Magnay baronets explained

The Magnay Baronetcy, of Postford House in the County of Surrey, was a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 8 November 1844 for William Magnay, a wholesale stationer and Lord Mayor of London from 1843 to 1844.[1] The second Baronet was a novelist. The title became extinct on the death of the third Baronet on 4 September 1960.[2]

Christopher Magnay, father of the first Baronet, was Lord Mayor of London from 1821 to 1822.[3]

Magnay baronets, of Postford House (1844)

Arms

Escutcheon:Ermine fretty Gules on a chief per pale of the second and Azure a sword Proper pommel and hilt Or surmounting a key saltirewise the ward upwards Gold interlaced with the collar of the Lord Mayor of the City of London between two leopards' faces Erminois.
Crest:A lion rampant Sable billety Erminois murally crowned gorged with a chain reflexed over the back and holding between the forepaws a leopard's face Or.
Motto:Magna Est Veritas [4]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage . 1898 . Burke's Peerage Limited. . 959 . 4 July 2018 .
  2. News: Sir C. Magnay. . 14 . 5 September 1960.
  3. Book: Boase . Frederic . Modern English Biography: I-Q . 1897 . Netherton and Worth . 689 . 4 July 2018 .
  4. Book: Burke's Peerage . 1949.