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^[update] the title is held by his grandson, the third Baron, who succeeded his father in 1971.

Barons Calverley (1945)

• George Muff, 1st Baron Calverley (1877–1955)
• George Raymond Orford Muff, 2nd Baron Calverley (1914–1971)
• Charles Rodney Muff, 3rd Baron Calverley (b. 1946)

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, ^{[page needed]}
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages ^{[self-published source] [better source needed]}