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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 |  | CRANSTOUN | Baron (James-Edward Cranstoum) of Creeling, in the peerage of Scotland |
| Arms | Gu., three cranes, arg. | Crest | A crane, toosting with its head under its wing, and holding up a stone with its right foot, all ppr. | Supporters | Dexter, a lady, richly attired, upper vestment gu., under, or, holding out in her right hand a branch of straw berries, ppr. ; sinister, a stag, all ppr. | Mottoes | Thou shalt want ere I want. |
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| CRANWORTH | Baron (Robert-Monsey Rolfe, M.A.), of Cranworth |
| Arms | Gyronny of eight, arg. and gu., an eagle, displayed, sa., charged on the breast with a sun in splendour, or. | Crest | A dove, arg., in the beak a sprig of olive, ppr., ducally gorged, gu., and resting the dexter foot upon three annulets, interlaced, or. | Supporters | On either side a stag, or, charged on the neck with four banulets, sable ; upon the attires a ribbon, gu., passing through an annulet, gold. | Mottoes | Post nubila Phoebus. |
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| CRAVEN | Earl of (William Craven), Viscount Uffington, and Baron Craven, of Hamstead-Marshall |
| Arms | Arg., a fesse, between six cross-crosslets, fitchée, gu. | Crest | On a chapeau, purpure, turned up, erm., a griffin, statant, wings elevated and endorsed, of the last, beaked, or. | Supporters | Two griffins, erm. | Mottoes | Virtus in actione consistit. |
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| CRAUFURD | Sir George-William, of Kilbirney |
| Arms | Gu., a fesse, erm. | Crest | An ermine. | | | Mottoes | Sine labe nota. |
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| | CRAWFORD AND BALCARRES | Earl of (James Lindsay) |
| Arms | Quarterly : first and fourth, gu., a fesse, chequy, arg. and az., for LINDSAY. Second and third, or, a lion, rampant, gu., debruised of a ribbon, in bend, sa., for ABERNETHY ; all within a bordure of the third, semée of stars, or. | Crest | An ostrich, ppr., holding in his mouth a key, or. | Supporters | Two lions, sejant, guardant, gu. | Mottoes | Endure fort. |
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| CREMORNE | Baron (Richard Dawson), of Castle Dawson |
| Arms | Quarterly : Ist and 4th az., on a bend, engrailed, or, three martlets, gu. ; 2nd and 3rd, gu., three torches, erect, two one, ppr. | Crest | An estoile of six points, or. | Supporters | Dexter, an Irish wolf-dog ; sinister, an elk both ppr., plain collared, and chained, or. | Mottoes | Toujours propice. |
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| CREWE | Baron (Hungerford Crewe), of Crewe |
| Arms | Quartely : Ist and 4th, az., a lion rampant, arg. ; 2nd and 3rd, arg., a cross flory, gu. ; charged with a lion, passant, of the field. | Crest | Out of a ducal coronet, or, a lion's gamb, erect, arg. | Supporters | Dexter, a lion, arg., collared, gu., thereon three roses, or ; sinister, a griffin, sa., wings, arg., beaked and legged, gu. | Mottoes | Sequor nec inferior. |
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| CREWE | Sir John-Harpur, of Calke Abbey |
| Arms | Quarterly : Ist and 4th, az., a lion, rampant, arg., 2nd and 3rd, arg., a lion, rampant, within a bordure, engrailed, sa. | Crest | Ist, out of ducal coronet, or, a lion's gamb, erect, arg. ; 2nd, a boar, passant, or, ducally gorged, gu. | | | Mottoes | Degeneranti genus opprobium. |
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| CROFT | Sir Archer-Denman, of Croft Castle |
| Arms | Quarterly : per fesse, indented, az. and arg., in the Ist quarter, a lion, passant-guardant, or. | Crest | A wyvern, sa., vulned in the side, gu. Prior to 1520, the crest borne by the family was a lion, passant-guardant, arg. | | | Mottoes | Esse quam videri. |
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| | | | | | | | Mottoes | Esse quam videri ; and over the second crest, Valor e lealdad. |
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| CROFTON | Baron (Edward Crofton), of Mote |
| Arms | Per pale, indented, or and az., a lion, passant-guardant, counterchanged. | Crest | A stalk of wheat, or. | Supporters | Dexter, a lion, az. ; sinister, a stag, ppr., armed and hoofed, or. | Mottoes | Dat Deus incrementum ; and Pro patriâ et rege. |
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| CROFTON OF MOHILL HOUSE | Sir Morgan-George, of Mohill House |
| Arms | Per pale, indented, or and az., a lion, passant-guardant, counterchanged. | Crest | Seven ears of wheat on one stalk, ppr. | | | Mottoes | Dat Deus incrementum. |
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| CROFTON OF LONGFORD HOUSE | Sir Malby |
