Colfox baronets

Baronetcy in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom

Colfox baronets
CrestA fox Proper, charged on the body with two fleur-de-lys in fess Sable and resting the sinister paw on a fleur-de-lis Gules.
ShieldSable, three spinning-cogs erect and in fess Or, on a chief Argent as many fox-heads couped at the neck Gules.
MottoLux Lex Libertas [1]

The Colfox Baronetcy, of Symondsbury in the County of Dorset, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 4 July 1939 for the Conservative politician Philip Colfox. He was succeeded by his younger and only surviving son, the second Baronet, who was a Deputy Lieutenant of Dorset in 1977. Following the second baronet's death in 2014, the title was then held by his elder son.

Colfox baronets, of Symondsbury (1939)

  • Sir (William) Philip Colfox, 1st Baronet (1888–1966)
  • Sir (William) John Colfox, 2nd Baronet (1924–2014)
  • Sir Philip John Colfox, 3rd Baronet (born 1962)

The Heir Apparent to the baronetcy is John Alfred Colfox (born 2000), only son of the 3rd Baronet.

References

  1. ^ Burke's Peerage. 1959.
  • Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, [page needed]
  • Leigh Rayment's list of baronets