Orr-Ewing baronets: Difference between revisions

{{short description|Baronetcy in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom}}

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There have been two '''baronetcies''' created for members of the '''Orr-Ewing family''', both in the [[Baronetage of the United Kingdom]]. Both creations are extant as of 2010.

==History==

The '''Orr Ewing Baronetcy''', of [[Ballikinrain]] in the parish of [[Killearn]] in the [[County of Stirling]] and of Lennoxbank in the parish of [[Bonhill]] in the [[County of Dunbarton]], was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 8 March 1886 for the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] politician [[Sir Archibald Orr-Ewing, 1st Baronet|Archibald Orr-Ewing]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=25564 |date=2 March 1886 |page=1027}}</ref> He was the seventh son of William Ewing, a merchant of [[Glasgow]], and Susan, daughter of John Orr, Provost of Paisley. The fourth Baronet was a [[Brigadier-General]] in the [[British Army]]. [[Charles Lindsay Orr-Ewing]], fifth son of the first Baronet, was [[Member of Parliament]] for [[Ayr Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)|Ayr Burghs]]. His son [[Ian Leslie Orr-Ewing|Sir Ian Leslie Orr-Ewing]] was Member of Parliament for [[Weston-super-Mare (UK Parliament constituency)|Weston-super-Mare]].

The '''Orr-Ewing Baronetcy''', of [[Hendon]] in the [[County of Middlesex]], was created on 27 June 1963 for the Conservative politician [[Ian Orr-Ewing, Baron Orr-Ewing|Ian Orr-Ewing]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=43041 |date=28 June 1963 |page=5533}}</ref> He was the grandson of John Orr-Ewing, fourth son of the first Baronet. In 1970 he was created a [[life peer]] as '''Baron Orr-Ewing''', of Little Berkhamsted in the County of Hertford. The life peerage became extinct on his death in 1999 while he was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son, the second Baronet.

==Orr-Ewing baronets, of Ballikinrain and Lennoxbank (1886)==

*[[Sir Archibald Orr-Ewing, 1st Baronet]] (1818–1893)

*Sir William Orr Ewing, 2nd Baronet (1848–1903)

*[[Sir Archibald Orr Ewing, 3rd Baronet|Sir Archibald Ernest Orr Ewing, 3rd Baronet]] (1853–1919)

*Sir [[Norman Archibald Orr-Ewing, 4th Baronet]] (23 November 1880 – 26 March 1960). Orr-Ewing was a [[Brigadier-General]] in the Army and served as [[List of Grand Masters of the Grand Lodge of Scotland|Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Scotland]] from 1937 to 1939. He married Laura Louisa Robarts, a granddaughter of Percy Barrington, 8th Viscount Barrington, on 24 July 1911. He died in March 1960, and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son Ronald.

*Sir Ronald Archibald Orr-Ewing, 5th Baronet (14 May 1912 – 14 September 2002). Orr-Ewing succeeded his father in 1960. He married Marion Hester Cameron, daughterof[[Donald Walter CameronofLochiel|Sir Donald Walter CameronofLochiel]], on 6 April 1938. They had four children: Sir Archibald Donald Orr-Ewing, 6th Baronet (b. 20 December 1938); Janet Elizabeth Orr-Ewing (b. 9 November 1940); Fiona Marion Orr-Ewing (b. 3 March 1946); Ronald James Orr-Ewing (b. 9 January 1948). Orr-Ewing died in September 2002, aged 90, and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his eldest son Archibald (see below).

*Sir Archibald Donald Orr-Ewing, 6th Baronet (born 20 December 1938). Orr-Ewing is the eldest son of [[Ronald Orr-Ewing|Sir Ronald Archibald Orr-Ewing, 5th Baronet]] and was educated at [[Gordonstoun]] and [[Trinity College Dublin]]. He was the Grand Master Mason of [[Grand Lodge of Scotland|The Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of Scotland]], until 27 November 2008 a post he held since 2005. He previously held the post between 1999 and 2004, being the only person to hold that office twice. He was installed as Deputy Grand Master & Governor (the administrator) of the [[Royal Order of Scotland]] at Edinburgh on 3 July 2009. He is the current Lieutenant Grand Commander of the Supreme Council for Scotland of the [[Scottish Rite|Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite]], having succeeded to the Council in 1998. He married firstly Venetia Turner on 10 December 1965. They divorced in 1972 and Orr-Ewing then married as his second wife Nicola Black, a great-granddaughter of [[James Innes-Ker, 7th Duke of Roxburghe]]. They have one son, Alastair.

The [[heir apparent]] is the present holder's son Alastair Frederick Archibald Orr-Ewing (born 1982).

==Orr-Ewing baronets, of Hendon (1963)==

*[[Ian Orr-Ewing, Baron Orr-Ewing|Sir (Charles) Ian Orr-Ewing, 1st Baronet]] (1912–1999) (created '''Baron Orr-Ewing''' in 1971)

*Sir (Alistair) Simon Orr-Ewing, 2nd Baronet (born 1940)

The heir apparent is the present holder's son Archie Cameron Orr-Ewing (born 1969). The next sons in line are Alfie, Ronnie and George Orr-Ewing.

==Notes==

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*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, {{Page needed |date=February 2013}}

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