Baron Adrian

Baron Adrian, of Cambridge in the County of Cambridge, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 27 January 1955 for the electrophysiologist and Nobel Prize recipient Edgar Adrian. He was succeeded by his only son, the second Baron. He was Professor of cell physiology at the University of Cambridge. He was childless and the title became extinct on his death in 1995.

Barons Adrian (1955)
Coat of arms of Baron Adrian
Crest
The astronomical sign of Mercury Or between two roses Gules barbed and seeded Proper.
Escutcheon
Vert three estoiles Argent on a chief Argent a lion passant Sable.
Supporters
On either side a lion Sable semee of pentacles Or.
Motto
Non Tempere Credere [1]

References
  1. Burke's Peerage. 1959.
  • Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
  • Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages

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