Gillett baronets

The Gillett Baronetcy, of Bassishaw Ward in the City of London, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.[1] It was created on 4 December 1959 for Harold Gillett, Lord Mayor of London from 1958 to 1959. His son, the second Baronet, was Lord Mayor of London from 1976 to 1977.[2]

Gillett baronets, of Bassishaw Ward (1959)

• Sir (Sydney) Harold Gillett, 1st Baronet (1890–1976)
• Sir Robin Danvers Penrose Gillett, 2nd Baronet (1925–2009)
• Sir Nicholas Danvers Penrose Gillett, 3rd Baronet (born 1955)

Coat of arms of Gillett baronets

Crest A grey horse's head and neck erased Proper gorged with a coronet composed of six fleur-de-lys affixed to a circlet and chained Or. Escutcheon In front of a ship's helm Proper an early nineteenth century waistcoat Azure semée de lys and puffled Or on a chief of the second between two estoiles a balance of the first. Motto Vincit Omnia Veritas (Truth Conquers All Things)[3]

Notes

1. "No. 41889". The London Gazette. 8 December 1959. p. 7781.
2. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/5369693/Sir-Robin-Gillett-Bt.html
3. Debrett's Peerage. 2000.

References

• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,
• Leigh Rayment's list of baronets
• www.baronetage.org/official-roll-of-the-baronets/