Rashleigh baronets

Arms of Rashleigh of Cornwall: Sable, a cross or between in the first quarter: a Cornish chough, argent beaked and legged gules; in the second quarter: a text "T"; in the third and fourth quarters: a crescent all of the third[1]

The Rashleigh Baronetcy, of Prideaux in the County of Cornwall, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 30 September 1831 for John Rashleigh. The second Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Cornwall East. The 6th baronet resides at Menabilly[2] near Fowey, Cornwall, formerly the seat of his cousins the senior line of the Rashleighs of Cornwall since the 16th century.

Rashleigh baronets, of Prideaux (1831)

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  1. Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain, vol.1
  2. Obituary of Lady Emma Rashleigh, wife of 6th Baronet, Cornish Guardian, 1 May 2013
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