Slade baronets explained

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.
Crest:On a mount Vert a horse’s head erased Sable encircled with a chain in form of an arch Gold.
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.[2]

Slade baronets, of Maunsel Grange, Somerset (1831)

As of there is no heir to the title.

Extended family

Madeleine Slade (Mirabehn), a disciple of Mahatma Gandhi, was the granddaughter of the 1st Baronet.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Burke's genealogical and heraldic history of the peerage, baronetage, and knightage, Privy Council, and order of preference . 1949.
  2. Book: Foster . Joseph . The Baronetage and Knightage of the British Empire . 1883 . Nichols and Sons . Westminster . 351 .