Baron Calverley

Baron Calverley, of the City of Bradford in the West Riding of the County of York, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1945 for the Labour politician George Muff.[1] He had previously represented Kingston upon Hull East in the House of Commons. As of 2010 the title is held by his grandson, the third Baron, who succeeded his father in 1971.

Barons Calverley (1945)

The heir apparent is the present holder's son the Hon. Jonathan Edward Muff (b. 1975)

Coat of arms of Baron Calverley
Crest
In front of two miners’ picks in saltire a miner’s safety lamp all Proper.
Escutcheon
Azure within two barrulets wavy Argent between in chief a rose of the second barbed and seeded Proper and in base a fleece Or three ducal coronets of the last.
Supporters
On either side a calf Proper.
Motto
Labor Omnia Vincit [2]

Notes
  1. "No. 37359". The London Gazette. 20 November 1945. p. 5662.
  2. Burke's Peerage. 1949.

References
  • 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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