou bearest to Thy Own, O visite me with Thy Salvation, that I may see the Good of Thy Chosen Ones, and may Glory in Thine Inheritance, LORD JESUS Purge me from all my Sins, and from this of Blood Guiltiness, Wash me in Thy Own Blood. Great are mine Iniquities, But Greater are the Mercies of GOD! O let me be amongst the number of those for whom CHRIST dyed; Be Then my Advocate with the Father Into Thy hands do I recommend my Spirit: Come, LORD JESUS Come, and receive my Soul, Amen.
	Sir William Gordon MacGregor, 4th baronet [1828]
	The following is an extract from the Los Angeles Times of 4 May 1903.
	Sir William Gordon MacGregor, whose lineage fills half a page of the Peerage, but who has been known best lately as "the poorhouse Baronet", has had a good many queer experiences in the course of his chequered career, but his remarkable marriage this week must have struck him as about the queerest of them all. The Baronet, who is 57, lost about six months ago, a pension which hitherto had been his only support. Having no relatives to come to his assistance, he soon afterward was received, like any other aged pauper, into the West Ham Poorhouse. His presence there naturally attracted much attention and soon the titled 'inmate' was bombarded with letters from women in different sections of the country, all of whom were anxious to undertake his maintenance in exchange for the honor of being "Lady MacGregor".
	One of the most enterprising of these fair ones sent her sister to conduct negotiations with the Baronet in his melancholy retreat. Everything went swimmingly, and soon Sir William was able to announce to his fellow-inmates that he was about to be married to a lady of means, whom he had not yet seen, but who already had arranged - through her sister - for his removal from the poorhouse to comfortable quarters in the fashionable part of the town, pending the tying of the matrimonial knot. A few days afterward came the news of the Baronet's departure from his uncongenial surroundings and [the] day before yesterday, that of his marriage, which took place in the country. But, lo and behold, the lady whom Sir William had led to the altar - or rather to the registrar - was not she who had come forward with the offer of marriage but her energetic sister, who had been entrusted with the delicate negotiations therefor.
	At the first blush, it seemed as if Sir William's fiancée's representative must have played her false and cut her out of her "ladyship" by underhand means, but though the facts proved to be otherwise, the situation is no less piquant. It seems that, just at the last moment, the bride‑elect was seized with certain scruples which to her mind put marriage out of the question, and it had just begun to look as if Sir William would have to return to his pauper state when his intended sister-in-law threw herself into the breach and declared that she, too, had some means and would marry the Baronet if he was "willin'". As he was, no time was lost.
	The lady who is now Lady MacGregor formerly was Miss Alice Gulliver, and she is 49. Both she and her sister have lived for several years at Clifton in the household of a wealthy unmarried woman, to whom Miss Gulliver, who first sought Sir William MacGregor's hand, is companion. Soon after Sir William left the poorhouse, his present wife took him down to Clifton to see her sister and "principal" and it was there that the latter's unexplained change of heart took place and where the Baronet and Miss Alice Gulliver were married by the nearest registrar with such witnesses as could be got hold of. One of them was the woman who kept the lodgings in Clifton, where Sir William made his temporary quarters, another a man whom the Baronet had met casually the night before.
	Sir William Gordon MacGregor is the fourth Baronet of that name, having succeeded his father in 1879. For many years he was an army tutor, but lived afterward on a pension which he derived from his younger brother, Brig.-Gen. Charles Reginald MacGregor, who formerly had command of all the troops in the Assam district of India. When the general died, however, Sir William lost his pension, and then it was that he had to apply to the West Ham Board of Guardians for "relief".
	The special remainder to the baronetcy of Mackenzie created in 1836
	From the London Gazette of 23 February 1836 (issue 19359, page 358):-
	His Majesty has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland for granting the dignity of a Baronet of the said United Kingdom unto Colin Mackenzie, of Kilcoy, in the county of Ross, Esq. during the term of his natural life; with remainder, at his decease, to his second son, Evan Mackenzie, Esq. and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, and, in default of such issue, to his third son, Colin John Mackenzie, Esq. and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten.
	The special remainder to the baronetcy of McMahon created in 1817
	From the London Gazette of 16 July 1817 (issue 17269, page 1589):-
	His Royal Highness the Prince Regent has been graciously pleased, in the name and on behalf of His Majesty, to grant to the Right Honourable John M'Mahon, and to the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, the dignity of a Baronet of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, upon his retirement from his situation in His Royal Highness's family, and in consideration of his long and faithful services with remainder to his brother Colonel Thomas M'Mahon, Aide de Camp to His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, and Adjutant-General to His Majesty's Forces in India, and to the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten.
