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Baron Birdwood

Baron Birdwood

Extinct barony in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

Baron Birdwood, of Anzac and of Totnes in the County of Devon, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

Quick Facts Barony of Birdwood, Creation date ...

It was created on 25 January 1938 for Sir William Birdwood, 1st Baronet.[3] He is chiefly remembered as the commander of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) during the Gallipoli Campaign of 1915. Birdwood had already been created a Baronet, of Anzac and Totnes, on 29 December 1919.[4]

The first two barons had only one son each; on the death of the 3rd Baron without male issue in 2015, the barony and baronetcy became extinct.[2]

The politician Jane Birdwood, Baroness Birdwood, was the second wife of the second Baron.

Barons Birdwood (1938)

Coat of arms

Coat of arms of
Coronet
A coronet of a Baron
Crest
Out of a Mural Crown Gules a Martlet Argent between two Branches of Laurel proper
Escutcheon
Azure, five martlets, two, two and one, within an inescutcheon voided a representation of the Southern Cross, all argent
Supporters
Dexter: a Sergeant of the XIIth (Prince of Wales's Royal) Lancers mounted on a Bay Horse; Sinister: a Sikh Daffadar of the XIth (Prince of Wales's Own) Bengal Lancers mounted on a Chestnut Horse, both habited and accoutred proper
Motto
In Bello Quies ("Calm in action")

References

  1. [1]
    Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. pp. 378–379. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
  2. [2]
    "Lord Birdwood – obituary". The Daily Telegraph. 30 July 2015. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  3. [3]
    "No. 34477". The London Gazette. 28 January 1938. p. 578.
  4. [4]
    "No. 31708". The London Gazette. 30 December 1919. p. 15988.
  5. [5]
    The Times, London, 18 July 2015, page 82
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