Income of a baronetcy in regency england?

Question: Income of a baronetcy in regency england!?

In victorian/regency england, approximately how much money did a baronet possess!? This is of course including the stately home and all that jazz!. Like what would have been considered a good sum!? I've seen it vary from ￡5-15,000 a year, but what would be the utmost amount a baronet was likely to have!?

And how much would a baronets daughter be given towards their marriage for example!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:

Impossible to answer as there was no fixed amount!. Being a baronet didn't automatically entitle you to income, to a stately home!. etc!. You could be as rich as Croesus or bankrupt (and lots were because of gambling debts)!. A baronetcy is the lowest of the inheritable titles!. A father or grandfather or remoter ancestor may have been given the title because of some service to the Crown (money given to James I who introduced the rank to raise money) and by Regency England the family fallen on very hard times!.

Later: An income of ￡1000 a year would be thought to be adequate!. Lots of titled people lived cheaply by buying supplies on credit and never, or only very rarely, paying their tradesmen!.Www@QuestionHome@Com