The Falkiner baronetcy (surname pronounced "FALL-kin-err"), of Anne Mount (Glounthaune), in the County of Cork,[1] was created in the Baronetage of Ireland on 24 August 1778 for Sir Riggs Falkiner, 1st Baronet.
He represented Clonakilty in the Irish House of Commons.
[2] The 4th Baronet was a captain in the Royal Navy, a lieutenant on the HMS Shannon at its capture of the USS Chesapeake.
The 5th Baronet was a lieutenant-colonel of the 31st Foot in the British Army and served throughout the Peninsular War.
[3] The heir presumptive is the present presumed holder's brother Matthew Terence Falkiner, born 1964.