Baron Cozens-Hardy

Baron Cozens-Hardy, of Letheringsett in the County of Norfolk, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 1 July 1914 for Sir Herbert Cozens-Hardy, Master of the Rolls from 1907 to 1918. He was succeeded by his eldest son, the second Baron. He represented Norfolk South in Parliament as a Liberal. He was succeeded by his younger brother, the third Baron. The title became extinct on the death of the fourth Baron on 11 September 1975.

Herbert Cozens-Hardy, 1st Baron Cozens-Hardy.

Barons Cozens-Hardy (1914)

• Herbert Hardy Cozens-Hardy, 1st Baron Cozens-Hardy (1838–1920)
• William Hepburn Cozens-Hardy, 2nd Baron Cozens-Hardy (1868–1924)
• Edward Herbert Cozens-Hardy, 3rd Baron Cozens-Hardy (1873–1956)
• Herbert Arthur Cozens-Hardy, 4th Baron Cozens-Hardy (1907–1975)

Coat of arms of Baron Cozens-Hardy

Crest 1st a dexter arm embowed holding in the hand an eagle’s head erased fesswise Proper (Hardy); 2nd a lion rampant Or vulned at the shoulder Proper and gorged with a ducal coronet Azure. Escutcheon Quarterly: 1st & 4th per chevron Argent and Or in chief two fire balls Sable fired Proper (Hardy); 2nd & 3rd Azure a lion rampant Or gorged with a ducal coronet of the field in chief two barrulets of the second (Cozens). Supporters Dexter an eagle Argent wings endorsed Gules holding in the beak a white rose slipped and leaved Proper, sinister a winged lion queue fourchée Argent wings endorsed Gules. Motto = Fear One. Badge Upon a field Azure diaper of mascles and fleurs-de-lis Or an estoc (or thrusting sword) the blade enfiled with a baron’s coronet Proper the quillons terminating in fleurs-de-lis Or the hilt also Proper and the pomel Or thereon a rose Argent, with mottoes “Fear One” and “Je Sers”.

References

*Hesilrige, Arthur G. M. (1921). Debrett's Peerage and Titles of courtesy. London: Dean & Son. p. 246.

• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages