Baron Merrivale

Barony in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

Henry Duke,
1st Baron Merrivale.

Baron Merrivale, of Walkhampton in the County of Devon, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.[1] It was created on 19 January 1925 for the Conservative politician and judge of the High Court of Justice, Sir Henry Duke. As of 2010[update] the title is held by his great-grandson, the fourth Baron, who succeeded his father in 2007.

Barons Merrivale (1925)

  • Henry Edward Duke, 1st Baron Merrivale (1855–1939)
  • Edward Duke, 2nd Baron Merrivale (1883–1951)
  • Jack Henry Edmond Duke, 3rd Baron Merrivale (1917–2007)
  • Derek John Philip Duke, 4th Baron Merrivale (b. 1948)

The heir apparent is the present holder's son Hon. Thomas Duke.

Arms

Coat of arms of Baron Merrivale
Crest
"Issuant from a chaplet fessewise argent a demi-griffin holding between the claws a fasces erect or."
Escutcheon
"Argent, an anchor fouled sable between three chaplets, all within a bordure engrailed azure."
Supporters
"On either side a griffin or, the dexter gorged with a chain sable, pendant therefrom an escutcheon argent charged with a saltire between four castles sable, and the sinister gorged with a like chain suspended therefrom an escutcheon per pale gules and sable, charged with a triple towered castle or."
Motto
Gradatum Vincimus (We conquer by degrees)[2]

References

  1. ^ "No. 33013". The London Gazette. 20 January 1925. p. 449.
  2. ^ Debrett's peerage & baronetage 2003. London: Macmillan. 2003. p. 1046. ISBN 978-0-333-66093-5.
  • Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, [page needed]
  • Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [self-published source] [better source needed]
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