Magnay baronets

The Magnay Baronetcy, of Postford House in the County of Surrey, was a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 8 November 1844 for William Magnay, a wholesale stationer and Lord Mayor of London from 1843 to 1844.^[1] The second Baronet was a novelist. The title became extinct on the death of the third Baronet on 4 September 1960.^[2]

Christopher Magnay, father of the first Baronet, was Lord Mayor of London from 1821 to 1822.^[3]

Magnay baronets, of Postford House (1844)

Sir William Magnay, 1st Baronet (1797–1871)
Sir William Magnay, 2nd Baronet (1855–1917)
Sir Christopher Boyd William Magnay, 3rd Baronet (1884–1960)

Arms

Coat of arms of Magnay baronets
Crest A lion rampant Sable billety Erminois murally crowned gorged with a chain reflexed over the back and holding between the forepaws a leopard's face Or. Escutcheon Ermine fretty Gules on a chief per pale of the second and Azure a sword Proper pommel and hilt Or surmounting a key saltirewise the ward upwards Gold interlaced with the collar of the Lord Mayor of the City of London between two leopards' faces Erminois. Motto Magna Est Veritas ^[4]

References

^ Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage. Burke's Peerage Limited. 1898. p. 959. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
^ "Sir C. Magnay". The Times. 5 September 1960. p. 14.
^ Boase, Frederic (1897). Modern English Biography: I-Q. Netherton and Worth. p. 689. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
^ Burke's Peerage. 1949.

[1] Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage. Burke's Peerage Limited. 1898. p. 959. Retrieved 4 July 2018.

[times-2] "Sir C. Magnay". The Times. 5 September 1960. p. 14.

[3] Boase, Frederic (1897). Modern English Biography: I-Q. Netherton and Worth. p. 689. Retrieved 4 July 2018.

[4] Burke's Peerage. 1949.

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