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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 |  | | Arms | Or, a cross, engrailed. per pale, gu. and sa. | Crest | A Brock, or badger, ppr. | | | Mottoes | Fast without fraudo. |
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| BROOKE | Sir Victor-Alexander, of Cole-Brooke |
| Arms | Or, a cross, engrailed, per pale, sa. and gules ; a crescent for difference. | Crest | A brock, or, badger, passant, ppr. | | | | |
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| BROUGHAM | Brougham and Vaux, Baron (Henry Brougham, F.R.S.), of Brougham |
| Arms | Quarterly : Ist, gu., a chevron between three luces, arg., for Brougham ; 2nd, or, a fesse, chequy, gold and gu., between three barbs of the third, banded of the first ; in chief, a label of three points, az., for VAUX of CATTERLEN ; 3rd, arg., a bend, chequy, or en gu., for VAUX of TRYERMAYNE ; 4th, gu., a cross fleury, or, for DELAMORE. | Crest | A hand and arm in armour, holding a lucy, arg. ; on the elbow, a rose, gules. | Supporters | Dexter, a lion, vert, armed and langued, gules ; collared with a Vaux Collar, chequy, or, and of the second ; sinister, a white hart, antlers and hoofs, or, in his mouth a rose, gu., barbed and seeded, vert, in allusion to the castle of Highhead, which Lord Brougham holds of the king in capite, by the service of the red rose, rendered annually at Carliste. It came from the family of the l'Engley's, or English, to the Richmonds, and thence, by marriage, to the Broughams. | Mottoes | Pro rege, lege, grege. |
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| BROUGHTON | Baron (John-Cam Hobhouse, G.C.B), of Broughton Giffard |
| Arms | Per pale, az. and gu., three crescents, arg., issuant therefrom as many estoiles, irradiated, or. | Crest | Out of a mural crown, per pale, az. and gu., a crescent and estoile, as in the arms. | Supporters | On either side a horse, sa., charged on the shoulder with an estoile, radiated, or. | Mottoes | Spes vitae melioris. |
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| BROUGHTON | Sir Henry Delves, of Broughton |
| Arms | Arg., two bars, gu. ; on a canton of the second, a cross of the field. | Crest | A sea-dog's head, gu., erased and finned, arg. | | | | |
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| BROUN | Sir William, of Colstoun |
| Arms | Gu., three fleur-de-lis, or. | Crest | A lion rampant, holding in the dexter paw a fleur-de-lis, or. | Supporters | On each side, a lion, arg., guardant, having a paw charged as in the crest. | Mottoes | Floreat majestas. |
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| BROWNLOW | Earl (John-William-Spencer-Brownlow Egerton), Viscount Alford, Baron Brownlow, of Belton |
| Arms | Arg., a lion, rampant, gu,. Between three pheons, sa. | Crest | On a chapeau, turned up, erm., a lion, rampant, gu., supporting a pheon, arg. | Supporters | Two lions, regardant, arg., gorged with collars, gules, buckled, or. | Mottoes | Opera illius mea sunt. |
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| BROWNRIGG | Sir Robert-William-Colebrooke |
| Arms | Arg., a lion, rampant-guardant, sa., between three crescent, gu., in the dexter fore-paw a sword, ppr., pommel and hilt, gold, entwined by a serpent, vert. A chief, embattled, thereon a representation of the sceptre and banner of the kingdom of Kandy, in saltier, the banner being gules within a bordure, with a ray of the sun issuing from each angle ; a lion, passant, holding a sword, in saltier ; the whole ensigned with a representation of the crown of Kandy. | Crest | Out of a mural crown, or, a sword erect, ppr., pommel and hilt, gold, entwined by a serpent, vert. A demi-Kandian, holding in the dexter hand a sword, and in the sinister, the crown of Kandy. | | | Mottoes | Virescat vulnere virtus. |
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| BRUCE | Sir Michael, of Stenhouse |
| Arms | Or, a saltier and chief, gu. ; in the dexter canton, an escocheon, arg., charged with a chief, sa. | Crest | On a cap of dignity, an arm from the shoulder couped, fesseways, holding a sceptre, ensigned on the point with an open crown, as that worn by Robert 1 of Scotland. | Supporters | Dexter,a knight in armour, with a sword by his side, the vizor open, and a plume of feathers in his helmet, holding a sceptre in his right hand, all ppr. ; sinister, a lion rampant, az., armed and langued, gu., crowned with Robert I's crown, and gorged with David II's, chained with an antique chain, or. | Mottoes | Over the crest, "Fuimus", under the shield, "Do well, and doubt not". |
