title: Halkett baronets
text: # Halkett baronets
  
  There have been two Halkett Baronetcies, both in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia — one in 1662 for Charles Halkett and the other in 1697 for politician Peter Wedderburn, who changed his name to Halkett in 1705. Both baronetcies are extinct.
  
  ## Halkett baronets (25 January 1662)
  
  * Sir Charles Halkett, 1st Baronet (died 1697)
  * Sir James Halkett, 2nd Baronet (died 1705)
  
  ## Wedderburn, later Halkett baronets of Pitfirrane, Fife (31 December 1697)
  
  * Sir Peter Halkett, 1st Baronet (c. 1660–1746)
  * Sir Peter Halkett, 2nd Baronet (1695–1755)
  * Sir Peter Halkett, 3rd Baronet (died 1792)
  * Sir John Halkett, 4th Baronet (1720–1793) born John Wedderburn who married Elizabeth Fletcher
  * Sir Charles Halkett, 5th Baronet (1764–1837)
  * Sir Peter Halkett, 6th Baronet (1765–1839)
  * Sir John Halkett, 7th Baronet (1805–1847)
  * Sir Peter Arthur Halkett, 8th Baronet (1834–1904)
     * Madeline
     * Mabel
  