Peacocke baronets explained

The Peacocke Baronetcy, of Grange in the County of Limerick and of Barntinck in the County of Clare, was a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 24 December 1802 for Sir Joseph Peacocke, of Grange, County Limerick.^[1] Sir Joseph was the son of George Peacocke Esq. and his wife Mary (Levett) Peacocke, daughter of Joseph Levett, Alderman, of Cork, Ireland.^[2] The title became extinct on the death of his grandson, the third Baronet, in 1876.^[3]

Peacocke baronets, of Grange and Barntinck (1802)

• Sir Joseph Peacocke, 1st Baronet (died 1812)^[4]
• Sir Nathaniel Levett Peacocke, 2nd Baronet (1769–1847)^[4]
• Sir Joseph Francis Peacocke, 3rd Baronet (1805–1876)^[4]

Arms

Notes:	Granted 14 December 1802 by Sir Chichester Fortescue, Ulster King of Arms.^[5]
Escutcheon:	Quarterly Or and Azure a cross of four lozenges between as many annulets counterchanged.
Crest:	A cockatrice with wings endorsed Proper.
Motto:	Vincit Veritas

Notes and References

1. https://books.google.com/books?id=7CEIAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA1-PA303 The Baronetage of England, Seventh Edition
2. https://books.google.com/books?id=qRUYAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA251 A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the United Kingdom, John Burke, Printed by Henry Colburn, London, 1876
3. https://books.google.com/books?id=iI8BAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1113 Debrett's Baronetage of England, Vol. II, John Debrett, F. C. and J. Rivington, London, 1815
4. Book: Burke . John Bernard . A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire . 1852 . Colburn . 781 . en.
5. Web site: Grants and Confirmations of Arms, Vol. C . National Library of Ireland . 23 June 2022.