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Roll baronets

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The Roll Baronetcy, of The Chestnuts in Wanstead in the County of Essex, was a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 4 November 1921 for James Roll, Chairman of Pearl Assurance Co Ltd and Lord Mayor of London from 1920 to 1921. The title became extinct on the death of the fourth Baronet in 1998.

Roll baronets, of The Chestnuts (1921)

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Arms

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Coat of arms of Roll baronets
Crest
A dexter cubit arm vested Or charged with two bars wavy Azure cuffed Ermine and holding in the hand a chaplet of laurel Proper.
Escutcheon
Or on a fess indented between four billets three in chief and one in base Azure each charged with a lion rampant a civic wreath of the field between two bezants.
Motto
Not For King Or Country But For Both[3]

References

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Specific
  1. ^ Brown, Andrew M. (31 August 2016). "All life is here: 30 years of Telegraph obituaries". The Telegraph.
  2. ^ Priests and Prelates: The Daily Telegraph Clerical Obituaries, compiled by Trevor Beeson, Continuum, 2002, p. 179
  3. ^ Burke's Peerage. 1949.