There have been two baronetcies created for persons with the surname Matheson, both in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.
Matheson also represented Inverness Burghs and Ross and Cromarty in the House of Commons.
It was developed in the 1850s and extended by architects Ross & Macbeth, for the second baronet, Sir Kenneth Matheson, from 1895 to 1907.
The sixth Baronet succeeded his kinsman as Chief of Clan Matheson in 1975.
The heir apparent is the present holder's son Andrew William Fergus Matheson (born 1985).