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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 |  | BECHER | Wrixon-Becher, Sir Henry |
| Arms | Vairy, arg. and gu. ; on a canton, or, a stag's head, couped, sa., quartely with Wrixon. | Crest | Out of a ducal coronet, or, a demi-lion, erm., gorged with a plain collar, vair. | | | Mottoes | Bis vivit qui bene. |
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| | Arms | Gu., a fesse, between three boars' heads, couped, erminois. | Crest | A boar's head, couped, or, pierced by a cross patée-fitchée, erect, sa. | | | | |
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| BEDFORD | Duke and Earl of (Francis Russell), Marquess of Tavistock, Baron Russell, of Cheneys |
| Arms | Arg., a lion, rampant, gu. ; on a chief, sa., three escallops, of the First. | Crest | A goat, passant, arg., armed, or. | Supporters | Dexter, a lion ; sinister, an antelope, both gu., the latter ducally gorged and lined, or, armed and hoofed, gold. | Mottoes | Che sara sara. |
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| BEDINGFELD | Paston-Bedingfeld, Sir Henry-Richard, of Oxburgh |
| Arms | Erm., an eagle, displayed, gu. | Crest | A demi-eagle, wings expanded, gu. | | | Mottoes | Despicio terrena, solem contemplor. |
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| BEEVOR | Sir Thomas-Branthwayt, of Hethel |
| Arms | Per pale, or and arg., on a chief, indented, sa., three lions, rampant, of the first. | Crest | A beaver, passant, ppr. | | | | |
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| BELHAVEN AND STENTON | Baron (Robert-Montgomery Hamilton), in the peerage of Scotland, and Baron Hamilton, of Wishaw |
| Arms | Gu., a sword, erect, in pale, point upwards, ppr., pommel and hilt, or, between three cinquefoils, arg. | Crest | A nag's head, couped, arg., bridled, gu. | Supporters | Two horses, arg., bridled, gu. | Mottoes | Ride through. |
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| BELLEW | Baron (Patrick Bellew), of Barmeath |
| Arms | Sa., fretty, or. | Crest | An arm, embowed, in armour, holding a sword, ppr. | Supporters | Dexter, a leopard, or, gorged with a mural crown, az ; sinister, a wolf, az., gorged with a ducal coronet, or. | Mottoes | Tout d'en haut. |
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| BELLEW | Sir Christopher, of Mount Bellew |
| Arms | Sa., fretty, or ; a crescent, arg., for difference. | Crest | An arm, embowed, in armour, ppr., charged with a crescent for difference, grasping in the hand a sword, ppr., pommel and hilt, or. | | | Mottoes | Tout d'en haut. |
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| BELLINGHAM | Sir Alan-Edward, of Castle Bellingham |
| Arms | Arg., three bugle horns, sa., stringed and garnished, or. | Crest | A buck's head, couped, or. | | | Mottoes | Amicus amico. The ancient motto over the buck's head was "Ainsi il est". |
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| BELMORE | Earl of (Somerset-Richard Lowry-Corry), Viscount and Baron Belmore, of Castle Coole |
| Arms | Ist and 4th, gu., a saltier, arg. ; in chief, a rose, or, for Corry ; 2nd and 3rd, sa., a cup, arg., with a garland between two laurel branches, all issuing out of the same vert., for LOWRY. | Crest | 1, a cock, ppr., for Corry ; 2, a garland of laurel between two branches of the same, ppr., for Lowry. | Supporters | Two cats, guardant, ppr., ducally gorged and chained, or. | Mottoes | Virtus semper viridis. |
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| BELPER | Baron (Edward Strutt, M.A.), of Belper |
