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Halkett baronets

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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)

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Sir Peter Halkett Wedderburn, 1st Bart of Pitfirrane and Gosford (c. 1659-1746), painting by Allan Ramsay, 1746.

Wedderburn, later Halkett baronets of Pitfirrane, Fife (31 December 1697)

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Coat of arms

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Coat of arms of Halkett baronets
Crest
A falcon's head erased ppr.
Escutcheon
Sable three piles conjoined in base Argent on a chief of the second a lion passant guardant Gules.
Supporters
Two falcons ppr. belled and jessed Or.
Motto
Fides sufficit

References

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  1. Marshall, Rosalind K. (2004). "Fletcher [married name Wedderburn], Elizabeth [Betty] (1731–1758), scholar". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/64080. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. Retrieved 12 March 2021. (Subscription, Wikipedia Library access or UK public library membership required.)
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