Goldney baronets explained

The Goldney Baronetcy, of Beechfield in the Parish of Corsham and Bradenstoke Abbey in the Parish of Lyneham, both in the County of Wiltshire, was a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 11 May 1880 for Gabriel Goldney, Conservative Member of Parliament for Chippenham.[1] The title became extinct on the death of the fourth Baronet in 1974.[2]

Sir John Goldney, Chief Justice of Trinidad and Tobago, was the third son of the first Baronet.[1]

Armorial

Goldney Baronets
Crest:In front of a garb sable, banded as in the arms, three quatrefoils, or
Escutcheon:Party per pale gules and azure, on a bend engrailed plain cotised argent, between two eagles displayed of the last, three garbs sable, banded or
Motto:Honor virtutis præmium ("Honour is the reward of virtue")[3]
Other Elements:Canton of a baronet

Goldney baronets, of Beechfield and Bradenstoke Abbey (1880)

Notes and References

  1. Book: Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. 1914. Burke's Peerage Limited. 856–857. en.
  2. Book: Official Role of the Baronets. 1975. Adlard & Son. 35. en.
  3. Book: Fairbairn. James. Fairbairn's Book of Crests of the Families of Great Britain and Ireland. 1892. Jack. 36. en.