Truscott baronets

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The Truscott Baronetcy, of Oakleigh in East Grinstead in the County of Sussex, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. [1] It was created on 16 July 1909 for Sir George Truscott. He was Chairman of Brown, Knight & Truscott, Ltd, printers and stationers, and served as Lord Mayor of London from 1908 to 1909. Truscott was the son of Sir Francis Wyatt Truscott, Lord Mayor of London from 1879 to 1880. [2] As of 28 February 2014 the present Baronet has not successfully proven his succession and is therefore not on the Official Roll of the Baronetage, with the baronetcy considered dormant since 2001. [3]

Vanity Fair caricature of Sir George Wyatt Truscott, 1st Baronet George Wyatt Truscott Vanity Fair 4 November 1908.JPG
Vanity Fair caricature of Sir George Wyatt Truscott, 1st Baronet

Truscott Baronets, of Oakleigh (1909)

Coat of arms of Truscott baronets
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Crest
A fasces erect surmounted by a palm branch slipped and an arrow saltirewise all Proper.
Escutcheon
Argent three chevronels Gules between two mullets in chief of the last pierced of the field and a knight’s helmet in base Proper a chief check of the second and first.
Motto
Gwir Yn Erbyn Y Byd (Truth Against All The World); In Utrumque Paratus [4]

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References

  1. "No. 28271". The London Gazette . 16 July 1909. p. 5457.
  2. "LORD MAYOR OF LONDON". The Advertiser . Adelaide. 1 October 1908. p. 7. Retrieved 30 April 2013 via National Library of Australia.
  3. "Official Roll of the Baronetage » the Standing Council of the Baronetage -". Archived from the original on 6 March 2015. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  4. Burke's Peerage. 1949.