Baron Blackford

Baron Blackford, of Compton Pauncefoot in the County of Somerset, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1935 for the politician, public servant and magistrate Sir William Mason, 1st Baronet. ^{[1] [2]} He had already been created a Baronet, of Compton Pauncefoot in the County Somerset, in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom in 1918. His son, the second Baron, succeeded him. He was a businessman and Conservative politician. The titles became extinct in 1988 on the early death of his grandson, the fourth Baron.

Barons Blackford (1935)

• William James Peake Mason, 1st Baron Blackford (1862–1947)
• Glyn Keith Murray Mason, 2nd Baron Blackford (1887–1972)
• Keith Alexander Henry Mason, 3rd Baron Blackford (1923–1977)
• William Keith Mason, 4th Baron Blackford (1962–1988) ^[3]

Arms

Coat of arms of Baron Blackford

Crest A stag's head erased Azure attired and charged on the neck with three cross crosslets in fess Or. [4] Escutcheon Or three spur rowels Azure on a chief of the last a plate charged with a fleur-de-lis between two like plates each charged with a cross couped all Gules. Supporters On either side a stag Proper charged on the shoulder with a patriarchal cross Gules. Motto Eacta Non Verba (Deeds Not Words)

References

1. "No. 34175". The London Gazette . 28 June 1935. p. 4160.
2. A P Baggs; M C Siraut (1999). C R J Currie; R W Dunning (eds.). "Blackford". A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 7: Bruton, Horethorne and Norton Ferris Hundreds. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
3. "William Keith Mason". Find a Grave. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
4. Debrett's Peerage. 1985. p. P126.