Pound baronets explained

Shield:	Argent a sword erect Gules debruised by a fess of the last charged with three mullets of the first and between in chief two boars' heads erased Sable.
Crest:	A castle of two towers Proper thereon an escutcheon Argent charged with a sword erect as in the arms.
Motto:	Fide Et Vigilantia^[1]

The Pound Baronetcy, of Stanmore in the County of Middlesex, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 3 August 1905 for John Pound, then head of luggage manufacturers John Pound and Co. and also chairman of the London General Omnibus Company, who served as Lord Mayor of London from 1904 to 1905.^[2]

Pound baronets, of Stanmore (1905)

• Sir John Pound, 1st Baronet (1829–1915)
• Sir (John) Lulham Pound, 2nd Baronet (1862–1937)
• Sir Allen Leslie Pound, 3rd Baronet (1888–1952)
• Sir Derek Allen Pound, 4th Baronet (1920–1980)
• Sir John David Pound, 5th Baronet (1946–2022)^[3]
• Sir Robert John Pound, 6th Baronet (born 1973)

The heir presumptive is the current baronet's brother, Christopher James Pound (born 1982)

References

• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,

Notes and References

1. Book: Burke's Peerage . 1959.
2. Web site: The Motor Omnibus World. | 19th March 1908 | the Commercial Motor Archive.
3. News: Sir John Pound, Bt . 7 May 2023 . The Telegraph . 5 May 2023.