Goldney baronets

The Goldney Baronetcy, of Beechfield in the Parish of Corsham and Bradenstoke Abbey in the Parish of Lyneham, both in the County of Wiltshire, was a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.[1] It was created on 11 May 1880 for Gabriel Goldney, Conservative Member of Parliament for Chippenham.[2] The title became extinct on the death of the fourth Baronet in 1974.[3]

Sir John Goldney, Chief Justice of Trinidad and Tobago, was the third son of the first Baronet.[2]

Armorial

Coat of arms of Goldney Baronets

Crest In front of a garb sable, banded as in the arms, three quatrefoils, or Escutcheon Party per pale gules and azure, on a bend engrailed plain cotised argent, between two eagles displayed of the last, three garbs sable, banded or[2] Motto Honor virtutis præmium ("Honour is the reward of virtue")[4] Other elements Canton of a baronet

Goldney baronets, of Beechfield and Bradenstoke Abbey (1880)

• Sir Gabriel Goldney, 1st Baronet (1813–1900)
• Sir Gabriel Prior Goldney, 2nd Baronet (1843–1925)
• Sir Frederick Hastings Goldney, 3rd Baronet (1845–1940)
• Sir Henry Hastings Goldney, 4th Baronet (1886–1974)

References

1. "No. 24840". The London Gazette. 30 April 1880. p. 2786.
2. Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. Burke's Peerage Limited. 1914. pp. 856–857.
3. Official Role of the Baronets. Adlard & Son. 1975. p. 35.
4. Fairbairn, James (1892). Fairbairn's Book of Crests of the Families of Great Britain and Ireland. Jack. p. 36.