{{short description|Extinct baronetcy in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}} thumb|Escutcheon of the Dick baronets of Prestonfield thumb|Townhead of Lambroughton, site of the original Lambroughton House. The '''Dick baronetcy''' of Prestonfield, Edinburgh was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia on 2 March 1677 for James Dick, fourth son of William Dick of Braid, and Lord Provost of Edinburgh for 1682–3. It was renewed in 1707, with a special remainder.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Cokayne |first1=George Edward |title=Complete Baronetage |date=1904 |publisher=W. Pollard & Co., Ltd. |page=306 |volume=IV |url=https://archive.org/details/cu31924092524408/page/n325/mode/1up}}</ref><ref name="Cokayne">{{cite book |last1=Cokayne |first1=George Edward |title=Complete Baronetage |date=1904 |publisher=W. Pollard & Co., Ltd. |pages=445-447|volume=IV |url=https://archive.org/details/cu31924092524408/page/n464/mode/1up}}</ref>
The baronetcy merged with the Cunningham baronets of Lambrughton, Ayrshire. in 1829. The family seat was Prestonfield House, Edinburgh. Sir William Dick, 2nd Baronet and Sir Alexander Dick, 3rd Baronet were the younger sons of Sir William Cunningham, 2nd Baronet (of Lambrughton) and his wife Janet Dick, the daughter and heiress of Sir James Dick, 1st Baronet. Both brothers changed their surname to Dick on inheriting Prestonfield in turn.
==Dick baronets of Prestonfield (1677 and 1707)== thumb|300px|Prestonfield House south of Edinburgh * Sir James Dick, 1st Baronet (1644–1728)<ref name="Cokayne"/> * Sir William Dick, 2nd Baronet (1701–1746) (born Cunningham)<ref name="Cokayne"/> * Sir Alexander Dick, 3rd Baronet (1703–1785) (born Cunningham)<ref name="Cokayne"/> * Sir William Dick, 4th Baronet (1762–1796)<ref name="Cokayne"/> * Sir Alexander Dick, 5th Baronet (1786–1808)<ref name="Cokayne"/> * Sir John Dick, 6th Baronet (1767–1812)<ref name="Cokayne"/> * Sir Robert Dick, 7th Baronet (Dick-Cunyngham from 1845) (1773–1849)<ref name="Cokayne"/>
Merged in 1829 with Cunningham of Lambrughton, Ayr baronetcy as the Dick-Cunyngham baronets.
==See also== * Dick-Cunyngham baronets of Lambrughton (1669) * Dick baronets of Braid (putative)
==References== ===Sources=== *{{cite book|title=History of the Counties of Ayr and Wigton |volume=1, Part 2 |first=James|last=Paterson |author-link=James Paterson (journalist) |page=651 |chapter=Parish of Riccarton |chapter-url=https://archive.org/stream/historycounties01pategoog#page/n355/mode/2up |publisher=J. Stillie |date=1863 |location=Edinburgh |access-date=21 April 2017 }}
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