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Falkiner baronets of Anne Mount (1778)

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The Falkiner baronetcy (surname pronounced "FALL-kin-err"), of Anne Mount (Glounthaune), in the County of Cork, 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.

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. As of 2025 the baronetcy is dormant.

Falkiner baronets, of Anne Mount (1778)

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

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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