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Baron Broughshane

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Baron Broughshane, of Kensington in the County of London, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.[1] It was created on 19 September 1945 for William Davison, who had earlier represented Kensington South in the House of Commons as a Conservative. The title became extinct on the death of his younger son, the third Baron (who had succeeded his elder brother in 1995), on 24 March 2006.

Barons Broughshane (1945)

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Coat of arms of Baron Broughshane
Crest
Upon a billet fesswise a stag’s head between two wings Or.
Escutcheon
Gules a stag trippant and in chief a celestial crown and a fleur-de-lys Or.
Supporters
On either side a stag Or gorged with a chain gules and pendent therefrom a torteau the dexter charged with a portcullis and the sinister with a grenade fired Or.
Motto
Virtus In Actione Consistit (Strength Consists In Action) [2]

References

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  1. ^ "No. 37305". The London Gazette. 12 October 1945. p. 5026.
  2. ^ Burke's Peerage. 2003.