Cunard Baronets
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The Cunard Baronetcy, of Bush Hill in Nova Scotia, was a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1859 for Samuel Cunard
, the Canadian
-born British
shipping magnate. The title became extinct upon the death of the seventh baronet in 1989.
Samuel Cunard
Sir Samuel Cunard, 1st Baronet was a British shipping magnate, born at Halifax, Nova Scotia, who founded the Cunard Line...
, the Canadian
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
-born British
United Kingdom
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shipping magnate. The title became extinct upon the death of the seventh baronet in 1989.
Cunard Baronets, of Bush Hill (1859)
- Sir Samuel Cunard, 1st BaronetSamuel CunardSir Samuel Cunard, 1st Baronet was a British shipping magnate, born at Halifax, Nova Scotia, who founded the Cunard Line...
(1787–1865) - Sir Edward Cunard, 2nd Baronet (1816–1869)
- Sir Bache Cunard, 3rd Baronet (1851–1925) (married Maud CunardMaud CunardMaud Alice Burke , later Lady Cunard, known as Emerald, was an American-born, London-based society hostess. She had long relationships with the novelist George Moore and the conductor Thomas Beecham, and was the muse of the former and a champion of and fund-raiser for the latter...
) - Sir Gordon Cunard, 4th Baronet (1857–1933)
- Sir Edward Cunard, 5th Baronet (1891–1962)
- Sir Henry Cunard, 6th Baronet (1909–1973)
- Sir Guy Cunard, 7th Baronet (1911–1989)