Bethune baronets

The Sharp, later Bethune Baronetcy, of Scotscraig in the County of Fife, was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia on 21 April 1683 for William Sharp.

The sixth Baronet married Margaret, daughter of John Bethune.

He was the grandson of Lieutenant-General Alexander Sharp, de jure seventh Baronet, who assumed the surname of Bethune in lieu of Sharp in 1815.

The title became extinct on the death of the tenth Baronet in 1997.

The Bethune Baronetcy, of Kilconquhar in the County of Fife, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 7 March 1836.