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 | | Genealogical and Heraldic DICTIONARY of the British Empire by Sir Bernard BURKE |
| | | A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z |  | BACON | Sir Edmund, of Redgrave, and of Mildenghall |
| Arms | Gu., on a chief, arg., two mullets, pierced, sa. | Crest | A boar, passant, erm. | | | Mottoes | Mediocria firma. |
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| BAGOT | Baron (William Bagot), of Bagot's Bromley |
| Arms | Erm., two chevronels, az. | Crest | Out of a ducal coronet, a goat's head, arg., attired, or. | Supporters | Two goats, arg., attired, or. | Mottoes | Antiquum obtinens. |
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| | Arms | Arg., between two bars, three annulets, in fesse gu., all between as many martlets of the last. | Crest | A griffin, sejant, arg., semée of annulets, gu. | | | Mottoes | Libertas |
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| BAILLIE | Sir Willaim, of Polkemmet |
| Arms | Az., nine estoiles, or, within a bordure, counter, nebulée, arg. and sa. | Crest | Out of clouds, ppr., an estoile of eight points, or. | Supporters | Two lions, guardant, arg. | | |
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| BAIRD | Sir David, of Newbyth |
| Arms | Gu., in chief, within an increscent, an estoile, of eight points, arg. (in allusion to the badge of the Ottoman order) ; in base, a boar, passant, or ; on a canton, ermine, a sword, erect, ppr., pommel and hilt, gold. | Crest | Ist, a Mameluke mounted on a horse, and holdind in his dexter hand a scimitar, all ppr. ; 2nd, on a wreath, a board's head, erased, or. | Supporters | Dexter, a grenadier in the uniform of the 50th regt. of foot, ppr. ; sinister, the royal tiger of tippoo Sultaun, guardant, vert, striped, or ; from the neck, pendant by a riband, an escutcheon, gu., charged with an estoile of eight points, within an increscent, arg., and on a scroll, under the said escutcheon, the word "Seringapatam". | Mottoes | Vi et virtute. |
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| BAIRD | Sir James, Bart. of Saughton Hall |
| Arms | Gules, a sanglier, passant, or, on a canton, ermine, a sword, paleways, ppr., surmonted by a crescent, of the field. | Crest | A board's head, erased, or. | | | Mottoes | Vi et virtute. |
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| BAKER | Sir George, Bart. of Loventor |
| Arms | Arg., on a saltier, engrailed, sa., five escallops of the field ; on a chief, of the second, a lion passant, of the firts. | Crest | A dexter arm, embowed, vested, azure, cuffed, arg., holding in the hand, ppr., an arrow, of the last. | | | | |
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| BAKER | Sir Edward-Baker, of Ranston |
| Arms | Quart, first and fourth, argent, a castle between two crosses patée, in chief, and a kep in base, sa. ; on a chief, az., two keys erect, or, for BAKER. Second and third, argent, on a bend, cottised, sa., three cinquefoils, or ; a chief, gu., charged with three arrows, erect, points downwards, ppr., for LITTLEHALES. | Crest | For Baker : a nag's head, erased, argent, charged on the neck with a cross patée-fitchée, gu., in the mouth a trefoil, slipped, vert. For Littlehales : between two wings elevated, or, an armed arm, embowed, ppr., garnished, or ; the hand in a gauntlet, grasping an arrow, entwined by a branch of olive, ppr. | | | Mottoes | Finis coronat opus. |
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| BAKER | Sir Henry-Willaim, of Upper Dunstable House |
| Arms | Arg., a saltier, sa., charged with five escallops, erminois ; on a chief, az., a lion passant, of the third, armed and langued, gules. | Crest | A demi-lion, rampant, per fesse, intented, erminois and paean, supporting in his paws an escallop, arg., charged with an ermine spot. | | | Mottoes | Fidei coticula crux. |
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| | BALL | Sir William-Keith, of Blofield |
| Arms | Ermine, a lion, rampant, sa., between two torteaux, in chief ; and in base, a hand-grenade, bursting, ppr. | Crest | Out of a naval coronet, a cubit arm, erect, in naval uniform, grasping a hand-grenade, bursting, ppr. | | | | |
