There have been four Baronetcies created for persons with the surname Preston, two in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia, one in the Baronetage of England and another in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.

The Preston Baronetcy, of Airdrie

Airdrie, North Lanarkshire

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 in the County of Fife, was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia on 22 February 1628 for John Preston. The descent after the death of the fourth Baronet sometime after 1701 and the accession of Robert Preston in 1784 is uncertain. The title became dormant on the latter's death in c. 1792.

The Preston Baronetcy, of Valleyfield

Valleyfield

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 in the County of Perth, was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia on 13 March 1637 for George Preston. The fifth Baronet sat as Member of Parliament

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 for Kirkcaldy Burghs

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. The title became dormant on the death of the ninth Baronet in 1873.

The Preston Baronetcy, of Furness

Furness

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 in the County of Lancaster, was created in the Baronetage of England on 1 April 1644 for George Preston. The title became extinct on the death of the third Baronet in 1709.

The Preston Baronetcy, of Beeston St Lawrence in the County of Norfolk

Norfolk

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, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 30 May 1815 for Thomas Hulton Preston. Born Thomas Hulton, he was the son of Henry Hulton and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Isaac Preston of Beeston St Lawrence, whose estates he inherited. In 1804 he assumed the surname of Preston in lieu of his patronymic. The second Baronet served as High Sheriff of Norfolk

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 in 1847.

Preston Baronets, of Airdrie (1628)

• Sir John Preston, 1st Baronet (d. c 1655
• Sir John Preston, 2nd Baronet (d. 1660
• Sir John Preston, 3rd Baronet (d. 1675)
• Sir John Preston, 4th Baronet (d. after 1701)

succession unclear until 1784

• Sir Robert Preston, ? Baronet (c. 1706-c. 1792)

Preston Baronets, of Valleyfield (1637)

• Sir George Preston, 1st Baronet (1679
• Sir William Preston, 2nd Baronet (c. 1703)
• Sir George Preston, 3rd Baronet (c. 1670-1741)
• Sir George Preston, 4th Baronet (d. 1779)
• Sir Charles Preston, 5th Baronet
  Charles Preston
  Sir Charles Preston, 5th Baronet was a British Major who was stationed in Canada during the American Revolutionary War.-Revolutionary War:...
  
   (c. 1735-1800)
• Sir Robert Preston, 6th Baronet (1740-1834)
• Sir Robert Preston, 7th Baronet (1757-1846)
• Sir Robert Preston, 8th Baronet (c. 1780-1858)
• Sir Henry Lindsay Preston, 9th Baronet (1789-1873)

Preston Baronets, of Furness (1644)

• Sir John Preston, 1st Baronet (1617-1645)
• Sir John Preston, 2nd Baronet (d. 1663)
• Sir Thomas Preston, 3rd Baronet (c. 1643-1709)

Preston Baronets, of Beeston St Lawrence (1815)

• Sir Thomas Hulton Preston, 1st Baronet (1767-1823)
• Sir Jacob Henry Preston, 2nd Baronet (1812-1891)
• Sir Henry Jacob Preston, 3rd Baronet
  Sir Henry Preston, 3rd Baronet
  Sir Henry Jacob Preston, 3rd Baronet was an English soldier, magistrate and footballer. He represented England in the second representative football match against Scotland in November 1870.-Family:...
  
  (1851-1897)
• Sir Jacob Preston, 4th Baronet (1887-1918)
• Sir Edward Hulton Preston, 5th Baronet (1888-1963)
• Sir Thomas Hildebrand Preston, 6th Baronet (1886-1976)
• Sir Ronald Douglas Hildebrand Preston, 7th Baronet (1916-1999)
• Sir Philip Charles Henry Hulton Preston, 8th Baronet (b. 1946)