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The Muntz Baronetcy, of Dunsmore near Rugby in the Parish of Clifton-upon-Dunsmore in the County of Warwick, was a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 24 July 1902 for Philip Muntz, Member of Parliament for Warwickshire North and Tamworth. [1] He was the son of the industrialist and Liberal politician George Frederic Muntz, of Umberslade Hall, Warwickshire. The title became extinct on the death in 1940 of the third Baronet, a naval lieutenant, who was lost at sea with his submarine HMS Regulus (N88) during the Second World War.

The family seat was Umberslade Hall, Tanworth-in-Arden, Warwickshire.

Muntz baronets, of Dunsmore (1902)

Coat of arms of Muntz baronets
Crest
In front of a demi-swan wings expanded Argent semee of trefoils slipped Vert a staff raguly fesswise Or.
Escutcheon
Pean on a mount in base Proper a swan rising Argent charged on each wing with a trefoil slipped Vert in chief a staff raguly erect between two estoiles Or.
Motto
Basis Virtutum Constantia (Steadiness Is The Foundation of the Virtues) [2]

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References

  1. "No. 27457". The London Gazette . 25 July 1902. p. 4738.
  2. Debrett's Peerage. 1903.