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| BRUCE | Sir Henry-Hervey, of Downhill |
| Arms | Or, on a saltier, gu., a harp of the field ; on a chief of the 2nd, a canton, arg., charged with a lion, rampant, az. | Crest | A lion, passant, az., holding in his dexter paw a trefoil, slipped, ppr. | | | Mottoes | Fuimus. |
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| BRYDGES | Jones-Brydges, Sir Harford-James, Bart. of Boultibrook |
| Arms | Quarterly : Ist and 4th, arg., a chief, gu. ; over all a bend, engrailed, sa., charged on the chief point with a chaplet, or, for BRYDGES ; 2nd and 3rd, arg., a chevron, between three crows, sa. ; in chief, the star of the order of the Crescent ; on a chief of augmeutation, vert, a lion couchant in front of the sun in splendour, ppr., being the royal arms of Persia, and confirmed by royal warrant in 1810, for JONES. | Crest | For BRYDGES : Ist, two wings, indorsed, arg., charged with a bend, engrelaid, sa. For JONES : 2nd, on a cushion, gu., garnished and tasselled, or, a representation of the royal crown of Persia ; 3rd, a crow, sa., resting the dexter claw on the star of the order of the Crescent. | Supporters | Dexter, a wyvern, vert, gorges with an Eastern crown, or ; sinister, a lion, ppr., gorged with an Eastern crown, vert ; granted by royal warrant in 1810. | Mottoes | Deus pascit cervos. |
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| BRYDGES | Sir Ferdinand-Stanley-Head, of Denton Court |
| Arms | As borne by the Baronet - Arg., on a cross, sa., a leopard's face, or ; but the following are the ensigns registered in the Herald's College : Arg., on a cross, sa., a leopard's face, between two pheons, in pale, the points towards each other, and piercing the face, or ; in the Ist quarter, a lion, rampant, gu., holding between the paws a pheon, the point downwards, of the second. | Crest | As registered in the Herald's Office - The bust of a man, head, ppr., hair and beard, sa., vest, arg., collar, gu. ; cap, or, band and tassel, of the third ; the cap and vest charged each with a pheon, the point downwards, of the first. As borne by the Baronet - A Saracen's head, ppr., vested, paly, of the first and gu., and semé of roundles counterchanged, the cap ermine, and on his head a cap, or, lined with white fur. | | | Mottoes | Maintien le droit. |
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| BUCCLEUCH | Buccleuch and Queensbury, Duke of (Walter-Francis Montagu-Douglas-Scott, D.C.L.), Marquess of Dumfriesshire, Earl of Drumlanrig, Buccleuch, Sanquhar, and Dalkeith, |
| Arms | Quarterly : Ist and 4th, the Royal Arms of King Charles II., (viz., quarterly : Ist and 4th, France and England, quarterly : 2nd Scotland ; 3rd, Ireland), debruised by a baton sinister, arg. ; 2nd, or, on a bend, az., a mullet of six points, between two crescents of the field, for SCOTT : 3rd, quartely, Ist and 4th, arg., a human heart, gu., crowned with an imperial crown, or, and on a chief, az., three mullets of the fiel, for DOUGLAS ; 2nd and 3rd, az., a bend between six cross-crosslets, fitchée, or, for MAR : the whole of this quarter within a bordure, or, charged with the double tressure of Scotland, gu. | Crest | A stag, trippant, ppr., attired and unguled, or. | Supporters | Two females, richly attired in antique habits vert, their under robes, az., the uppermost, ar., and upon their heads plumes of three ostrich feathers, of the last. | Mottoes | Amo. |
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| BUCHAN | Earl of (David-Stuart Erskine), and Lord Cardross |
| Arms | Quarterly : Ist, az., three garbs, or, the feudal arms of the Earldom of Bute ; 2nd, quarterly, Ist and 4th, az., a bend between six cross-crosslets, fitchée, or, for MARR ; 2nd and 3rd, arg., a pale, sa., for ERSKINE ; 3rd, quarterly, Ist and 4th, or, a fesse chequy, az. and arg., for STEWART of KIRKHILLl ; 2nd and 3rd, az., three garbs, or, for Cumyn, Earls of Buchan : 4th, arg., three bars gemelles, gu., surmounted of a lion, rampant, sa., armed and membered, az., for FAIRFAX. Over all, on an escocheon, gu., an eagle, displayed, or, looking towards the sun in its splendour, placed towards the dexter chief point, being a coat of augmeutation for the lordship of CARDROSS. | Crest | A dexter arm, holding a club or baton, raguled, ppr. | Supporters | Two ostriches, ppr. | Mottoes | Judge nought. |
