Fitzroy Hemphill, 3rd Baron Hemphill

Fitzroy Hemphill (21 November 1860–1930), was a British baron and Liberal Party politician,[1] the son of Charles Hare Hemphill, the first baron, and he succeeded his brother to the barony on 26 March 1918. Fitzroy was a barrister of the Middle Temple from 1899, served as a justice of the peace for County Galway.[2] As well as politics he was a captain in 2nd battalion King's Own Scottish Borderers; a representative member of London's Territorial Force, Justice of the peace in Galway, Ireland; and 'Chevalier' of the Legion of Honour.[3]

Fitzroy Hemphill

His mother was Augusta Stanhope, the daughter of the Hon. Sir Charles Francis Stanhope, a son of Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl of Harrington. He married Mary Martyn on 27 February 1897, and they had one son, Martyn, who succeeded his father to the barony.[2]

Arms
Coat of arms of Fitzroy Hemphill, 3rd Baron Hemphill
Crest
A boar passant Gules charged with a chevron and a portcullis Or.
Escutcheon
Or on a fess Gules between two chevronels and three stars Azure as many trefoils slipped of the field.
Supporters
On either side an Irish wolfhound gorged with a plain collar Or.
Motto
Constanter Ac Non Timide (Steadily and Fearlessly)[4]

References
  1. "'HEMPHILL' Who Was Who". A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  2. "Hemphill, Baron" . Thom's Irish Who's Who . Dublin: Alexander Thom and Son Ltd. 1923. p. 108  – via Wikisource.
  3. Hesilrige 1921, p. 464.
  4. Debrett's Peerage. 2019. p. 2985.

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