Editing Baronet (section)

===Red Hand of Ulster===
[[File:Ulster.svg|thumb|right|190px| The [[Red Hand of Ulster]] ([[dexter and sinister|sinister]] (left) hand version), as used by baronets (other than [[Baronet of Nova Scotia|those of Nova Scotia]]) as a [[badge (heraldry)|heraldic badge]]]]
[[File:BaronetUK.jpg|thumb|right|190px|Neck decoration for baronets, depicting the [[Red Hand of Ulster]]]]

Marking the baronetage's origins in the [[Plantation of Ulster]],<ref name="Curl2000"/> baronets of England, Ireland, Great Britain or the United Kingdom (i.e., all except [[Baronet of Nova Scotia|baronets of Nova Scotia]]) can display the [[Red Hand of Ulster]] ([[dexter and sinister|sinister]] (left) hand version) as a [[heraldic badge]], being the arms of the ancient [[Kingdom of Ulster|kings of Ulster]].<ref>Collins, 1741, p.287</ref> This badge (or augmentation of honour) is [[blazon]]ed as follows: ''Argent a Hand sinister couped at the wrist extended in pale Gules''.<ref>Collins, Arthur, ''The English Baronetage: Containing a Genealogical and Historical Account of all the English Baronets now Existing'', Volume 4, London, 1741, p.287 [https://books.google.com/books?id=KmUUAAAAYAAJ&dq=hand+sinister+couped+at+the+wrist+extended+in+pale+gules&pg=PA287]</ref> King James I of England established the hereditary Order of Baronets in England on 22 May 1611, in the words of [[Arthur Collins (antiquarian)|''Collins' Peerage'']] (1741): "for the plantation and protection of the whole Kingdom of Ireland, but more especially for the defence and security of the Province of Ulster, and therefore for their distinction those of this order and their descendants may bear the badge (Red Hand of Ulster) in their [[coat of arms|coats of arms]] either in [[Canton (heraldry)|canton]] or an [[inescutcheon|escutcheon]] at their election".<ref>Collins, 1741, vol.4, p.287</ref> Since 1929, such baronets may also display the Red Hand of Ulster on its own as a badge, suspended by a ribbon below the shield of arms.<ref name="Debrett's Peerage, 1968, p.1235">Debrett's Peerage, 1968, p.1235</ref>