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| BUCKINGHAM | Buckingham and Chandos, Duke and Marquess of (Richard-Plantagenet Temple-Hugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, D.C.L. and F.S.A.) Earl Temple, Viscount and Baron Cobham |
| Arms | Quarterly : Ist, vert, on a cross, arg., five torteaux, for GRENVILLE : 2nd, quarterly, Ist and 4th, or, an eagle, displayed, sa., for LEOFRIC : 2nd and 3rd, arg., two bars, sa., each charged with three martlets, or, for TEMPLE ; 3rd, erm., two bars, gu., for Nuoent ; 4th, arg., on a cross, sa., a leopard's face, or, for BRYDGES ; 5th, or, a pile, gu., for CHANDOS ; 6th, as Ist. | Crest | Ist, GRENVILLE, a garb, vert : 2nd, TEMPLE, on a ducal coronet, a martlet, or ; 3rd, BRYDGES, the bust of an old man, in profile, couped below the shoulders, ppr., habited paly of six, arg. and gu., semée of roundles, counterchanged, wreathed round the temples of the second and az. ; 4th, for CHANDOS, a Saracen's head, couped at the shoulders and affronté, ppr., wreathed about the temples, arg. and sa. | Supporters | Dexter, a lion, oer fesse, embattled, or and gu. ; sinister, a horse, arg., semée of eaglets, sa. | Mottoes | Templa quam dilecta. |
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| BUCKINGHAMSHIRE | Earl of (Augustus-Edward Hobart), Baron Hobart, of Blickling |
| Arms | Sa., an estoile of eight rays, or, between two flaunches, erm. | Crest | A bull, passant, per pale, sa. and gu., bezantée, in the nose a ring, or. | Supporters | Dexter, a stag ; sinister, a talbot, both, ppr., and regardant, each gorged with a radiant collar, and lined, or. | Mottoes | Auctor pretiosa facit. |
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| BULKELEY OF PENRYN | Bt., see Williams-Bulkeley |
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| BULWER-LYTTON | Bart., see Lytton |
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| BUNBURY | Sir Henry-Edward, of Stanney Hall |
| Arms | Arg., on a bend, sa., three chess rooks, of the field. | Crest | Two swords, saltierwise, through the mouth of a leopard's face, or, the blades, ppr., hilted, gold. | | | Mottoes | Firmum in vitâ nihil. |
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| BUNBURY | Richardson-Bunbury, The Rev. Sir John, of Castle Hill |
| Arms | Quarterly : Ist and 4th, erm., a chess rook, between two leopard's faces in bend, between two bendlets, sa., for BUNBURY ; 2nd and 3rd, az., on a fesse, arg., between an ancient ship, the sails furled, in chief ; and in base, a saltier, a bull's head, couped, or, for RICHARDSON. | | | Supporters | BUNBURY : in front of a tree, ppr., on a mount vert, a leopard's head, paly of six, arg. and sa., transfixed by two arrows in saltier, also ppr. RICHARDSON : a lion rampant, erm., in the mouth a trefoil, slipped, vert, between the fore-paws a torteaux, charged with a cross-crosslet, or. | Mottoes | Virtus paret robur. |
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| BURDETT | Sir Robert, of Foremark |
| Arms | Az., two bars, or, on each three martlets, gu. | Crest | A lion's head, erased, sa., langued, gu. | | | | |
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| BURDETT | Sir Charles-Wentworth, of Burthwaite |
| Arms | Paly of six, arg. and sa. ; on a bend, gu., three martlets, or, quartering WYNDHAM. | Crest | On a tower, arg., a martlet, with wings displayed, or. | | | | |
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| BURGOYNE | Sir John Montagu, |
| Arms | Gu., a chevron, or, between three talbots, arg. ; on a chief embattled, of the last, as many martlets, az. | Crest | A talbot, sejant, or, cars, sa., and plain collared, gu. | | | | |
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| | Arms | Gu., a chevron, or, between three talbots, statant, arg. ; on a chief, embattled, of the last, three martlets, az. ; a bordure, wavy, ermine. | Crest | A talbot, sejant, or, eared, sa., collared, gu., charged with a bendlet, wavy, sinister, also gu. | | | Mottoes | Bear and forbear. |
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| BURKE OF GLINSK | Burke, Sir Joseph, of Glinsk |
| Arms | Or, a cross, gu. ; in the first quarter, a lion, rampant, sa. | Crest | Out of a ducal coronet, or, a plume of five ostrich feathers, arg. | | | Mottoes | In hoc signo vinces. |
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| BURKE OF MARBLE HILL | Burke, Sir Thomas-John |
| Arms | Erminois, a cross, gu. ; in the first quarter, a lion, rampant, sa. | Crest | A cat-a-mountain, sejant, guardant, ppr., collared and chained, or. | | | Mottoes | Ung roy, ung foy, ung loy. |
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| BURNABY | Sir William-Edward |
