The Rayney Baronetcy, of Wrotham in the County of Kent, was a title in both the Baronetage of Nova Scotia and the Baronetage of England. It was first created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia on 19 December 1635 for Sir John Rayney of Wrotham Place, Wrotham

Wrotham

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, Kent

Kent

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. He was then created a Baronet in the Baronetage of England on 22 January 1642, with the same territorial designation

Territorial designation

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. Rayney's father John Rayney, of West Malling, was a merchant and Alderman

Alderman

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 of London who bought Wrotham Place which became the family seat. The first Baronet had been knighted at the Coronation

Coronation

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 of Charles I

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 in 1626. He served as High Sheriff of Kent

High Sheriff of Kent

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in 1646. On the death of the fifth Baronet in 1721 the English baronetcy became extinct while the Scottish baronetcy became dormant.

Rayney Baronets, of Wrotham (1635/1642)

• Sir John Rayney, 1st Baronet (1601–1661)
• Sir John Rayney, 2nd Baronet (1627–1680)
• Sir John Rayney, 3rd Baronet (1660–1705)
• Sir John Beaumont Rayney, 4th Baronet (1688–1716)
• Sir Thomas Rayney, 5th Baronet (1690–1721)