Baron Inverforth

Barony in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

Andrew Weir, 1st Baron Inverforth

Baron Inverforth, of Southgate in the County of Middlesex,[1] is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1919 for the Scottish shipping magnate Andrew Weir. He was head of the firm of Andrew Weir & Co, shipowners, and also served as Minister of Munitions from 1919 to 1921. As of 2014[update] the title is held by his great-grandson, the fourth Baron, who succeeded his father in 1982.

Baron Inverforth (1919)

  • Andrew Weir, 1st Baron Inverforth (1865–1955)
  • Andrew Alexander Morton Weir, 2nd Baron Inverforth (1897–1975)
  • Andrew Charles Roy Weir, 3rd Baron Inverforth (1932–1982)
  • Andrew Peter Weir, 4th Baron Inverforth (b. 1966)

The heir apparent is the present holder's son, Hon. Benjamin Andrew Weir (b. 1997).

Arms

Coat of arms of Baron Inverforth
Crest
A dexter and sinister hand each couped at the wrist Proper supporting a lymphad as in the arms.
Escutcheon
Or on a fess Azure between in chief an escutcheon per bend sinister Azure and Gules charged with a bend Argent and in base a lymphad sail furled Sable pennons flying to the dexter Gules three mullets of the first.
Supporters
On either side a sailor of the Mercantile Marine Proper.
Motto
Per Laborem Ad Honorem (Through Toil To Honour)[2]

Notes

References

  1. ^ "No. 31168". The London Gazette. 7 February 1919. p. 1956.
  2. ^ Burke's Peerage. 1999.
  • Hesilrige, Arthur G. M. (1921). Debrett's Peerage and Titles of courtesy. London: London: Dean & son, limited. p. 504.
  • Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, [page needed]
  • Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [self-published source] [better source needed]
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