| Arms | Per pale, sa, and az., two chevronels, engrailed between three cross-crosslets, fitchée, or. | Crest | In front of rays of the sun, ppr., a cubit arm erect, vested, bendy of six, or and sa., cuffed, arg., in the hand a roll of paper, ppr. | Supporters | On either side a leopard, ppr., gorged with a collar, gemel, az., therefrom pendent an escutcheon, also az., charged with a cross-crosslets, fitchée, or. | Mottoes | Propositi tenax. |
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| BERESFORD | Sir George-de la Poer, Bart. of Bagnall |
| Arms | Ar., semée of crosses crosslet fitchée, three fleurs-de-lis, sa., within a bordure, wavy, ermines. | Crest | Out of a mural crown, or, a dragon's head, per fesse, wavy, az. and gu., the neck transfixed by a broken tilting spear ; and, in the mouth, the remaining part of the spear, point upwards, or. | | | Mottoes | Nil nisi cruce. |
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| BERKELEY | Earl of (Berkeley), Viscount Dursley, and Baron Berkeley, of Berkeley Castle |
| Arms | Gu., a chevron, between, ten crosses patée, six in chief, and four in base, arg. | Crest | A mitre, gu., labelled and garnished, or ; charged with a chevron and crosses-patée, as in the arms. | Supporters | Two lions, or ; the sinister ducally crowned, gu., collared and chained, gold. | Mottoes | Dieu avec nous. |
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| BERNERS | Baron (Henry-William Wilson) |
| Arms | Quarterly : Ist and 6th, sa., a wolf, salient, or ; in chief, a fleurs-de-lis between two bezants, for WILSON ; 2nd, arg., a bend, plain, within a bordure, engrailed, sa., for KNYVET ; 3rd, Bourchier ; 4th, Plantagenet ; and 5th, Berners. | Crest | Dexter, a falcon rising, wings elevated, arg., jessed and belled, or : sinister, a greyhound, ppr., gorged with a collar, gu., studded, or. | | | | |
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| BERNEY | Sir Hanson, of Park Hall, in Reedham, Norfolk |
| Arms | Quarterly : gu. and az. ; over all a cross, engrailed, ermine. | Crest | A plume of six ostrich feathers, alternately az. and gu. | | | Mottoes | Nil temere, neque timore. |
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| BERWICK | Baron (Richard Noel-Hill), of Attingham |
| Arms | Quarterly of four : Ist; erm., on a fesse, sa., a castle with two towers, arg. ; on a canton, gu., a martlet, or, for HILL ; 2nd, or, fretty, gu., a canton erm., for NOEL ; 3rd, gu., on a chief, indented, sa., three martlets, or, for Lovelage ; 4th, sa., a chevron, between three leopards' faces, or, for WENTWORTH. | Crest | A demi-tower, arg., a fawn, statant, upon the battlements, ppr., collared and chained, or. | Supporters | Dexter, a pegasus, arg., gorged with a plain collar, sa., thereon three martlets, or ; sinister, a stag, ppr., gorged with a plain collar, sa., thereon three leopards' faces, or., and a chain reflexed over the back, gold. | Mottoes | Qui uti scit, ei bona. |
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| BESSBOROUGH | Earl of (John-George Brabazon Ponsonby), Viscount Duncannon, of the Fort of Duncannon |
| Arms | Gu., a chevron, between three combs, arg. | Crest | In a ducal coronet, az., three arrows, one in pale, and two in saltier, points downwards, enveloped with a snake, ppr. | Supporters | Two lions, regardant, ppr. | Mottoes | Pro rege, lege, grege. |
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| BETHUNE | Lindesay-Bethune, Sir John-Trotter, of Kilconquhar |
| Arms | Quarterly : Ist and 4th, arg., a fesse, between three mascles, or, for BETHUNE ; 2nd and 3rd, arg., a chevron, sa., charged with an otter's head, erased, of the first. | Crest | An otter's head, erased, ppr. | | | | |
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| BEVERLEY | Earl of (George Percy), and Baron Lovaine, of Alnwick |
