Pearce baronets
| Pearce baronets | |
|---|---|
.svg.png) Escutcheon of the Pearce baronets of Cardell | |
| Creation date | 1887[1] |
| Status | extinct |
| Extinction date | 1907[2] |
| Seats | Cardell House, Wemyss Bay[1] |
| Motto | Audax et celer, Bold and swift[1] |
The Pearce baronetcy, of Cardell House in the County of Renfrew, was a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 21 July 1887 for the shipbuilder William Pearce.[1][3] He was Member of Parliament for Govan from 1885 until his death in 1888.[4][5]
His only son the 2nd Baronet was also a businessman, and Member of Parliament for Plymouth from 1892 to 1895.[6] He was childless and the title became extinct on his death in 1907.[2]
Pearce baronets, of Cardell (1887)
- Sir William Pearce, 1st Baronet (1833–1888)[1]
- Sir William George Pearce, 2nd Baronet (1861–1907)[6][2][7]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage: Comprising Information Concerning All Persons Bearing Hereditary Or Courtesy Titles, Companions of All the Various Orders, and the Collateral Branches of All Peers and Baronets. Dean and son. 1888. p. 413.
- 1 2 3 "Pearce, Sir William George". Who's Who. A & C Black. Retrieved 24 July 2022. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ↑ "The London Gazette". Gazettes Online. 26 July 1887. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
- ↑ The New House of Commons, with Biographical Notices of Its Members. 1885. p. 335.
- ↑ Mair, Robert Henry (1895). Debrett's Illustrated House of Commons and the Judicial Bench. Dean & Son. p. 216.
- 1 2 Burke, Bernard (1903). Ashworth P. Burke (ed.). A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage, the Privy Council, Knightage and Companionage (65th ed.). London: Harrison and Sons. p. 1190.
- ↑ "Pearce, William George (PR881WG)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.