Peacocke baronets

The Peacocke Baronetcy, of Grange in the County of Limerick and of Barntinck in the County of Clare, was a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 24 December 1802 for Sir Joseph Peacocke, of Grange, County Limerick.[1] Sir Joseph was the son of George Peacocke Esq. and his wife Mary (Levett) Peacocke, daughter of Joseph Levett, Alderman, of Cork, Ireland.[2] The title became extinct on the death of his grandson, the third Baronet, in 1876.[3]

Peacocke baronets, of Grange and Barntinck (1802)
  • Sir Joseph Peacocke, 1st Baronet (died 1812)[4]
  • Sir Nathaniel Levett Peacocke, 2nd Baronet (1769–1847)[4]
  • Sir Joseph Francis Peacocke, 3rd Baronet (1805–1876)[4]

Arms
Coat of arms of Peacocke baronets
Notes
Granted 14 December 1802 by Sir Chichester Fortescue, Ulster King of Arms.[5]
Crest
A cockatrice with wings endorsed Proper.
Escutcheon
Quarterly Or and Azure a cross of four lozenges between as many annulets counterchanged.
Motto
Vincit Veritas

References
  1. The Baronetage of England, Seventh Edition, William Courthope, J. G. & F. Rivington, London, 1839]
  2. A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the United Kingdom, John Burke, Printed by Henry Colburn, London, 1876
  3. Debrett's Baronetage of England, Vol. II, John Debrett, F. C. and J. Rivington, London, 1815
  4. Burke, John Bernard (1852). A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. Colburn. p. 781.
  5. "Grants and Confirmations of Arms, Vol. C". National Library of Ireland. Retrieved 23 June 2022.

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