Pearce baronets explained

Pearce baronets
Creation Date:	1887^[1]
Status:	extinct
Extinction Date:	1907
Family Seat:	Cardell House, Wemyss Bay
Motto:	Audax et celer, Bold and swift

The Pearce Baronetcy, of Cardell in the County of Renfrew, was a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 21 July 1887 for the shipbuilder and Conservative politician William Pearce.^{[1] [2]} His only son, the second Baronet, was also a businessman and Conservative Member of Parliament. He was childless and the title became extinct on his death in 1907.

Pearce baronets, of Cardell (1887)

• Sir William Pearce, 1st Baronet (1833–1888)^[1]
• Sir William George Pearce, 2nd Baronet (1861–1907)

Notes and References

1. Book: Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage: Comprising Information Concerning All Persons Bearing Hereditary Or Courtesy Titles, Companions of All the Various Orders, and the Collateral Branches of All Peers and Baronets . 1888 . Dean and son . 413 . en.
2. Web site: The London Gazette . 26 July 1887 . Gazettes Online . 2009-03-29.