| Arms | Arg., two bars, gu. ; in chief, a lion, passant-guardant, per pale of the second and vert. | Crest | Out of naval crown, a demi-lion, rampant-guardant, or : in the dexter paw a staff, ppr., thereon a flag, gu. | | | Mottoes | Pro rege. |
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| BURNETT | Sir James-Horn, of Leys |
| Arms | Arg., three holly leaves, in chief, vert, and a hunting horn, in base, sa., garnished, gu. | Crest | A hand with a knife, pruning a vine-tree, ppr. | Supporters | A highlander in a hunting garb, and a greyhound. | Mottoes | Virescit vulnere virtus. |
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| BURRARD OF LYMINGTON | Burrard, Sir Charles, of Lymington |
| Arms | Per fesse, embattled, gu. and az., a lion, passant, erminois, between three stars of six points, or ; on a canton, arg., a sword, erect, ppr. | Crest | Out of a mural crown, per pale, or and arg., an arm in bend, the hand grasping a sword ; about the arm a wreath of laurel, ppr. | | | Mottoes | Perseverance. |
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| BURRARD OF WALHAMPTON | Burrard, Sir George, Bart. Of Walhampton |
| Arms | Az., a lion, passant, arg., between two estoiles, and a cross-crosslet, fitchée, in base, of the second ; on a chief, or, two lions, rampant, combatant, gu., supporting a hand, of the last. | Crest | Out of a naval crown, or, a cubit arm, erect, encircled by a branch of oak, ppr., the hand grasping a trident, in bend sinister, point downwards, gold. | Supporters | On either side a lion, regardant, arg., standing upon an anchor, ppr., supporting a trident, erect, or, gorged with a naval crown, therefrom a chain reflexed over the back, az. | Mottoes | Persevere. |
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| BURRELL | Sir Charles-Merrik, of Valentine House |
| Arms | Vert, three plain shields, arg., each having a bordure, engrailed, or. | Crest | A naked arm, embowed, and holding a branch of laurel, both ppr. | | | Mottoes | Sud libertate quietem. |
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| BURTON | Sir Charles-William-Cuffe, of Pollacton |
| Arms | Per pale, az. and purp., a cross, engrailed, or, between four roses, arg. | Crest | On a ducal coronet, a dexter gauntlet, the palm inwards, all ppr. | | | Mottoes | Deus providebit. |
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| BUTE | Marquess of (John-Patrick Crichton-Stuart), Earl of Windsor ; Viscount Mountjoy, of the Isle of Wight ; Baron Mountstuart, of Wortley |
| Arms | Quarterly : Ist and 4th, or, a fesse, chequy, az. and arg., within a double tressure, flory-counterflory, gu., for STUART. 2nd and 3rd, arg., a lion rampant, az., for CRICHTON. | Crest | Ist, a demi-lion, rampant, gu., and over it the motto "Nobilis est ira leonis", for STUART ; 2nd, a wyvern, fire issuant from the mouth, all ppr., for CRICHTON. | Supporters | Dexter, a horse, arg., bridled, gu. ; sinister, a stag, ppr., attired, or. | Mottoes | Avito viret honore. |
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| BUTLER | Sir Thomas, of Garryhundon |
| Arms | Or, a chief, intended., az., a martlet for difference. | Crest | Out of a ducal coronet, or, a plume of five ostrich feathers, therefrom a falcon, rising, arg. | | | Mottoes | Comme je trouve. |
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| BUXTON | Sir Robert-Jacob, of Shadwell Court |
| Arms | Ist coat, arg., a lion rampant, sa., tail elevated and raised over the head ; 2nd coat, sa., two bars, arg. ; on a canton of the 2nd, a buck of the Ist, attired, or. | Crest | A buck's head, gu., and a pelican, or. | | | Mottoes | "Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might". |
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| | Arms | Arg., a lion, rampant, tail elevated and turned over the head, sa., between two mullets, of the second. | Crest | A buck's head, couped, gu., attired, or, gorged with a collar, of the last, therefrom pendent an escutcheon, arg., charged with an African's head, sa. | Supporters | Dexter, an African, sa., wreathed about the head and loins, vert ; sinister, a buck, gu., attired, or. | Mottoes | Do it with thy might. |
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| BYRON | Baron (George-Anson Byron), of Rochdale |
| Arms | Arg., three bendlets, enhanced, gu. | Crest | A mermaid with her comb and mirror, all ppr. | Supporters | Two horses of a chesnut colour, ppr. | Mottoes | Crede Byron. |
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