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| BALTINGLASS | Viscount of (Eustace) (See Peerages Claimed) |
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| BANDON | Earl of (Francis Bernard), Viscount Bernard, Viscount Bandon, and Baron Bandon, of Bandon Bridge |
| Arms | Arg., on a bend, az., three escallops, of the fied. | Crest | A demi-lion, arg., holding a snake, ppr. | Supporters | Dexter, a stag ; sinister, an unicorn, both arg., and ducally gorged and chained, or. | Mottoes | Virtus probata florebit, as wed by the earl ; but the motto recorded in the Office of Arms is Virtus probata florescit. |
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| BANGOR | Viscount (Edward Ward), and Baron Bangor, of Castle Ward |
| Arms | Quarterly : first and fourth, az., a cross patonce, or, for WARD ; second and third, gu., three cinquefoils, erm., on a chief, or, a human heart, gu., for HAMILTON. | Crest | A Saracen's head, affrontée, couped below the shoulders, ppr. | Supporters | Dexter, a knight in complete armour, all ppr., on his breast a cross-moline, gu., behind him a flowing crimson robe, a cross-moline, arg., on the sinister side of it ; on the helmet, a plume of feathers, of the last, his dexter hand resting upon a drawn sword, also, ppr., pommel and hilt, or, the point to the ground ; sinister, à Turkish prince, vested in blue and gold, the habit reaching to the ankles white stockings, yellow sandals, gold sash, and fringe round his waist, behind him a loose brown robe of fur, on his head a wite turban, with black feathers, his hands chained together by a long chain, ppr. | Mottoes | Sub cruce salus. |
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| BANNERMAN | Sir Alexander, of Elsik |
| Arms | Gu., a banner, displayed, arg., thereon a canton, az., charged with St Andrew's cross, of the second, as the badge of Scotland. | Crest | A demi-man in armour, holding in his rigth hand a sword, ppr. | Supporters | Two armed men, ppr. | Mottoes | Pro patriâ. |
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| BANTRY | Earl of (Richard White), Viscount Bearhaven, Viscount and Baron Bantry, of Bantry |
| Arms | Gu., an annulet, or, within a bordure, sable, charged with ten estoiles, gold ; on a canton, erm., a lion, rampant, of the third. | Crest | A heron, close, arg., beaked and legged, or. | Supporters | Dexter, a dragoon officer, with a drawn cutlass in the rigth hand, all ppr. ; sinister, a female figure, representing Ireland, habited in a long blue vest, an ancient crown on her head, and in her left hand a spear, and standing in front of a harp, all ppr., military trophies behind the supporters and shield. | Mottoes | The noblest motive is the public good. |
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| | Arms | Az., a chevron, between three crosses-patée, or. | Crest | A sword, in pale, arg., hilted and pommelled, or. | Supporters | Two lions, semé groundles. | Mottoes | Crux Christi nostra corona. |
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| BARING | The Right Hon. Sir Francis-Thornhill, of Larkbeer |
| Arms | Azure, a fesse, or ; in chief, a bear's head, ppr. | Crest | A mullet, erminois, between two wings, arg. | | | | |
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| BARLOW | Sir Morison, of Fir Grove |
| Arms | Arg., on a chevron, engrailed, gu., between three crosses-crosslet, fitchée, az., two lions, passant-counter-passant, supporting an eastern crown, or ; in the centre chief point a branch of olive, and another of palm in saltire, ppr. | Crest | Issuing out of an eastern crown, or, a demi-lion, arg., the paws supporting a cross-crosslet, fitchée, az., between (on the dexter side) a branch of olive, and (on the sinister) another of palm, ppr. | Supporters | On either side an angel, ppr., vested, arg., zoned, and on the head an eastern crown, or ; the dexter holding in the exterior hand a balance, gold, and in the other a book, ppr. ; the sinister bearing in the exterior hand an olive branch, and in the other an escrol, ppr. | Mottoes | "Sis pius in primis". Over the crest, "Dilige pacem". |
