Ritchie baronets

There have been two baronetcies created for the Ritchie family, both in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. Both creations are extinct.

The Ritchie Baronetcy, of Lees House, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 15 December 1903 for James Thomson Ritchie, Lord Mayor of London from 1903 to 1904. He was the elder brother of Charles Ritchie, 1st Baron Ritchie of Dundee.

His son, businessman James William Ritchie, made claim to the title, but was created a baronet in his own right in 1918 "to regularize an informality in the previous title."^[1] The Ritchie Baronetcy, of Highlands, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 23 January 1918 for him. He was Chairman of the Milners' Safe Company. The title became extinct on the death of the second Baronet in 1991.

Ritchie baronets, of Lees House (1903)

• Sir James Thomson Ritchie, 1st Baronet (1835–1912)

Ritchie baronets, of Highlands (1918)

• Sir James William Ritchie, 1st Baronet (1868–1937)
• Sir James Edward Thomson Ritchie, 2nd Baronet (1902–1991)

Notes

1. "New Year Honours – The Official Lists, New Peers And Baronets, Long Roll Of Soldiers.". The Times (The Times Digital Archive). 1 January 1918. p. 7.

References

• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,