Poore baronets explained

Poore baronets
Creation Date:1795
Status:dormant[1]
Former Seat:Until 1838, the family seat was the manor of Rushall, Wiltshire.[2]
Motto:Pauper, non in spe, Poor, but not in hope[3]
Arms:Argent a fess azure between three mullets gules

The Poore Baronetcy, of Rushall in the County of Wiltshire, is a dormant title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. It was created on 8 July 1795 for John Methuen Poore, with remainder, failing heirs male of his own, to his brother Edward Poore and the heirs male of his body.[4]

Poore baronets, of Rushall (1795)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Official Roll . The Standing Council of the Baronetage . 24 July 2022 . en.
  2. Book: Baggs. A. P.. A History of the County of Wiltshire, Volume 10. Crowley. D. A.. Pugh. Ralph B.. Stevenson. Janet H.. Tomlinson. Margaret. 1975. University of London. Crittall. Elizabeth. Victoria County History. 136–146. Parishes: Rushall. 16 December 2021. British History Online.
  3. 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 . 431 . en.
  4. Book: Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood. Burke's Peerage & Gentry . Mosley, Charles . Charles Mosley (genealogist) . 107 . 2003 . 3172–3174 . Burke . 0-9711966-2-1.
  5. Book: Foster . Joseph . The Baronetage and Knightage . 1881 . Nichols and Sons . 508 . en.