Gillett baronets

The Gillett Baronetcy, of Bassishaw Ward in the City of London, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.[1] It was created on 4 December 1959 for Harold Gillett, Lord Mayor of London from 1958 to 1959. His son, the second Baronet, was Lord Mayor of London from 1976 to 1977.[2]

Gillett baronets, of Bassishaw Ward (1959)
Coat of arms of Gillett baronets
Crest
A grey horse's head and neck erased Proper gorged with a coronet composed of six fleur-de-lys affixed to a circlet and chained Or.
Escutcheon
In front of a ship's helm Proper an early nineteenth century waistcoat Azure semée de lys and puffled Or on a chief of the second between two estoiles a balance of the first.
Motto
Vincit Omnia Veritas (Truth Conquers All Things)[3]

Notes
  1. "No. 41889". The London Gazette. 8 December 1959. p. 7781.
  2. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/5369693/Sir-Robin-Gillett-Bt.html
  3. Debrett's Peerage. 2000.

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
  • www.baronetage.org/official-roll-of-the-baronets/

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