Baron Ogmore
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Barony in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Baron Ogmore, of Bridgend in the County of Glamorgan, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.[1] It was created on 10 July 1950 for David Rees-Williams, a Welsh Labour, and later Liberal, politician. As of 2020[update] , the title is held by his grandson, the fourth Baron, who succeeded his father in that year.
The first Lord Ogmore was also the father of the Hon. Elizabeth Rees-Williams and the grandfather of the actor Jared Harris.
Barons Ogmore (1950)
[edit ]- David Rees Rees-Williams, 1st Baron Ogmore (1903–1976)
- Gwilym Rees Rees-Williams, 2nd Baron Ogmore (1931–2004)
- Morgan Rees Rees-Williams, 3rd Baron Ogmore (1937–2020)
- Tudor David Rees-Williams, 4th Baron Ogmore (b. 1991)
The heir presumptive and sole heir to the peerage is the present holder's younger brother Hon. Dylan Rees-Williams (b. 1994)[2]
- Crest
- A tiger’s head couped Proper charged on the neck with three chevronels couped Gules.
- Escutcheon
- Azure two bars wavy Argent on a chief arched of the second between as many hurts each charged with a quatrefoil Or a hurt thereon a sun in splendour of the third.
- Supporters
- Dexter a tiger Proper charged on the shoulder with three chevronels couped Gules, sinister a horse Argent.
- Motto
- Ffyddlon Hyd Angau (Faithful Unto Death) [3]
See also
[edit ]Notes
[edit ]- ^ "No. 38968". The London Gazette . 14 July 1950. p. 3622.
- ^ Morris, Susan; Bosberry-Scott, Wendy; Belfield, Gervase, eds. (2019). "Ogmore, Baron". Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. Vol. 1 (150th ed.). London: Debrett's Ltd. pp. 2696–2697. ISBN 978-1-999767-0-5-1.
- ^ Debrett's Peerage. 1985.
References
[edit ]- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, [page needed ]
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [self-published source ] [better source needed ]