	The MacRobert baronets
	The MacRobert baronetcy was conferred in April 1922 on Alexander MacRobert, millionaire founder of the British India Corporation Limited. He married, as his second wife in 1911, Rachael Workman, daughter of a Worcester, Massachusetts doctor, William Hunter Workman (1847‑1937), and his wife, Fanny Bullock Workman (1859‑1925), both of whom achieved fame for their explorations in the Himalayas.
	The marriage produced three sons - Alasdair, Roderic and Iain. When their father died in June 1922, the oldest son, Alasdair, succeeded to the baronetcy. Sir Alasdair was killed, along with two other men, on 1 June 1938, when the airplane in which they were travelling crashed into a wheat field at Luton in England. For further information, see below.
	According to an obituary published in The Times on 18 June 1938:-
	Sir Alasdair Workman MacRobert, who was chairman of the British India Corporation, the great industrial group built up by his father, the late Sir Alexander MacRobert, combined something of his father's organizing business ability and brilliant initiative with modern youth's desire and determination to master the art of flight. During the last three years he did a great deal of practical flying in his own aeroplane, in Europe, to and from India, and in that country, to obtain knowledge of the possibilities of civil aviation. He was a most enthusiastic student of all the technical side of aviation as well. As a novice he had the courage to enter in the race for the Viceroy's Trophy and successfully flew and navigated the complete course round India. Although he had a comparatively slow machine, he finished close behind the leaders. In everything he did, in all his plans and preparations, he was most thorough and painstaking. He was recognized as an exceedingly expert pilot and a fine navigator. Always perfectly calm, reliable, and quite fearless, yet never reckless, he believed flying could be as safe as driving a car if thorough plans were made and every precaution taken. He never sought to be sensational or break records; rather did he wish to make flying safe for the people.
	Like his father, 50 years before, he went to India, at about the same age, and saw opportunity waiting and struck out in his own line. He saw the need to develop civil aviation, and formed the Indian Aviation Development Company in Bombay, of which he was chairman and managing director. He planned great things for the future, and he was on the way to inspect new aeroplanes for India when the accident in which he was killed occurred.
	Sir Alasdair's death was reported in the London Telegraph on 2 June 1938:-
	Sir Alasdair MacRobert, of Stanstead House, Caterham, and two other men were killed when a monoplane, piloted by Sir Alasdair, crashed in a wheatfield near the Luton municipal aerodrome this afternoon.
	Sir Alasdair's companions were Mr. Ronald E.L. Beere, of Langham House, Outwood, near Horley, Surrey, and Mr. C.E. Baker, of Coverswall, Alders-road, Reigate.
	The 'plane was flown to India last September by Sir Alasdair, who was chairman of the British India Corporation, Cawnpore, and he travelled all over India in it on his company's business. He flew it back to England a few weeks ago, and he and his companions left Redhill Flying Club, Surrey, to-day to inspect new 'planes at the Percival works at Luton.
	Near the airport the monoplane was seen to be flying low. It made a steep, almost vertical, bank, went into a nose-dive, and struck the ground.
	Mr. John Fitzgerald, a pilot employed at the Percival Works, said: "The plane appeared to be in difficulties. The pilot apparently saw he was too low to clear the works. He obviously decided to turn and land on the wheatfield, but crashed to earth.
	"I ran to the spot and found others helping to release the dead men. The nose of the 'plane had ploughed deeply into the earth and had rebounded. The engine was smashed, the tail torn off, the wings crumpled, and the propeller bent round the remains of the engine."
	The police roped off the wreckage, which was inspected by Air Ministry officials.
	Sir Alasdair, who was 25, was well-known in aviation and motor-racing circles. He had two houses in Aberdeenshire - Douneside, Tarland, and House of Cromar - and succeeded to the title on the death of his father, the first baronet, in 1922. The new baronet is his brother, Roderic Alan, aged 23.
	As stated in the above newspaper report, the baronetcy passed to his next oldest brother, Sir Roderic Alan MacRobert. He served in the Royal Air Force as a Flight Lieutenant in a fighter squadron based in the Middle East before he was killed on active service in Iraq on 22 May 1941. On his death the baronetcy passed to his younger brother, Sir Iain Workman MacRobert. He possessed the title for little more than one month before he, too, died while flying in the Coastal Command squadron on 30 June 1941.
	Lady MacRobert had therefore lost all three of her sons within a period of just over three years, all three deaths having occurred during the act of flying. In August 1941, Lady MacRobert donated £25,000 for the purchase of Stirling bomber to be named "MacRobert's Reply". Later that same year, Lady MacRobert donated a further £25,000 to purchase four Hawker Hurricane fighters. Lady MacRobert was the subject of two articles in Time magazine in March 1942 and on her death in September 1954.

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