Baron St Oswald

Barony St Oswald
Escutcheon: Ermine on a fess Vert three eagles displayed Or. Crest: A demi-eagle displayed Or ducally gorged Ermine. Supporters: Two dragons reguardant Vert each gorged with a ribbon Or pendant therefrom an escutcheon Gules charged with a rose Argent.
Creation date3 July 1885
Created byQueen Victoria
PeerageUnited Kingdom
First holderRowland Winn
Present holderCharles Winn
Heir apparentRowland Winn
StatusExtant
Seat(s)Nostell Priory
MottoTout Pour Dieu Et Ma Patrie (Everything For God And My Fatherland) [1]
Nostell Priory in 1880.

Baron St Oswald, of Nostell in the West Riding of the County of York,[2] is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1885 for the industrialist and Conservative politician Rowland Winn, a former Member of Parliament for North Lincolnshire. His son, the second Baron, represented Pontefract in the House of Commons. His grandson, the fourth Baron, held junior ministerial positions in the Conservative administrations of Harold Macmillan and Alec Douglas-Home and also sat as a Member of the European Parliament. As of 2017 the title is held by the latter's nephew, the sixth Baron, who succeeded his father in 1999.

The family seat is Nostell Priory, near Crofton, West Yorkshire. The house was handed over to the National Trust in 1953 but is still the home of the Barons St Oswald.

  1. ^ Burke's genealogical and heraldic history of the peerage, baronetage, and knightage, Privy Council, and order of preference. 1949.
  2. ^ "No. 25486". The London Gazette. 3 July 1885. p. 3060.