| Arms | Quarterly : Ist and 4th, quarterly, Ist and 4th, or, a lion, rampant, az., for the arms of the Duke of BRABANT ; 2nd and 3rd, gu., three luces, haurient, ppr., for LUCY ; 2nd and 3rd quarterings, az., five fusils, in fesse, or, for PERCY ; a crescent, for difference. | Crest | On a chapeau, gu., turned up, erm., a lion, abatant, az., tail extended, charged on the shoulder with a crescent, arg. | Supporters | Dexter, a lion, az., charged on the shoulder with a crescent, arg. ; sinister, a unicorn, arg., armed, unguled, maned, tuffed, and ducally gorged, or ; on the shoulder a double shackle, fessewise, gold. | Mottoes | Espérance en Dieu. |
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| BIDDULPH | Sir Theophilus-William, of Westcombe |
| Arms | Vert, an eagle, displayed, arg. | Crest | A wolf, rampant, arg., wounded on the shoulder, ppr. | | | | |
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| BIRCH | Sir Thomas-Bernard, of the Hasles |
| Arms | Az., three fleurs-de-lis, arg. ; on a chief, of the last, three mullets, sable. | Crest | A mount, vert, thereon a hare, sa., collared, arg. | | | Mottoes | Libertas. |
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| BISSHOPP | Sir George-Curzon, of Parham Park |
| Arms | Arg., on a bend, cotised, gu., three bezants. | Crest | On a ducal coronet, or, a griffin, sejant, arg., resting the dexter claw on an escocheon, of the last. | Supporters | Pro Deo et ecclesiâ. | | |
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| BLACKETT | ir Edward, of Matfen Hall |
| Arms | Arg., on a chevron, between three mullets, pierced, sa., three escallops, of the field. | Crest | A hawk's head, erased, ppr. | | | Mottoes | Nous travaillerons en espérance. |
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| | Arms | Arg., a saltier, sa. ; on a chief, of the last, three hollyleaves, of the field. | Crest | The sun rising from a cloud, ppr. | | | Mottoes | Per vias rectas. |
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| BLAIR | Hunter-Blair, Sir Edward |
| Arms | Quarterly ; Ist, arg., on a chevron, gu., between three bugles, vert, garnished, of the second, an annulet, or, for HUNTER ; 2nd, arg., on a chevron, gu., between three cross-crosslets, fitchée, sa., three fleurs-de-lis, all within a double tressure, flory-counterflory, or, for KENNEDY of Culzean ; 3rd, arg., on a saltier, sa., nine mascles, of the field ; and in chief, a star of eight points, gu., for Blair ; 4th, arg., a shakefork, sa., and in chief, a rose, gu., for CUNNINGHAME of Brownhill. | Crest | A stag's head, cabossed, ppr. | Supporters | Dexter, a dog of chasse, salient, arg. ; sinister, an antelope, springing, ppr., gorged with an open crown, and a chain hanging thereat, or. | Mottoes | Vigilantia, robur, voluptas. |
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| BLAKE OF LANGHAM | Blake, Sir Henry-Charles, of Langham |
| Arms | Arg., a fret, gu. | Crest | A leopard, passant, ppr. | | | | |
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| BLAKE OF MENLOUGH | Blake, Sir Thomas-Edward, of Menlough Castle |
| Arms | Arg., a fret, gu. | Crest | A cat, passant-guardant, ppr. | | | Mottoes | Virtus sola nobilitas. |
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| BLAKE OF TWISEL CASTLE | Blake, Sir Francis, of Twisel Castle |
| Arms | Arg., a chevron, between three garbs, sa. ; on a canton, az., a fret, or. | Crest | A martlet, arg., charged in the breast with a fret, gu. | | | | |
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| | Arms | Arg., two bars, gu. ; in chief, three cocks, of the last. | Crest | A cock, gu. | | | Mottoes | Doe well, and doubt not. |
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| BLANE | Sir Hugh-Seymour, of Blanefield |
| Arms | Arg., on a fesse, sa., a mullet, between two crescents, of the field ; in base, a rose, gu. ; in the centre chio' point, an anchor, erect, entwined by a serpent, ppr. | Crest | A sword, erect, ppr., pommel and hilt, or. | | | Mottoes | Paritur pax bello. |
