Barony of Birdwood | |
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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.
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