Hardy baronets of Dunstall Hall (1876)
| Hardy baronets of Dunstall Hall | |
|---|---|
 Escutcheon of the Hardy baronets of Dunstall Hall | |
| Creation date | 1876 |
| Status | extinct |
| Extinction date | 2017 |
| Seat | Dunstall Hall |
| Motto | Armé de foi hardi (armed with brave faith) |
| Arms | Argent, on a bend invected plain cottised Gules, three Catherinewheels Or; on a chief of the second as many leopards' faces of the Third.[1] |
| Crest | A dexter arm embowed in armour Proper, garnished Or, entwined by a branch of oak Vert, charged with two catherine-wheels, the one above, the other below the elbow Gules, the hand grasping a dragon's head erased Proper. |
The Hardy baronetcy, of Dunstall Hall in the County of Stafford, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 23 February 1876 for the politician John Hardy,[2] He had previously represented Midhurst, Dartmouth and Warwickshire South in the House of Commons. He was the son of John Hardy (1773–1855) and the elder brother of Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 1st Earl of Cranbrook.[3]
The 2nd Baronet was High Sheriff of Staffordshire in 1893.[3] The title became extinct on the death without a male heir of the 5th Baronet in 2017.[4]
Hardy baronets, of Dunstall Hall (1876)
Notes
- ↑ Debrett's peerage, baronetage, knightage, and companionage (1893).
- ↑ "No. 24295". The London Gazette. 18 February 1876. p. 760.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage (99th ed.). London: Burke's Peerage Ltd. and Shaw Publishing. 1949. pp. 944–945.
- 1 2 "Hardy, Sir Richard (Charles Chandos)". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ↑ "Hardy, Sir Reginald". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ↑ "Hardy, Major Sir Bertram". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ↑ "Hardy, Sir Rupert (John)". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)