Baron Carnock

It was created in 1916 for the former Permanent Under-Secretary in the Foreign Office, Sir Arthur Nicolson, 11th Baronet.

In 1636 he was created a Baronet, of Carnock in the County of Stirling, in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia.

However, on his death three years later the barony passed to his maternal aunt Margaret Brisbane, while he was succeeded in the baronetcy by his cousin and heir-male, the fifth Baronet.

On the death of his younger son, the eighth Baronet, this line of the family failed.

The family seat is Perch Hill Farm, near Robertsbridge, East Sussex.