Sullivan baronets of Thames Ditton (1804) explained

The Sullivan baronetcy, of Thames Ditton in the County of Surrey, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 22 May 1804 for the writer and MP Richard Sullivan. The third and sixth Baronets were Admirals in the Royal Navy. The ninth holder of the baronetcy did not use his title; as of 2023 the Official Roll marked the baronetcy as vacant.[1]

Sullivan baronets, of Thames Ditton (1804)

The heir apparent is Alun David Sullivan (born 1998).

Arms

Escutcheon:Per fesse the base per pale in chief or a dexter hand grasping a sword gules entwined with a serpent proper between two lions rampant respectant of the second the dexter base vert charged with a buck trippant or on the sinister base per pale argent and sable a boar passant counterchanged.
Crest:On a ducal coronet or a robin holding a sprig of laurel proper.
Motto:Lamh foisdineach an uachter
What we gain by conquest we secure by clemency.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Official Roll . The Standing Council of the Baronetage . 9 September 2023 . en.
  2. Book: Foster . Joseph . The Baronetage and Knightage . 1881 . Nichols and Sons . 597–598 . en.
  3. Web site: The Official Roll of the Baronetage as of December 31, 2012. The Standing Council on the Baronetage. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150306051137/http://www.baronetage.org/official-roll-of-the-baronets/. 6 March 2015.