Houston baronets

See also: Houstoun-Boswall baronets and Clan Houston

There have been two baronetcies created for persons with the surname Houston, one in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia and one in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom, both extinct.

The Houston Baronetcy, of Houston in the County of Renfrew, was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia on 29 February 1668 for Patrick Houston.[1] The third Baronet represented Linlithgowshire in Parliament. After the death of the eighth Baronet in circa 1835, no-one successfully claimed the title, although there were living heirs.

The Houston Baronetcy, of West Toxteth in the City of Liverpool, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 17 January 1922 for the shipowner and Conservative politician Robert Houston. The title became extinct on his death in 1926. His wife Lucy, Lady Houston, was a benefactor and philanthropist.

Arms of the Houston baronets, of Houston

Houston baronets, of Houston (1668)

American lawyer William Houstoun (1755-1813) was the son of the 5th Baronet.

Houston baronets, of West Toxteth (1922)

Arms

Coat of arms of Houston baronets
Coronet
The coronet of a baronet (Houston baronets of Houston)[Note 1]
Crest
A sand-glass (hourglass) proper[2]
Escutcheon
Or, a chevron chequy Azure and Argent, between three martlets Sable, beaked Gules[2]
Supporters
Two hinds proper[2][Note 2]
Motto
In Time[2]

References

  1. ^ Cokayne, George Edward, ed. (1904), Complete Baronetage volume 4 (1665–1707), vol. 4, Exeter: William Pollard and Co, retrieved 2 February 2019
  2. ^ a b c d Beckwith, Henry (2013). A Roll of Arms: Registered by the Committee on Heraldry of the New England Historic Genealogical Society (Parts 1-10) (1st ed.). Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society. p. 95. ISBN 978-0880822992.

Notes

  1. ^ This coat of arms was listed by Henry Beckwith in A Roll of Arms...Heraldry of the New England Historic Geneaological Society (p. 95) as belonging to Sir Patrick Houston, 5th Baronet (c. 1698–1762). It was confirmed by the Court of the Lord Lyon to have been later registered to his descendant, George Ludovic Houstoun of Johnstone, granted 20 October 1869.
  2. ^ According to the Court of the Lord Lyon, earlier supporters of "two Greyhounds proper Collared and chained Or" were granted on 23 December 1799 to Sir William Houston, 1st Baronet (later Houston-Boswall) of Calderhall. However, it is unclear whether the Houstoun-Boswall baronets are related to the Houstons of Johnstone, near Houston, Renfrewshire.