Lord Heathfield, Baron Heathfield of Gibraltar

Gibraltar

Gibraltar is a British overseas territory located on the southern end of the Iberian Peninsula at the entrance of the Mediterranean. A peninsula with an area of , it has a northern border with Andalusia, Spain. The Rock of Gibraltar is the major landmark of the region...

, was a title in the Peerage of Great Britain

Peerage of Great Britain

The Peerage of Great Britain comprises all extant peerages created in the Kingdom of Great Britain after the Act of Union 1707 but before the Act of Union 1800...

. It was created in 1787 for General Sir George Augustus Eliott

George Augustus Eliott, 1st Baron Heathfield

George Augustus Eliott, 1st Baron Heathfield, KB was a British Army officer who took served in three major wars during the eighteenth century. He rose to distinction during the Seven Years War when he fought in Germany and participated in the British attacks on Belle Île and Cuba...

 in in recognition of his defence of Gibraltar during the Franco-Spanish Siege

Great Siege of Gibraltar

The Great Siege of Gibraltar was an unsuccessful attempt by Spain and France to capture Gibraltar from the British during the American War of Independence. This was the largest action fought during the war in terms of numbers, particularly the Grand Assault of 18 September 1782...

 of 1779 to 1783. He was the tenth but eighth surviving son of Sir Gilbert Eliott, 3rd Baronet, of Stobs (see Eliott Baronets

Eliott Baronets

The Eliott Baronetcy, of Stobs in the County of Roxburgh, is a title in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia. It was created on 3 December 1666 for Gilbert Eliott. The third Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Roxburghshire. The Eliott Baronets share a common early Ellot ancestry with the nearby Earls...

). The title became extinct on the death of his only son, the childless second Baron, in 1813.

Barons Heathfield (1787)

• George Augustus Eliott, 1st Baron Heathfield
  George Augustus Eliott, 1st Baron Heathfield
  George Augustus Eliott, 1st Baron Heathfield, KB was a British Army officer who took served in three major wars during the eighteenth century. He rose to distinction during the Seven Years War when he fought in Germany and participated in the British attacks on Belle Île and Cuba...
  
   (1717–1790)
• Francis Augustus Eliott, 2nd Baron Heathfield (1750–1813)

Coat of arms

• Arms: Gules
  Gules
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  , a bend engrailed or
  Or (heraldry)
  In heraldry, Or is the tincture of gold and, together with argent , belongs to the class of light tinctures called "metals". In engravings and line drawings, it may be represented using a field of evenly spaced dots...
  
  , a baton azure
  Azure
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  , on a chief of the last the fortress of Gibraltar
  Gibraltar
  Gibraltar is a British overseas territory located on the southern end of the Iberian Peninsula at the entrance of the Mediterranean. A peninsula with an area of , it has a northern border with Andalusia, Spain. The Rock of Gibraltar is the major landmark of the region...
  
   winged with turret
  Turret
  In architecture, a turret is a small tower that projects vertically from the wall of a building such as a medieval castle. Turrets were used to provide a projecting defensive position allowing covering fire to the adjacent wall in the days of military fortification...
  
  s between two pillar
  Column
  A column or pillar in architecture and structural engineering is a vertical structural element that transmits, through compression, the weight of the structure above to other structural elements below. For the purpose of wind or earthquake engineering, columns may be designed to resist lateral forces...
  
  s argent
  Argent
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   masoned sable
  Sable
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  , the gate of the castle of the last charged with a key of the second and below the same the words plus ultra ("further beyond").
• Crest: A dexter
  Dexter and sinister
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   arm holding a cutlass
  Cutlass
  A cutlass is a short, broad sabre or slashing sword, with a straight or slightly curved blade sharpened on the cutting edge, and a hilt often featuring a solid cupped or basket shaped guard...
  
   proper, the arm charged with a key.
• Supporters: Dexter, a ram; sinister
  Dexter and sinister
  Dexter and sinister are terms used in heraldry to refer to specific locations in an escutcheon bearing a coat of arms and by extension also to a crest. "Dexter" means to the right from the viewpoint of the bearer of the arms, to the left of that of the viewer...
  
  , a goat; each wreathed with flowers round the neck.
• Motto: Fortiter et recte ("boldly and rightly")