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| BLANTYRE | Baron (Charles Stuart) |
| Arms | Or, a fesse, chequy, arg. and az., surmounted of a bend engrailed ; and in a chief, a rose, gu. | Crest | A dove, with an olive leaf in its mouth, ppr. | Supporters | Dexter, a savage, wreathed about his head and middle with laurel, and holding over his shoulder a club, all ppr. ; sinister, a lions, gules. | Mottoes | Sola juvat virtus. |
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| BLAYNEY | Baron (Cadwallader-Davis Blayney), of Monaghan |
| Arms | Sa., three nag's heads, erased, arg. | Crest | A nag's head, couped, arg., bridled, gu. ; on the forehead a piece of armour, with a projecting spike, ppr. | Supporters | Two horses, arg., bridled, saddled, and hoofed, or. | Mottoes | Integra mens augustissima possessio. |
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| BLENNERHASSETT | Sir Rowland, of Blennerville |
| Arms | Gu., a chevron, ermine, between three dolphins, embowed, arg. | Crest | A wolf, sejant, ppr. | | | Mottoes | Fortes fortuna juvat. |
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| BLOIS | Sir John-Ralph, Bart. of Cockfield Hall |
| Arms | Gu., a bend, vair, between two fleurs-de-lis, arg. | Crest | A gauntlet, ppr., holding a fleur-de-lis, arg. | | | Mottoes | Je me fie en Dieu. |
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| BLOMEFIELD | Sir Thomas-Eardley Wilmot, of Attleborough |
| Arms | Sa., on a chevron, arg., a branch of laurel between two bomb-shells, fired, ppr. ; and in a canton, or, a spear-head, embrued, ppr. | Crest | Issuant from a mural crown, arg., a demi-heraldic tiger, az., armed and tufted, or, collared, arg., and holding a sword, broken in the middle, ppr. | | | | |
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| BLOOMFIELD | Baron (John-Arthur-Douglas Bloomfield, K.O.B.), of Redwood |
| Arms | Arg., three lozenges, in fesse, gu., between as many cinquefoils, az. ; on a canton of the last, three ostrich feathers of the field, issuing through the rim of a royal coronet, or. | Crest | Out of a mural crown, or, charged with two cinquefoils, in fesse, az., a bull's head, ppr. | Supporters | On either side a horse, regardant, arg., their tails flowing between their hind legs, each gorged with a chaplet of oak, ppr. ; the dexter charged, on the shoulder, with an escocheon, gu., thereon a plume of feathers, as on the canton in the shield ; and the sinister with an escocheon, or, charged with a grenage, sa., fired, ppr. | Mottoes | Fortes fortuna juvat. |
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| BLOSSE | Lynch-Blosse, Sir Robert, of Castle Carra |
| Arms | Az., a chevron, between three trefoils, slipped, or. | Crest | On a wreath, a lynx, passant, coward, arg. | | | Mottoes | Nec temere, nec timide. |
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| BLOUNT | Sir Edward, Bart. of Sodington |
| Arms | Barry-nebulée, of six, or and sa. | Crest | An armed foot in the sun. | | | Mottoes | Lux tua vita mea. |
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| BLUNDEN | Sir Jihn, of Castle Blunden |
| Arms | Ist and 4th, arg., ten billets, four, three, two and one, sa. ; 2nd and 3rd, or, a lion, passant-guardant, per pale, gu. and sa. | Crest | Ist, a demi-lion, rampant, per fesse, sa. and arg., armed and langued, gu. ; 2nd, a griffin, egreant, vert, armed, winged, and beaked, or. | | | Mottoes | Cedamus amori. |
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| | Arms | Barry-nebulée of six, or and sa. | Crest | The sun in glory, charged on the centre with an eye, issuing tears, all ppr. | | | Mottoes | Lux tua vita mea. |
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