| Arms | Per pale, indented, or and az., a lion, passant-guardant, counterchanged. | Crest | Seven ears of wheat on one stalk, ppr. | | | Mottoes | Dat Deus incrementum. |
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| CROSBIE | Sir Willaim-Edward, of Maryborough, Queen's County |
| Arms | Arg., a lion rampant, sa., in chief, two dexter hands, couped, and erect, gu. | Crest | Three swords, two in saltire, the points in base, the other in pale, the point upwards, enveloped with a snake, all ppr. | | | Mottoes | Indignante invidia florebit justus. |
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| CUFFE | Wheeler-Cuffe, Sir Charles-Francis-Denny |
| Arms | Arg., on a bend indented, sa., three fleurs-de-lis, of the field, between two cotises, az., each charged with three bezants. | Crest | An armed man, embowed, az., holding a baton, gu. | | | Mottoes | Animus tamen idem. |
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| CUMBERLAND | See Royal Family |
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| CUMMING OF ALTYRES | See Gordon, of Gordonstoun |
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| CUNARD | Sir Samuel, of bush Hill House |
| Arms | Az., on a fesse, wavy, arg., between two barrulets, also wavy, or, three anchors, sa. | Crest | On a rock, ppr., a falcon, wings expanded, arg., the dexter claw resting on a cinquefoil, az. | | | Mottoes | By perseverance. |
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| | CUNINGHAME | Sir ThomasMontgomery, of Corshill |
| Arms | Arg., a shake-fork, sa. : in chief a crescent, az. | Crest | An unicorn's head, erased, ppr. | Supporters | Two conies, ppr. | Mottoes | Over fork over. |
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| CUNLIFFE | Sir Robert-Alfred |
| Arms | Sa., three conies, courant, arg. | Crest | A greyhound, sejant, arg., collared, sa. | | | Mottoes | Fideliter. |
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| CUNYNGHAM | Dick-Cunyngham, Sir William-Hanmer, of Prestonfield |
| Arms | Quarterly : Ist and 4th, arg., a sheaf-fork, sa., within a bordure, erm., for CUNYNGHAM ; 2nd and 3rd, erm., a fesse, az., betwixt two mullets, in chief, and a hart's head, erased, in base, attired with ten tynes, gu., for DICK ; the whole being within a bordure, or. | Crest | On dexter side, a dexter hand holding a plumb-rule, ppr. : on sinister side, a ship in distress, ppr. | Supporters | On a compartment below the shied, whereon the words "Via tuta virtus" are placed, for supporters, two horses at liberty, sa. | Mottoes | Above dexter crest, "Ad amussim". Above sinister crest, "At spes infracta. |
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| CUNNYNGHAM OF CAPRINGTON | This family is of very great antiquity in North Britain |
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| CUNYNGHAME | Sir David-Thurlow, of Milneraig |
| Arms | Arg., a shake-fork between three fleurs-de-lis, sa. | Crest | An unicorn's head, armed and crined, or. | Supporters | Dexter, a knight, in armour, holding in his exterior hand a spear ; sinister, a countryman, in his exterior hand a hay-fork. | Mottoes | Over fork over. |
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| | Arms | Gu., a saltier, arg. ; in chief, a rose, of the last, barbed and sceded, ppr. | Crest | A cock, gu., | Supporters | Largs | | |
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| CURTIS | Sir Lucius, of Gatcombe |
| Arms | Per fesse, wavy, arg. and sa., in chief the rock of Gibraltar, surrounded by fortifications and the sea, and in base, three fleurs-de-lis, of the first ; on a canton, gu., a sword, erect, ppr., hilted and pommelled, or, entwisted with a palm-branch, vert. | Crest | Out of a naval coronet, or, an arm, habited, az., cuffed, arg., supporting a flag-staff, ppr., thereon a flag, az., charged with a wolf's head, or ; in the canton, gyronny of four, gu. and az., a cross, arg., all within a bordure, or. | | | Mottoes | Per ardua. |
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| | Arms | Paly of six, or and az., a fesse chequy, arg. and sa. ; on a canton, gu., a dragon's wing, erect, of the third ; in base a sword, ppr., pommel and hilt, of the first, surmounting a key in saltier, of the second. | Crest | A ram's head, couped, arg., surmounted by two branches of oak in saltier, ppr. | | | Mottoes | Gradatim vincimus. |
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| CUYLER | Sir Charles, of St John's Lodge |
| Arms | Per pale, embattled, gu., and az., an arrow in bend, or, barbed and flighted, arg., point upwards. | Crest | On a mural crown, ppr., a battle-axe, erect, surmounted by two arrows in saltier, or, flighted, arg., points downwards. | | | | |
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