Baron Tenterden, of Hendon in the County of Middlesex, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.[1] It was created in 1827 for Sir Charles Abbott, Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench from 1818 to 1832. His grandson, the third Baron (who succeeded his uncle), was Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs between 1873 and 1882. The title became extinct on the death of the third Baron's son, the fourth Baron, in 1939.

Charles Abbott, 1st Baron Tenterden.

Barons Tenterden (1827)

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Arms

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Coat of arms of Baron Tenterden
 
 
Crest
A fox statant per pale Or and Argent charged on the shoulder with a water bouget Sable.
Escutcheon
Purpure a pile wavy vairy Or and Gules in base two water bougets fesswise of the second on a canton Argent a crozier erect Azure.
Supporters
Dexter a dragon wings elevated Vert gorged with a collar of roses and portcullises alternately and charged on the wing with a water bouget Or; sinister a pelican wings elevated Or vulned and gorged with a wreath of roses Gules.
Motto
Labore (By Labour) [2]

References

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  1. ^ "No. 18356". The London Gazette. 27 April 1827. p. 937.
  2. ^ Debrett's Peerage. 1903.