> > In the 20th century, the country slowed and then stopped giving out hereditary titles; the last one granted was in 1984 > Wasn't the 1st Baronet Thatcher c

> > In the 20th century, the country slowed and then stopped giving out hereditary titles; the last one granted was in 1984 > Wasn't the 1st Baronet Thatcher created in 1990? True. I think the article is confusing the term with Hereditary Peerage, the most recent of which was indeed created in 1984, the Earl of Stockton. By contrast, a baronetcy is not a peerage.