Barony of Wolvercote
| Barony of Wolvercote (2) | |
| Creation Date | 1708 |
|---|---|
| Created by | Queen Anne |
| Peerage | Great Britain |
| First Holder | Henry Asquith (1670-1755) |
| Current Holder | Cyril Asquith (b. 1740) |
| Heir Apparent | Charles Asquith (b. 1776) |
| Subsidiary Titles | N/A |
| Country Seat | Wolvercote Hall |
| Associated County | Oxfordshire |
This LL peerage has been created twice by different players.
Barony of Wolvercote (1)
An hereditary title belonging to the Bradley family, relatives of former character Blythe Shelton. This title has been a subsidiary of the Earldom of Shelton since 1808. No further information on this iteration of the title is known.
- This title is a former peerage created by Ashton
Barony of Wolvercote (2)
An hereditary title in the Peerage of Great Britain held by the Asquith family. The current Baron is Cyril Asquith, 3rd Baron Wolvercote. The late half-sister of the current Duke of Pennington married Lord Wolvercote's second son in spring 1798. The holders of the Barony are distantly related to the Marquesses of Coniston, with the current Baron being a second cousin to Kenward Asquith, the present Marquess. The seat is Wolvercote Hall, in Oxfordshire.
Coat of Arms
Quarterly sable and or, first and fourth a wolf's head erased argent, langued gules, second and third a tower gules, masoned sable. Shield divided into four; the top left and bottom right quarters are black with a white wolf's head with a red tongue, the top right and bottom left quarters with a red tower with black outline to the blocks. Motto: Integritas semper tutamen: Integrity is always a safeguard.