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| BARNEWALL | Sir Reginald-Aylmer-John-de-Barneval, of Crickstown Castle |
| Arms | Erm., a bordure, engrailed, gu. | Crest | From a plume of five ostrich feathers, or, gu., az., vert, and argent, a falcon, rising, of the last. | | | Mottoes | Malo mori quam foedari. |
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| BARRINGTON | Viscount (William-Keppel Barrington), of Ardglass |
| Arms | Ar., three chevronels, gu., a label of three points, az. | Crest | A hermit's bust in profile, vested, and having on the head a cowl, paly, ar. and gu. | Supporters | Two griffins, wings elevated, or, each gorged with a label of three points, az. | Mottoes | Honesta quam splendida. |
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| BARRINGTON | Sir Matthew, of the city of Limerick |
| Arms | Arg., three chevronels, gules, a label of three points, vert : a canton of the same, charged with a trefoil, or. | Crest | Out of a crown vallery, or, a hermit's bust, with a cowl, vested, paly, arg. and gu. | | | Mottoes | Ung durant ma vie. |
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| | Arms | Erm., on a saltier, gu., five annulets, or. | Crest | A boar, passant, az. | | | | |
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| BARROW | Sir George, of Ulverstone |
| Arms | Sa., two swords, in saltier, points upwards, arg., pommels and hilts, or, between three fleurs-de-lis, one in chief, and two in flaunch, and an anchor, erect, in base, of the last. | Crest | On a mount, vert, a squirrel, sejant, cracking a nut, all ppr., charged on the shoulder with an anchor. | | | Mottoes | Parum sufficit. |
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| BASSET | Baroness (Frances Basset), of Stratton, Cornwall |
| Arms | Or, three bars, wavy, gu. | | | Supporters | Two unicorns, arg., armed, maned, hoofed, and collared, or ; pendent from the collar of each an escutcheron of the arms. | Mottoes | Pro rege et populo. |
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| BATEMAN | Baron (William-Bateman Hanbury), of Shoddon Court |
| Arms | Quarterly : first and fourth, or, a bend, engrailed, vert, plain, cottised, sa., in chief a crescent, on a crescent for difference, for HANBURY ; second and third, or, on a fesse, sa., between three Muscovy ducks, ppr., a rose of the field, for BATEMAN. | Crest | Ist, out of a mural crown, sa., a demi-lion, or, holding in the dexter paw a battle-axe, sa., helved, gold, for Hanbury : 2nd, a duck's head and neck between two wings ppr., for Bateman. | Supporters | Two lions, ar., gorged with plain collars, each charged with a rose between two fleurs-de-lis, or, and chains of the latter afflixed to each collar, and reflexed over the back. | Mottoes | Nec prece, nec pretio. |
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| | Arms | Ar., three bats' wings, sa. ; on a chief, gu., a lion passant, or. | Crest | A bat's wing, sa. | | | Mottoes | Probitas verus honos. |
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| BATESON | Sir Robert, of Killoquin |
| Arms | Same as those of Sir Robert Bateson, of Belvoir Park. | | | | | | |
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| BATH | Marquesse of (John-Alexandre Thynne), Viscount Weymouth |
| Arms | Barry of ten, or and sa., ; quartering, for BOTEVILLE, arg., a lion, rampant, tail nowed and erected, gu. | Crest | A reindeer, statant, or. | Supporters | Dexter, a reindeer, or, gorged with a plain collar, sa., ; sinister, a lion, tail nowed and erected, gu. | Mottoes | J'ai bonne cause. |
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| BATHURST | Earl (Henry-George Bathurst, D.C.L.), Baron Bathurst, of Battlesden, and Baron Apsley, of Apsley |
| Arms | Sa., two bars, ermine ; in chief, three crosses-pattée, or. | Crest | A dexter arm in mail, embowed, holding a club, with spikes, all ppr. | Supporters | Two stags, arg., each gorged wilth a collar gemellé, ermines. | Mottoes | Tien ta foy. |
