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Baron Balfour Of Inchrye
Baron Balfour of Inchrye, of Shefford in the County of Berkshire, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in the 1945 Birthday Honours for the Conservative Party (UK), Conservative politician Harold Balfour, 1st Baron Balfour of Inchrye, Harold Balfour. He represented the Isle of Thanet (UK Parliament constituency), Isle of Thanet in the British House of Commons, House of Commons and served as Under-Secretary of State for Air from 1938 to 1944. His son Ian (21 December 1924 – 14 April 2013), the second Baron, succeeded in 1988. He was a diamond historian (author of the book ''Famous Diamonds'', 1987, Fifth ed. 2008) and the composer of nine operas and six symphonies. He died in 2013 leaving a daughter, the Hon. Roxane Laird Craig, but no male heir. Barons Balfour of Inchyre (1945) *Harold Balfour, 1st Baron Balfour of Inchrye, Harold Harington Balfour, 1st Baron Balfour of Inchrye (1897–1988) *Ian Balfour, 2nd Baron Balfour of Inchrye (1924–2013) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coronet Of A British Baron
A coronet is a small crown consisting of ornaments fixed on a metal ring. A coronet differs from other kinds of crowns in that a coronet never has arches, and from a tiara in that a coronet completely encircles the head, while a tiara does not. In other languages, this distinction is not made as usually the same word for ''crown'' is used irrespective of rank (german: Krone, nl, Kroon, sv, Krona, french: Couronne, etc.) Today, its main use is not as a headgear (indeed, many people entitled to a coronet never have a physical one created), but as a rank symbol in heraldry, adorning a coat of arms. Etymology The word stems from the Old French ''coronete'', a diminutive of ''co(u)ronne'' ('crown'), itself from the Latin ''corona'' (also 'wreath') and from the Ancient Greek ''κορώνη'' (''korōnē''; 'garland' or 'wreath'). Traditionally, such headgear is used by nobles and by princes and princesses in their coats of arms, rather than by monarchs, for whom the word ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
