Laurie Baronets
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There have been three Baronetcies created for persons with the surname Laurie, one in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia and two in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. One creation is extant as of 2007.

The Laurie Baronetcy, of Maxwelton in the County of Dumfries, was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia on 27 March 1685 for Robert Laurie. The fourth Baronet represented Dumfries
Dumfries (UK Parliament constituency)
Dumfries is a Scottish town.Dumfries may also refer to:* Dumfries Burghs * Dumfriesshire , known from 1950–2005 as Dumfries*Dumfries, Virginia...

 in the House of Commons
British House of Commons
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 while the fifth Baronet sat for Dumfriesshire
Dumfriesshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Dumfriesshire was a county constituency represented in the of the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1708 to 1801 and of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 until 2005. It was known as Dumfries from 1950...

. The title became extinct on the death of the sixth Baronet in 1848. The Scottish song Annie Laurie
Annie Laurie
Annie Laurie is an old Scottish song based on poem by William Douglas of Dumfries and Galloway. The words were modified and the tune was added by Alicia Scott in 1834/5. The song is also known as Maxwelton Braes.-William Douglas:...

is about Annie, the daughter of the first Baronet, and her romance with William Douglas.

The Bayley, later Laurie Baronetcy, of Bedford Square in the County of Middlesex, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 15 March 1834 for John Bayley, a Judge of the Queen's Bench, Baron of the Exchequer and legal writer. The third Baronet assumed by Royal license the surname of Laurie of Maxwelton in lieu of his patronymic in 1883. The fourth Baronet was a Colonel
Colonel
Colonel , abbreviated Col or COL, is a military rank of a senior commissioned officer. It or a corresponding rank exists in most armies and in many air forces; the naval equivalent rank is generally "Captain". It is also used in some police forces and other paramilitary rank structures...

 in the Army and fought in the Second Boer War
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The Second Boer War was fought from 11 October 1899 until 31 May 1902 between the British Empire and the Afrikaans-speaking Dutch settlers of two independent Boer republics, the South African Republic and the Orange Free State...

. The sixth Baronet was a Major-General in the Army.

The Laurie Baronetcy, of Sevenoakes in the County of Kent, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 30 November 1942 for John Dawson Laurie, Lord Mayor of London
Lord Mayor of London
The Right Honourable Lord Mayor of London is the legal title for the Mayor of the City of London Corporation. The Lord Mayor of London is to be distinguished from the Mayor of London; the former is an officer only of the City of London, while the Mayor of London is the Mayor of Greater London and...

 from 1941 to 1942. The title became extinct on his death in 1954.

Laurie Baronets, of Mexwelton (1685)

  • Sir Robert Laurie, 1st Baronet (d. 1698)
  • Sir Robert Laurie, 2nd Baronet (c. 1674-1702)
  • Sir Walter Laurie, 3rd Baronet (d. 1731)
  • Sir Robert Laurie, 4th Baronet (d. 1779)
  • Sir Robert Laurie, 5th Baronet (c. 1738-1804)
  • Sir Robert Laurie, 6th Baronet
    Sir Robert Laurie, 6th Baronet
    Sir Robert Laurie, 6th Baronet KCB was an officer of the Royal Navy who served during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. He rose through the ranks after his entry, fighting as a lieutenant under Howe at the Glorious First of June, and being wounded in the action...

     (1764-1848)

Bayley, later Laurie Baronets, of Bedford Square (1834)

  • Sir John Bayley, 1st Baronet (1763-1841)
  • Sir John Edward George Bayley, 2nd Baronet (1793-1871)
  • Sir John Robert Laurie Emilius Laurie, 3rd Baronet (1823-1917)
  • Sir Claude Villiers Emilius Laurie, 4th Baronet (1855-1930)
  • Sir Wilfrid Emilius Laurie, 5th Baronet (1859-1936)
  • Sir John Emilius Laurie, 6th Baronet (1892-1983)
  • Sir Robert Bayley Emilius Laurie, 7th Baronet (b. 1931)
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