Paterson Baronets
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There have been two baronetcies created for people with the surname Paterson, both in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia.

The first creation, of Bannockburn
Bannockburn
Bannockburn is a village immediately south of the city of Stirling in Scotland. It is named after the Bannock Burn, a burn running through the village before flowing into the River Forth.-History:...

 in the county of Stirling
Stirlingshire
Stirlingshire or the County of Stirling is a registration county of Scotland, based around Stirling, the former county town. It borders Perthshire to the north, Clackmannanshire and West Lothian to the east, Lanarkshire to the south, and Dunbartonshire to the south-west.Until 1975 it was a county...

, was for Hugh Paterson on 16 March 1686. The second baronet sat in the House of Commons for Stirlingshire
Stirlingshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Stirlingshire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain and later of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1708 until 1918...

 and was attainted in 1716, when the title was forfeit.

The second creation, of Eccles in the county of Berwick
Berwickshire
Berwickshire or the County of Berwick is a registration county, a committee area of the Scottish Borders Council, and a lieutenancy area of Scotland, on the border with England. The town after which it is named—Berwick-upon-Tweed—was lost by Scotland to England in 1482...

, was for William Paterson on 9 July 1687. The third baronet sat in the House of Commons for Berwickshire
Berwickshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Berwickshire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1708 to 1918, when it was amalgamated with neighbouring Haddington to form a new Berwick and Haddington constituency...

. On his death in 1782 the title became dormant.

Baronets, of Bannockburn (1686)

  • Sir Hugh Paterson, 1st Baronet (died 21 December 1701)
  • Sir Hugh Paterson, 2nd Baronet
    Sir Hugh Paterson, 2nd Baronet
    Sir Hugh Paterson, 2nd Baronet was a Scottish Jacobite.The son of Sir Hugh Paterson, 1st Baronet by his wife Barbara, daughter of Sir William Ruthven of Dunglass and Katherine, daughter of William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas, he succeeded his father as second Baronet, of Bannockburn, on 21...

     (c. 1685 – 23 March 1777)

Baronets, of Eccles (1687)

  • Sir William Paterson, 1st Baronet (c. 1630 – 29 September 1709)
  • Sir John Paterson, 2nd Baronet (11 April 1673 – 14 December 1759)
  • Sir John Paterson, 3rd Baronet (c. 1730 – 14 January 1782)
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