CLANMORRIS. crested livery button of Baron Clanmorris, 25mm gilt

CLANMORRIS. A good armorial livery button with the crest of Baron Clanmorris of Newbrook, County Mayo. The button, which has the backmark FIRMIN LONDON shows, on a mound, a falcon rising, beneath a baron’s coronet. It most probably dates from the early 20th century. The 1st Baron was created in the Irish Peerage by George III for John Bingham in 1800. nov13/2

The Hon Edward Bingham, a son of the 5th Baron, won the Victoria Cross at the Battle of Jutland durong WWI.