Grogan baronets explained

Grogan baronets
Creation Date:1859
Status:extinct
Extinction Date:1927
Motto:Honor et virtus, Honour and virtue[1]

The Grogan Baronetcy, of Moyvore in the County of Westmeath, was a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 23 April 1859 for the Irish politician Edward Grogan. His son, the second Baronet, was an officer in the British Army. The latter was childless and the title became extinct on his death in 1927.

The Grogan Baronets were a junior branch of the Grogan family of Johnstown Castle, County Wexford, who played a prominent role in the Irish Rebellion of 1798.

Grogan baronets, of Moyvore (1859)

Notes and References

  1. Book: Foster . Joseph . The Baronetage and Knightage . 1881 . Nichols and Sons . 277 . en.
  2. Book: Burke, Bernard. Bernard Burke

    . Bernard Burke. Ashworth P. Burke. A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage, the Privy Council, Knightage and Companionage. 65th. 1903. Harrison and Sons. London. 690.