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Since 1611, the British Crown has awarded a hereditary title in the form of the Baronetcy.

Like knights, baronets are accorded the title Sir.

Baronets are not peers of the realm, and did not sit in the House of Lords when it was a hereditary house, therefore like knights they remain commoners in the view of the British nobility system.

However, unlike knights, the title is hereditary and the recipient does not receive an accolade.

The position is therefore more comparable with hereditary knighthoods in continental European orders of nobility, such as ritter, than with knighthoods under the British orders of chivalry.