Sir Robert Adair (1811-1886), 2nd Baronet Adair as featured in Vanity Fair - 02-Apr-1881.
The Adair Baronetcy, of Flixton Hall in the County of Suffolk, was a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom given to a distinguished branch of the Adair Family.[1] It was created on 2 August 1838 for Robert Shafto Adair (1786-1869).
He was succeeded by his eldest son, the second Baronet, Robert who sat as Member of Parliament for Cambridge. In 1873 he was created Baron Waveney, of South Elmham in the County of Suffolk, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom for services rendered as Lord-Lieutenant of County Antrim and Aide-de-Camp to Her Majesty Queen Victoria of England.[2] The barony became extinct on his death in 1886 while he was succeeded in the baronetcy by his younger brother, Hugh Adair, the third Baronet. The latter had earlier represented Ipswich in Parliament. Two of his sons, the fourth and fifth Baronets, both succeeded in the title. The fifth Baronet's son, the sixth Baronet, was a Major-General in the British Army during World War II. The title became extinct on the latter's death in 1988.
- Adair Family - Core family research page
- See Also Adair Family Ancestry.
- See Also Ballymena Castle - primary family estate in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
Adair baronets, of Flixton Hall (1838)[]
.svg){kind=link}
Escutcheon of the Adair baronets of Flixton Hall
- Sir Robert Shafto Adair, 1st Baronet (1786–1869)
- Robert Alexander Shafto Adair (1811–1886) - (created Baron Waveney in 1873)
Barons Waveney (1873)[]
- Robert Alexander Shafto Adair (1811–1886) - 1st & Last Baron Waveney.
Adair baronets, of Flixton Hall (1886; reverted)[]
- Sir Hugh Edward Adair, 3rd Baronet (1815–1902)
- Sir Robert Shafto Adair, 5th Baronet (1862–1949) - Justice of the Peace for both Norfolk and Suffolk, Deputy Lieutenant for County Antrim. (Son of 3rd Baronet)
- Allan Henry Shafto Adair, 6th Baronet Adair (1897-1988) - Major General in British Army, saw action in both World War I and World War II.
- Desmond Allan Shafto Adair (1920-1943) - Killed in combat in Italy during World War II while serving in the British Army.
See Also[]
- Adair Family
- Adair in Suffolk
- Robert Adair
- ThePeerage.com #114704