Macara baronets
The Macara Baronetcy, of Ardmore in St Anne-on-the-Sea in the County of Lancaster, was a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1911 for the Lancashire cotton-spinner, Charles Macara. The title became extinct upon the death of the fourth Baronet in Dudley in 1986.
Macara baronets, of Ardmore (1911)
| Macara baronets | |
|---|---|
| Crest | A stag lodged reguardant in front of an oak tree Proper. |
| Blazon | Ermine an oak tree eradicated in bend dexter surmounted by a sword in bend sinister Proper hilt and pommel Or supporting on its point an imperial crown of the second on a chief of the third a spider Sable between two thistles also Proper. |
| Motto | Consilia Non Vi [1] |
- Sir Charles Wright Macara, 1st Baronet (1845–1929) Cotton spinner and founder of the Lifeboat Saturday movement for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, the first recorded charity street collection.[2] His wife, Lady Marion Macara, founded the Ladies Lifeboat Guild.
- Sir William Cowper Macara, 2nd Baronet (1875–1931)
- Sir (Charles) Douglas Macara, 3rd Baronet (1904–1982)
- Sir Hugh Kenneth Macara, 4th Baronet (1913–1986)
Notes
- Burke's Peerage. 1949.
- "RNLI History Southport and St Anne's lifeboats disaster".
References
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,
- Leigh Rayment's list of baronets
RNLI http://rnli.org/aboutus/historyandheritage/Pages/timeline/1886-southport-and-st-annes-lifeboats-disaster.aspx
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