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William Crossley, 3rd Baron Somerleyton

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Savile William Francis Crossley, 3rd Baron Somerleyton, GCVO (17 September 1928 – 24 January 2012) was a British courtier.

He served as Lord-in-waiting from 1979 to 1992 and Master of the Horse to the Queen between 1991 and 1998.[1]

Arms

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Coat of arms of William Crossley, 3rd Baron Somerleyton
Crest
A demi-hind erased Proper charged with two bars holding between the feet a cross-crosslet Or.[2]
Escutcheon
Gules a chevron indented Ermine between two cross-crosslets in chief and a saltire coupled in base Or.
Supporters
On either side a hind Proper semee of cross-crosslets Or.
Motto
All Good Is From Above

References

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  1. ^ The Peerage
  2. ^ Debrett's Peerage. 2003. p. 4409.
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Court offices
Preceded by Master of the Horse
1991–1998
Succeeded by
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Francis Crossley
Baron Somerleyton
1959–2012
Succeeded by