Home baronets

On the death of the second Baronet in circa 1716 the heir was under attainder and the baronetcy consequently forfeited.

The Home Baronetcy, of Blackadder in the County of Berwick, was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia on 25 January 1671 for John Home, with remainder to the heirs male of his body.

Sir David's sons who were present at the battle were known as the "Seven Spears of Wedderburn".

The tenth Baronet assumed in 1878 the additional surname of Speirs.

He was the son of John Home, Lord Renton, by his second wife Margaret (née Stewart), and the half-brother of the first Baronet of Lumdane (see below).