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The DYK blurb for Clotworthy Upton states that he was unable to inherit his father’s baronetcy, when it should instead say barony or baronage. Baronetcy is used for the lesser position of baronet. RPH (talk) 14:11, 5 June 2022 (UTC)

The source says "baronetcy", so we usually go with that to avoid original research. —Kusma (talk) 14:19, 5 June 2022 (UTC)

 Done @Kusma: we have a contradiction here. "baronetcy" is not mentioned in the article. The source upon which this hook is based, is listed under "References" and points to the article wording, "Upton did not receive the family barony" I've changed it that. — Maile (talk) 14:58, 5 June 2022 (UTC)

@Maile66: it was changed in the article today. Searching for "Clotworthy" in the book source gives me "... John Upton inheriting the family baronetcy rather than Clotworthy". I don't know what is right, but I did check the source and it said "baronetcy", not "barony". —Kusma (talk) 15:09, 5 June 2022 (UTC)

Well, this is confusing. Do you want to flip it back, or keep it at barony? I'm not British, so I have no knowledge in this area. I'll leave it up to you. — Maile (talk) 15:20, 5 June 2022 (UTC)

How about "title"? —Kusma (talk) 15:25, 5 June 2022 (UTC)

Sure, either that or "peerage title". You can change it. It won't be edit warring. — Maile (talk) 15:31, 5 June 2022 (UTC)

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