Baron Heathfield

Baron Heathfield

Baron Heathfield, of Gibraltar, is an extinct title in the Peerage of Great Britain. The Barony was created in 1787 for General Sir George Augustus Eliott, KB in appreciation for his gallant defense of Gibraltar during the Franco-Spanish Siege of 1779-1783, and became extinct on the death of his only son, the childless 2nd Baron, in 1813.

Barons Heathfield (1787)

*George Augustus Eliott, 1st Baron Heathfield (1717-1790)
*Francis Augustus Eliott, 2nd Baron Heathfield (1750-1813)

Coat of arms

*Arms: Gules, a bend engrailed or, a baton azure, on a chief of the last the fortress of Gibraltar winged with turrets between two pillars argent masoned sable, the gate of the castle of the last charged with a key of the second and below the same the words plus ultra ("further beyond").
*Crest: A dexter arm holding a cutlass proper, the arm charged with a key.
*Supporters: Dexter, a ram; sinister, a goat; each wreathed with flowers round the neck.
*Motto: Fortiter et recte ("boldly and rightly")


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