title: Esplen baronets
text: # Esplen baronets
  
  The Esplen Baronetcy, of Hardres Court in Canterbury in the County of Kent, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 14 July 1921 for Sir John Esplen, KBE,. He was a Senior Director of Esplen, Sons and Swainston, consulting engineers and naval architects, and served as Chief Technical Adviser to the Ministry of Shipping during the First World War.
  
  ## Esplen baronets, of Hardres Court (1921)
  
  * Sir John Esplen, 1st Baronet (1863–1930)
  * Sir William Graham Esplen, 2nd Baronet (1899–1989)
  * Sir John Graham Esplen, 3rd Baronet (1932–2016)
  * Sir William John Harry Esplen, 4th Baronet (born 1967)
  
      The heir apparent is Frederick William Harry Esplen (born 2001), only son of the 4th Baronet
  
  ## Arms
  
  Coat of arms of Esplen baronets :
  
  * CrestUpon two spears in saltire Argent headed Gules a bee volant Or.
  * EscutcheonPer chevron Sable and Argent in chief two spearheads of the second and in base a lymphad of the first.
  * SupportersDexter a dragon Gules gorged with a collar Argent charged with a spearhead Sable, sinister a seahorse Argent maned finned and tufted Or gorged with a colalr Sable charged with a spearhead Argent.
  * MottoAnimo Et Fidi
  