Extinct barony in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Barony of Birdwood
Azure, five martlets, two, two and one, within an inescutcheon voided a representation of the Southern Cross, all argent
Creation date
25 January 1938[1]
Created by
King George VI
Peerage
Peerage of the United Kingdom
First holder
William Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood
Last holder
Mark Birdwood, 3rd Baron Birdwood
Remainder to
1st Baron's heirs male of the body lawfully begotten.
Subsidiary titles
Baronet, of Anzac and Totnes
Extinction date
11 July 2015[2]
Motto
In bello quies ("Cool in action")[1]
Baron Birdwood, of Anzac and of Totnes in the County of Devon, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
It was created on 25 January 1938 for Sir William Birdwood, 1st Baronet.[3] He is chiefly remembered as the commander of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) during the Gallipoli Campaign of 1915. Birdwood had already been created a Baronet, of Anzac and Totnes, on 29 December 1919.[4]
The first two barons had only one son each; on the death of the 3rd Baron without male issue in 2015, the barony and baronetcy became extinct.[2]
The politician Jane Birdwood, Baroness Birdwood, was the second wife of the second Baron.
^ abMosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. pp. 378–379. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
^ ab"Lord Birdwood – obituary". The Daily Telegraph. 30 July 2015. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
^"No. 34477". The London Gazette. 28 January 1938. p. 578.
^"No. 31708". The London Gazette. 30 December 1919. p. 15988.
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