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Crest On a mount Vert a horse’s head erased Sable encircled with a chain in form of an arch Gold.
Shield Per fess Argent and Sable a pale counterchanged and three horse’s heads erased two and one of the second on a chief Ermine two bombs fired Proper.
Motto Fidus Et Audax (below), A Bon Droit (above) [1]

The Slade Baronetcy, of Maunsel House in the County of Somerset, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 30 September 1831 for General Sir John Slade, a Peninsular War veteran. The second Baronet was a lawyer. The third Baronet served as Receiver-General of Inland Revenue.

Madeleine Slade (Mirabehn), a disciple of Mahatma Gandhi, was the granddaughter of the first Baronet.

Slade baronets, of Maunsel Grange, Somerset (1831)

There is no heir to the title.

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References

  1. Burke's genealogical and heraldic history of the peerage, baronetage, and knightage, Privy Council, and order of preference. 1949.