Baron Broughshane

Baron Broughshane, of Kensington in the County of London, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 19 September 1945 for William Davison, who had earlier represented Kensington South in the House of Commons as a Conservative. The title became extinct on the death of his younger son, the third Baron (who had succeeded his elder brother in 1995), on 24 March 2006.

Barons Broughshane (1945)

• William Henry Davison, 1st Baron Broughshane (1872–1953)
• Patrick Owen Alexander Davison, 2nd Baron Broughshane (1903–1995)
• (William) Kensington Davison, 3rd Baron Broughshane (1914–2006)

Coat of arms of Baron Broughshane

Crest Upon a billet fesswise a stag’s head between two wings Or. Escutcheon Gules a stag trippant and in chief a celestial crown and a fleur-de-lys Or. Supporters On either side a stag Or gorged with a chain gules and pendent therefrom a torteau the dexter charged with a portcullis and the sinister with a grenade fired Or. Motto Virtus In Actione Consistit (Strength Consists In Action)

References

• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages