Baron Rowallan

Baron Rowallan, of Rowallan in the County of Ayr, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.[1] It was created in 1911 for the Liberal politician Archibald Corbett. He had previously represented Glasgow Tradeston in the House of Commons. His son, the second Baron, fought in both World Wars, was Chief Scout and served as Governor of Tasmania. As of 2017 the title is held by the latter's grandson, the fourth Baron, who succeeded his father in 1993.

The family seat now is Meikle Mosside Farm, near Fenwick, Ayrshire. The former was Rowallan Castle, near Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire.

Barons Rowallan (1911)

The heir apparent is the present holder's son the Hon. Jason William Polson Cameron Corbett (b. 1972)

The heir apparent's heir apparent is his son Alexander William Cameron Corbett (b. 2004)

Arms
Coat of arms of Baron Rowallan
Crest
A branch of oak thereon a raven Sable.
Escutcheon
Quarterly 1st & 4th Argent a key fesseways wards downwards between two ravens Sable (Corbett) 2nd & 3rd Azure a chevron Or between two bears’ heads couped Argent muzzled Gules in chief and in base a cross moline of the third (Polson).
Supporters
Dexter a salmon Proper holding in its mouth a jewelled ring Or sinister a seal Proper.
Motto
Deus Pascit Corvos [2]
gollark: Make your bowl from ice cream then.
gollark: There are uses for loads of the weird admin-created anomalies. The random reich tower is... free housing or alternately concrete, the bedrock spheres are... well, if hollow, nice buildings? The lava pools are free lava, obviously.
gollark: I would recommend against this course of action.
gollark: It could be used to house a really secure secondary melon farm or something, since the sphere is hollow.
gollark: It is property of GTech™ Anomalous Melonics.

References
  1. "No. 28512". The London Gazette. 11 July 1911. p. 5169.
  2. Burke's Peerage. 1959.
  • Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
  • Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages
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