Admiral Sir Joseph NIAS KCB
b. 1793 – d.1879
Party per pale Gules and Azure a naval crown and issuant therefrom a flag Or inscribed with word “China” in letters Sable between four Cornish choughs Argent beaked and membered of the first.
Sources:
a) Grantees of Arms 1943 Vol XLVI fol 369
b) Armorial Families 1902
Family details (not necessarily complete);
1 Sir Joseph Nias b.1793 m.1855 (Caroline Isabella Laing) d.1879
1.1 Joseph Baldwin Nias MD b.1856 m.1896 (Frances Miriam Clare Dayrell) d.1919
1.1.1 Felicity Frances Ysobel Nias b.1897 m.1920 (Guthrie Llewellyn Malcolm)
1.2 Lydia Mary Nias b.1858 b.1885
1.3 Arthur Nias b.1859 d.1932
1.4 Isabella Nias b.1862 m.1884 (Lt Henry Compton Anderson Baynes RN) d.1949
1.4.1 Capt Denman Lambert H Baynes MC RGA b. 1886 KIA 1918
1.5 Caroline Nias b.1865 d.1948
Sources;
a) Armorial Families 1902
b) Ancestry.co.uk
c) The London Gazette
d) The Times Digital Archive
