Horsbrugh-Porter baronets: Difference between revisions

Baronetcy in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom

The Porter, later Horsbrugh-Porter Baronetcy, of Merrion Square in the City and County of Dublin, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 24 July 1902 for the Irish lawyer, judge and Liberal politician Andrew Porter.^[1] He served as Solicitor-General for Ireland from 1881 to 1882, as Attorney-General for Ireland from 1882 to 1883 and as Master of the Rolls for Ireland from 1883 to 1906. The second Baronet assumed the additional surname of Horsbrugh in 1911.

The heir apparent is the present holder’s only son William John Ernest Horsbrugh-Porter (born 2006).

Coat of arms of Horsbrugh-Porter baronets

Notes Granted 1 September 1902 by Sir Arthur Edward Vicars, Ulster King of Arms[2] Crest On a wreath of the colours on a fasces fesswise a cherub Proper. Escutcheon Argent on a bend Azure three bells of the field in chief a portcullis and in base two keys in saltire Sable. Motto J’ayme Porter Sacours

• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett’s Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin’s Press, 1990, ^{[page needed]}