Brandon Reece Taylorian

The Moon Baronets of Copsewood Grange, Coventry: Rise, Decline and Dormancy in a Late Victorian Industrial Baronetcy

The dormancy of a baronetcy may appear a minor historical detail, yet it illuminates the changing meanings and limits of hereditary honour in modern Britain. This article examines the rise, decline and dormancy of the Moon baronetcy, created for Sir Richard Moon, chairman of the...