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Gunter baronets

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The Gunter Baronetcy, of Wetherby Grange in the Parish of Collingham in the West Riding of the County of York, was a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 18 April 1901 for the officer and Conservative politician Robert Gunter.[1] The title became extinct on the death of the third Baronet in 1980.

Gunter baronets, of Wetherby Grange (1901)

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  • Sir Robert Gunter, 1st Baronet (1831–1905)
  • Sir Robert Benyon Nevill Gunter, 2nd Baronet (1871–1917)
  • Sir Ronald Vernon Gunter, 3rd Baronet (1904–1980)

Arms

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Coat of arms of Gunter baronets
Crest
A dexter gauntlet clenched fesswise Or surmounted by a stag's head erased Proper.

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Escutcheon
Sable a chevron invected between two dexter gauntlets clenched in chief and a stag's head erased in base all Or.

References

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  1. ^ "No. 27307". The London Gazette. 23 April 1901. p. 2776.
  2. ^ Burke's Peerage. 1949.