The Jardine, later Buchanan-Jardine Baronetcy, of Castle Milk in the County of Dumfries, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 20 July 1885 for the businessman and Liberal

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 politician Robert Jardine. He was head of Jardine, Matheson and Co

Jardine Matheson Holdings

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, merchants in China

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, and also represented Ashburton

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, Dumfries

Dumfries (UK Parliament constituency)

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 and Dumfriesshire

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 in Parliament. Jardine married Margaret, daughter of John Buchanan Hamilton and sister and heiress of John Hamilton-Buchanan, Chief of Clan Buchanan

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. The second and third Baronets were also heads of Jardine, Matheson and Co. The latter assumed the additional surname of Buchanan.

Jardine, later Buchanan-Jardine Baronets, of Castle Milk (1885)

• Sir Robert Jardine, 1st Baronet
  Sir Robert Jardine, 1st Baronet
  Sir Robert Jardine, 1st Baronet was a Scottish businessman and Liberal politicianJardine was born at Edinburgh the son of David Jardine of Muir House, Lockerbie, Dumfries and his wife Rachel Johnstone...
  
   (1825-1905)
• Sir Robert William Buchanan Jardine, 2nd Baronet (1868-1927)
• Sir John William Buchanan-Jardine, 3rd Baronet (1900-1969)
• Sir Andrew Rupert John Buchanan-Jardine, 4th Baronet (1923-2010)
• Sir John Christopher Rupert Buchanan-Jardine, 5th Baronet (b. 1952)

The heir is the actual baronet's son, Jamie Rupert Buchanan-Jardine (b. 1994)

See also

• Buchanan Baronets
  Buchanan Baronets
  There have been two Baronetcies created for persons with the surname Buchanan, both in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.The Buchanan Baronetcy, of Dunburgh in the County of Stirling, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 14 December 1878 for the diplomat Andrew Buchanan...
  
  
• Jardine Baronets
  Jardine Baronets
  There have been four Baronetcies created for persons with the surname Jardine, one in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia and three in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom....
  
  
• William Jardine
  William Jardine (surgeon)
  William Jardine was a Scottish physician and merchant. He co-founded the Hong Kong conglomerate Jardine, Matheson and Company. From 1841 to 1843, he was Member of Parliament for Ashburton as a Whig....