Redwood baronets explained

The Redwood Baronetcy, of Avenue Road in St Marylebone, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 24 July 1911 for Boverton Redwood. He was a leading expert on petroleum and an adviser to the Admiralty, India Office and Home Office. He was Director of Technical Investigation at the Petroleum Executive 1917-19.

The third Baronet is a retired Colonel in the King's Own Scottish Borderers.

Redwood baronets, of Avenue Road (1911)

The heir presumptive is the present holder's half-brother Robert Boverton Redwood (born 1953). The heir presumptive's heir apparent is his son James Boverton Redwood (born 1985).

Escutcheon:Paly of six Or and Ermine a lion rampant Sable on a chief Azure an embattled gateway Proper between two mullets of six points of the first.
Crest:A rock, thereon an eagle rising Proper charged on each wing with a mullet of six points in the beak a staff raguly Or.
Motto:Lumen Sevimus Antique[3]

References

Notes and References

  1. http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Thomas_Boverton_Redwood Thomas Boverton Redwood
  2. http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Bernard_Boverton_Redwood Bernard Boverton Redwood
  3. Book: Burke's Peerage . 1949.