Fidalgo
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Fidalgo, from Galician fillo de algo and Portuguese filho de algo—equivalent to a nobleman, but sometimes literally translated into English as "nobleman" —is a traditional title of Portuguese nobility
Portrait of a Young Fidalgo; a 16th-century rendition of a young Portuguese nobleman.
Baronet
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A baronet or the female equivalent, a baronetess, is the holder of a baronetcy, a hereditary title awarded by the British Crown. Baronets rank below barons and knights of the Garter and the Thistle, b
Fidalgo
…to the French gentilhomme (the word also implies nobility by birth or by charge), and to the Italian nobile but having a higher rank to the British baronet as being a part of the aristocracy, not a commoner. The title was abolished after the overthrow of the monarchy in 1910 by the republic and is also a…
Neck badge for a baronet of the United Kingdom, depicting the Red Hand of Ulster within a rose, thistle and shamrock border.
The Earl of Rosslyn wearing his badge as a Baronet of Nova Scotia.
Coat of arms of the Agnew baronets (1629) with the badge of a Baronet of Nova Scotia (Coat of arms of Nova Scotia) in chief