There have been two Baronetcies created for persons with the surname Falkiner, one in the Baronetage of Ireland and one in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. One creation is believed to be extant as of 2008.

The Falkiner Baronetcy, of Anne Mount, in the County of Cork, was created in the Baronetage of Ireland on 24 August 1778 for Sir Riggs Falkiner, 1st Baronet

Sir Riggs Falkiner, 1st Baronet

Sir Riggs Falkiner, 1st Baronet was an Irish baronet and politician.He was the oldest son of Caleb Falkiner and his wife Ruth Riggs, daughter of Edward Riggs, and cousin of Daniel Falkiner. He sat in the Irish House of Commons for Clonakilty from 1768 to 1776 and subsequently for Castlemartyr to...

. He was the great-grandson of Michael Falkiner, originally of Brigart, Leeds

Leeds

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, who had settled in Ireland in the 1650s, and represented Clonakilty

Clonakilty (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Clonakilty was a constituency in County Cork represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1800.-History:Established by a charter of King James I of England granting it to Sir Richard Boyle, it was purchased from Lord Burlington by Speaker Boyle in 1738 and he nominated the provost from three...

 and Castlemartyr

Castlemartyr (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Castlemartyr was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1676 to 1800.- Boundaries and boundary changes :...

 in the Irish House of Commons

Irish House of Commons

The Irish House of Commons was the lower house of the Parliament of Ireland, that existed from 1297 until 1800. The upper house was the House of Lords...

. The fourth Baronet was a Captain

Captain (naval)

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 in the Royal Navy

Royal Navy

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. The fifth Baronet was a Lieutenant-Colonel in the British Army

British Army

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 and served throughout the Peninsular War

Peninsular War

The Peninsular War was a war between France and the allied powers of Spain, the United Kingdom, and Portugal for control of the Iberian Peninsula during the Napoleonic Wars. The war began when French and Spanish armies crossed Spain and invaded Portugal in 1807. Then, in 1808, France turned on its...

. As of 13 June 2007 the presumed tenth and present Baronet has not successfully proven his succession to the title, and is therefore not on the Official Roll of the Baronetage, with the baronetcy considered dormant since 1997. For more information, follow this link. The family surname is pronounced "Fawkner".

The Falkiner Baronetcy, of Abbotstown in the County of Dublin, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 21 December 1812 for Frederick Falkiner

Sir Frederick Falkiner, 1st Baronet

Sir Frederick John Falkiner, 1st Baronet was an Irish baronet and politician.He was the eldest son of Daniel Falkiner, grandson of Daniel Falkiner, and his wife Dorothy Faure, daughter of Henry Faure. Falkiner was educated at Trinity College, Dublin and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts...

, who had earlier represented County Dublin in the House of Commons

British House of Commons

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. The title became extinct on his death in 1824.

Falkiner Baronets, of Anne Mount (1778)

• Sir Riggs Falkiner, 1st Baronet
  Sir Riggs Falkiner, 1st Baronet
  Sir Riggs Falkiner, 1st Baronet was an Irish baronet and politician.He was the oldest son of Caleb Falkiner and his wife Ruth Riggs, daughter of Edward Riggs, and cousin of Daniel Falkiner. He sat in the Irish House of Commons for Clonakilty from 1768 to 1776 and subsequently for Castlemartyr to...
  
   (d. 1797)
• Sir Samuel Falkiner, 2nd Baronet (c. 1745-1825)
• Sir Riggs Falkiner, 3rd Baronet (1789-1850)
• Sir Charles Leslie Falkiner, 4th Baronet (1790-1858)
• Sir Samuel Edmund Falkiner, 5th Baronet (1791-1867)
• Sir Samuel Edmund Falkiner, 6th Baronet (1843-1893)
• Sir Leslie Edmund Percy Riggs Falkiner, 7th Baronet
  Sir Leslie Edmund Percy Riggs Falkiner, 7th Baronet
  Sir Leslie Edmund Percy Riggs Falkiner, 7th Baronet was an English baronet.He was born in 1866, the eldest son of Sir Samuel Edmund Falkiner, 6th Baronet, and educated at Marlborough College and in HMS Worcester...
  
   (1866-1917)
• Sir Terence Edmond Patrick Falkiner, 8th Baronet (1903-1987)
• Sir Edmond Charles Falkiner, 9th Baronet (1938-1997)
• Sir Benjamin Simon Patrick Falkiner, 10th Baronet (b. 1962)

Falkiner Baronets, of Abbotstown (1812)

• Sir Frederick John Falkiner, 1st Baronet
  Sir Frederick Falkiner, 1st Baronet
  Sir Frederick John Falkiner, 1st Baronet was an Irish baronet and politician.He was the eldest son of Daniel Falkiner, grandson of Daniel Falkiner, and his wife Dorothy Faure, daughter of Henry Faure. Falkiner was educated at Trinity College, Dublin and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts...
  
  (1768-1824)

External links

• Brief biography of Sir Frederick Falkiner, 1st Baronet