Herschel baronets

Sir John Herschel, 1st Baronet, in 1846

The Herschel baronetcy, of Slough in the County of Buckingham, was a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 17 July 1838 for John Herschel, son of the astronomer Sir William Herschel, and a well-known astronomer in his own right.[1] The baronetcy became extinct on the death of the third baronet on 15 June 1950.[2]

Herschel baronets, of Slough (1838)

Arms

Coat of arms of Herschel baronets
Coat of arms of Herschel baronets
Crest
A demi-terrestrial sphere Proper thereon an eagle wings elevated Or.
Escutcheon
Argent on a mount Vert a representation of the forty feet reflecting telescope with its apparatus Proper a chief Azure thereon the astronomical symbol of Uranus or the Georgium Sidus irradiated Or.
Motto
Coelis Exploratis[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Herschel, Sir John Frederick William 1792–1871 astronomer" (biography), NAHSTE project, University of Edinburgh, NAHSTE-JHerschel Archived 10 May 2007 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. 1 2 "Herschel, Rev. Sir John Charles William". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  3. ↑ Crowe, Michael J. "Herschel, Sir John Frederick William, first baronet (1792–1871)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/13101. (Subscription, Wikipedia Library access or UK public library membership required.)
  4. ↑ "Herschel, Sir William James". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  5. ↑ "Herschel, John Charles William (HRSL899JC)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  6. ↑ Burke's Peerage. 1949.
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