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Heathcoat-Amory baronets

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Heathcoat-Amory baronetcy
The coat of arms of the 4th Baronet,
displaying his coronet as Viscount Amory
Creation date1874
Created byQueen Victoria
BaronetageBaronetage of the United Kingdom
First holderJohn Heathcoat-Amory
Present holderSir Ian Heathcoat-Amory, 6th Baronet[1]
Heir apparentWilliam Francis Heathcoat-Amory
MottoAmore non vi
(Latin for 'By love, not force')[2]

The Heathcoat-Amory baronetcy, of Knightshayes Court in Tiverton in the County of Devon, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 21 March 1874 for John Heathcoat-Amory,[3] a businessman and Liberal politician. Born as John Amory, he was the maternal grandson of John Heathcoat and assumed by Royal licence the additional surname of Heathcoat. The baronetcy descended from father to son until the 1972 death of his grandson, the third Baronet. The latter was succeeded by his younger brother, the fourth Baronet, who was a Conservative politician. In 1960, twelve years before he succeeded to the baronetcy, he was raised to the Peerage of the United Kingdom as Viscount Amory, of Tiverton in the County of Devon. Lord Amory was unmarried and on his death in 1981, the viscountcy became extinct. He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his younger brother, William, the fifth Baronet. The title is currently held by the latter's eldest son, the sixth Baronet, who succeeded in 1982.

Heathcoat-Amory baronets, of Knightshayes Court (1874)

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The heir apparent to the baronetcy is William Francis Heathcoat-Amory (born 1975), eldest son of the 6th Baronet.

Viscounts Amory (1960)

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Extended family

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Notes

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  1. ^ "Official Roll". The Standing Council of the Baronetage. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  2. ^ Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. London: Debrett's Peerage. 2000. p. B21. ISBN 033354577X.
  3. ^ "Christ Church Memorial of Captain Ludovic Heathcoat-AMORY". chch.ox.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 19 December 2013.
  4. ^ Labourn, K. (2001). British political leaders: A biographical dictionary. Santa Barbara, CA: ABL-CIO, pp 165-166.
  5. ^ "Casualty Details | CWGC".
  6. ^ "Casualty Details | CWGC".
  7. ^ "Casualty Details | CWGC".

References

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  • B. Cherry & Sir N. Pevsner (2003). Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, pp. 1853–4; Country Life, 18 July-1 August 1985; National Trust guidebook
  • Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, [page needed]
  • Labourn, K. (2001). British political leaders: A biographical dictionary. Santa Barbara, CA: ABL-CIO, pp 165–166
  • This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Baronetage Page which has further dates on it, not shown above.