The Kirkpatrick Baronetcy, of Closeburn in the County of Dumfries, is a title in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia. It was created on 26 March 1685 for Thomas Kirkpatrick, with remainder to heirs male whatsoever. The family seat of the Kirkpatrick family was Closeburn Castle

Closeburn Castle

Closeburn Castle is a tower house, probably of the 14th century, but possibly older, and is one of the oldest continually inhabited houses in Scotland...

, Dumfriesshire

Dumfriesshire

Dumfriesshire or the County of Dumfries is a registration county of Scotland. The lieutenancy area of Dumfries has similar boundaries.Until 1975 it was a county. Its county town was Dumfries...

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Eugénie, Empress of the French

Eugénie de Montijo

Doña María Eugenia Ignacia Augustina de Palafox-Portocarrero de Guzmán y Kirkpatrick, 16th Countess of Teba and 15th Marquise of Ardales; 5 May 1826 – 11 July 1920), known as Eugénie de Montijo , was the last Empress consort of the French from 1853 to 1871 as the wife of Napoleon III, Emperor of...

, wife of Emperor Napoleon III, was the great-granddaughter of William Kirkpatrick, of Conheath, a descendant of Alexander Kirkpatrick, of Kirkmichael, younger brother of Sir Thomas Kirkpatrick (d. 1502), ancestor of the first Kirkpatrick Baronet. Three other members of the family may also be mentioned. Sir Roger Kirkpatrick was a third cousin of Robert the Bruce

Robert I of Scotland

Robert I , popularly known as Robert the Bruce , was King of Scots from March 25, 1306, until his death in 1329.His paternal ancestors were of Scoto-Norman heritage , and...

. Charles Kirkpatrick (1879–1955), grandson of Roger Kirkpatrick, second son of fourth Baronet, was a Major-General in the British Army

British Army

The British Army is the land warfare branch of Her Majesty's Armed Forces in the United Kingdom. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdom of England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. The new British Army incorporated Regiments that had already existed in England...

. His son Herbert James Kirkpatrick (1910–1977) was an Air Vice-Marshal

Air Vice-Marshal

Air vice-marshal is a two-star air-officer rank which originated in and continues to be used by the Royal Air Force. The rank is also used by the air forces of many countries which have historical British influence and it is sometimes used as the English translation of an equivalent rank in...

 in the Royal Air Force

Royal Air Force

The Royal Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Formed on 1 April 1918, it is the oldest independent air force in the world...

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James Kirkpatrick, 8th Baronet

James Kirkpatrick, 8th Baronet

Sir James Kirkpatrick was the 8th Kirkpatrick Baronet of Closeburn, Dumfriesshire. In his youth he was a keen sportsman, and helped organise the Scottish football team in the representative matches between March 1870 and February 1872...

 was a keen amateur footballer in his youth and appeared in goal for the Wanderers

Wanderers F.C.

Wanderers Football Club is an English amateur football club, based in London, that plays in the Surrey South Eastern Combination. Founded as Forest Football Club in 1859, the club changed its name to Wanderers in 1864....

 in the 1878 FA Cup Final

1878 FA Cup Final

Match rules:90 minutes normal time.30 minutes extra-time if scores are level, at captains' discretion.Replay if scores still level.No substitutes.-Post-match:...

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Kirkpatrick Baronets, of Closeburn (1685)

• Sir Thomas Kirkpatrick, 1st Baronet (d. c. 1695)
• Sir Thomas Kirkpatrick, 2nd Baronet (c. 1730)
• Sir Thomas Kirkpatrick, 3rd Baronet (1704–1771)
• Sir James Kirkpatrick, 4th Baronet (d. 1804)
• Sir Thomas Kirkpatrick, 5th Baronet (1777–1844)
• Sir Charles Sharpe Kirkpatrick, 6th Baronet (1811–1867)
• Sir Thomas Kirkpatrick, 7th Baronet (1839–1880)
• Sir James Kirkpatrick, 8th Baronet
  James Kirkpatrick, 8th Baronet
  Sir James Kirkpatrick was the 8th Kirkpatrick Baronet of Closeburn, Dumfriesshire. In his youth he was a keen sportsman, and helped organise the Scottish football team in the representative matches between March 1870 and February 1872...
  
  (1841–1899)
• Sir Charles Sharpe Kirkpatrick, 9th Baronet (1874–1937)
• Sir James Alexander Kirkpatrick, 10th Baronet (1918–1954)
• Sir Ivone Elliott Kirkpatrick, 11th Baronet (b. 1942)