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Peacocke baronets

Peacocke baronets

Title in United Kingdom Baronetage

The Peacocke Baronetcy, of Grange in the County of Limerick and of Barntinck in the County of Clare, was a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 24 December 1802 for Sir Joseph Peacocke, of Grange, County Limerick.[1] Sir Joseph was the son of George Peacocke Esq. and his wife Mary (Levett) Peacocke, daughter of Joseph Levett, Alderman, of Cork, Ireland.[2] The title became extinct on the death of his grandson, the third Baronet, in 1876.[3]

Peacocke baronets, of Grange and Barntinck (1802)

  • Sir Joseph Peacocke, 1st Baronet (died 1812)[4]
  • Sir Nathaniel Levett Peacocke, 2nd Baronet (1769–1847)[4]
  • Sir Joseph Francis Peacocke, 3rd Baronet (1805–1876)[4]

Arms

Coat of arms of Peacocke baronets
Notes
Granted 14 December 1802 by Sir Chichester Fortescue, Ulster King of Arms.[5]
Crest
A cockatrice with wings endorsed Proper.
Escutcheon
Quarterly Or and Azure a cross of four lozenges between as many annulets counterchanged.
Motto
Vincit Veritas

References

  1. [1]
    The Baronetage of England, Seventh Edition, William Courthope, J. G. & F. Rivington, London, 1839
  2. [2]
    A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the United Kingdom, John Burke, Printed by Henry Colburn, London, 1876
  3. [3]
    Debrett's Baronetage of England, Vol. II, John Debrett, F. C. and J. Rivington, London, 1815
  4. [4]
    Burke, John Bernard (1852). A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. Colburn. p. 781.
  5. [5]
    "Grants and Confirmations of Arms, Vol. C". National Library of Ireland. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
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