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| BATHURST | Hervey-Bathurst, Sir Frederick-Hutchinson, of Clarendon Park, Wilts |
| Arms | Quarterly : Ist and 4th, sa., two bars, erm., in chief, three crosses formée, or, for BATHURST ; 2nd and 3rd, gu., on a bend, arg., three trefoils, slipped, vert for HERVEY. | Crest | Of Bathurst : a dexter arm, embowed, habited in mail, holding in the hand, ppr., a club, with spikes, or. Of Hervey : a leopard, sa., bezantée, collared and lined, or, holding in the dexter paw a trefoil, slipped, vert. | | | Mottoes | For Bathurst : Tien ta foy. For Hervey : Je n'oublieray jamais. |
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| BAYLEY | Sir John, of Updown House |
| Arms | Quarterly : gu. and erminois, on a fesse, az., three martlets, or, between ; in the ist and 4thy quarters, a lion rampant, arg. | Crest | On a mount, vert, behind a wall, arg., a lion, rampant, arg. | | | | |
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| BAYNES | Sir Willaim, of Harefield Place |
| Arms | Sa., a shin-bone, in fesse, surmounted of another, in pale, arg. ; on a canton of the last, a vulture, ppr. | Crest | A cubit arm., vested, az., cuffed, erminois, the hand holding a jaw-bone, arg. | Supporters | Two savages, wreathed about the head and waist, with clubs over their arms. | Mottoes | Furor arma ministrat. |
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| BAYNING | Baron (Henry William-Powlett) |
| Arms | Az., a chev., erm., between three escallops, arg. ; a mullet for difference. | Crest | A buck, statant, sa., attired, or, charged on the body with a mullet, arg., for difference. | Supporters | Dexter, a buck, sa., attired, collared, and lined, or, the collar charged with three mullets, az. ; sinister, a leopard, arg., pelletée, ducally gorged and lined, or, therefrom a shield pendent, of the first, charged with two bars, sa., thereon four escallops, gold. | Mottoes | Stare super vias antiquas. |
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| | BEAUCHAMP | Earl (Henry-Beauchamp Lygon), Viscount Elmley, and Baron Beauchamp, of Powyke |
| Arms | Arg., two lions, passant, in pale, gu. | Crest | A savage's head, affrontée, couped at the shoulders. | Supporters | Dexter, a bear, ppr., muzzled, collared, and chained, or ; sinister, a swan, arg., wings elevated, gu., beaked and legged, sa., gorged with a ducal coronet, and lined, or ; on the breast of each supporter, suspended from the collar and coronet, a shield, gu., charged with a fesse between six martlets, gold. | Mottoes | Ex fide fortis. |
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| BEAUFORT | Duke of (Henry-Charles-Fitzroy Somerset, P.C), Marquess and Earl of Worcester, Earl of Glamorgan, Viscount Grosmont, Baron Herbert of Chepstow, Ragland, and Gower, Baron Beaufort of Caldecott Castle, and Baron de Bottetourt |
| Arms | Quarterly : France and England, within a bordure, compony, gold. | Crest | A portcullis, or, nailed, az., with chains pendent thereto, gold. | Supporters | Dexter, a panther, ar., spotted of various colours, fire issuant from the mouth and ears, ppr., gorged with a plain collar, and chained, or ; sinister, a wyvern, wings endorsed, vert, holding in the mouth a sinister hand, couped at the wrist, gu. | Mottoes | Mutare vei timere sperno. |
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| BEAUMONT | Baron (Henry Stapleton) |
| Arms | Quarterly : first and fourth, arg., a lion, rampant, sa. ; second and third, arg., two bars, and in chief, three escallops, az. | Crest | A man's head, couped at the shoulders, side-faced, ppr., wreathed about the temples, arg. and sa. | Supporters | Two talbot dogs, arg., with three guttes de sang, gu. | Mottoes | Mieux sera. |
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| BEAUMONT | Sir George-Howland, of Stoughton Grange |
| Arms | Az., semée of fleurs-de-lis, a lion, rampant, or. | Crest | On a chapeau, az., semée of fleurs-de-lis, turned up, erm., a lion, passant, or. | | | Mottoes | Erectus non elatus. |
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