The Grogan Baronetcy, of Moyvore in the County of Westmeath, was a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.[3] It was created on 23 April 1859 for the Irish politician Edward Grogan. His son, the second Baronet, was an officer in the British Army. The latter was childless and the title became extinct on his death in 1927.

Grogan baronets
Escutcheon of the Grogan baronets of Moyvore
Creation date1859[1]
Statusextinct
Extinction date1927[1]
MottoHonor et virtus, Honour and virtue[2]

The Grogan Baronets were a junior branch of the Grogan family of Johnstown Castle, County Wexford, who played a prominent role in the Irish Rebellion of 1798.

Grogan baronets, of Moyvore (1859)

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Grogan, Col Sir Edward Ion Beresford". Who's Who. A & C Black. Retrieved 20 April 2023. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. ^ Foster, Joseph (1881). The Baronetage and Knightage. Nichols and Sons. p. 277.
  3. ^ "No. 22248". The London Gazette. 12 April 1859. p. 1482.
  4. ^ Burke, Bernard (1903). Ashworth P. Burke (ed.). A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage, the Privy Council, Knightage and Companionage (65th ed.). London: Harrison and Sons. p. 690.