The Arms and Side Arms of Sir George Francis Hampson Bt

I was sent a link to a German hunting forum that was seeking to find out how old was a Webley pistol.  Amongst the images were the following impaled Arms:

The German forum had identified the sinister Arms as those of Lt Col Alexander Kennedy Clark Kennedy CB (from my Kennedy Armorial).  Being a bit pushed for time I added a post & link at the Heraldry Society of Scotland’s forum.  In about 30 minutes flat the dexter Arms were identified by Arthur Radburn as those of Hampson.

A bit more delving revealed that Sir George Francis Hampson, 10th Baronet, married Minnie Frances Clark-Kennedy in 1893.

Dexter: Argent three hemp-brakes Sable (Hampson)

Sinister:  Argent A chevron Gules. between three cross crosslets fitchee Sable in the middle chief a fleur de lys Azure on a chief ermine the representation of a French eagle and flag with the inscription ‘L’empereur Napoleon au 105me Regiment d’infanteric de ligne’ thereon, and a sword disposed saltire-ways, and over the same the word ‘Waterloo.’  (Kennedy)

Bookplate: Frank McKno Bladon

I recently bought a copy of Gayre’s Heraldic Standards and other Ensigns at a book fair in Wilton, near Salisbury, the seat of the Earls of Pembroke.  The nice added “extra” for me was that it also included the bookplate for Frank McKno Bladon:

Arms: Gules three chevronels between in chief two mascles flory and in base an annulet all Argent.
Crest: On a wreath of the colours a griffin Gules resting the sinister claw on an annulet and charged on the wing with a mascle flory both as in the Arms.
Motto: Spe et Labore.

My initial search revealed the Arms in Fox-Davies’ 1929 Edition of Armorial Families:

I had a look in Burke’s General Armory* and the Harleian Society’s Grantees of Arms for more details about the Grant of Arms without success.  However, in Gayre’s Armorial Who is Who 1979-1980 he notes that the Arms were granted by the College of Arms 14 Aug 1928 in the name of John McKno Bladon (Frank McKno Bladon’s father).

In Fox-Davies’ Armorial Families the entry also lists the son of John McKno Bladon’s cousin as an armiger.  That would be the case if John McKno Bladon had the Grant of Arms in the name/memory of his grandfather, Thomas Bladon.

Through the power of Google and Ancestry.co.uk the family is as below.  Those in brown are the implied armigers if Fox-Davies is correct.  Those in blue are armigers as the Grantee and his descendants.

Descendants of Thomas Bladon

1 Thomas Bladon  + Sarah Timms b: 30 Oct 1804 in Ashby De La Zouch, Leicestershire, England, m: 05 Apr 1831 in Birmingham, West Midlands, England, d: 31 Mar 1901

1.1 George Thomas Bladon b: 1832 in Walsall, Staffordshire, England, d: 1916 in Southwell, Nottinghamshire, England; Age at Death: 84   + Mary Jane Hunt b: Abt. 1839 in Newton, Leicestershire, England, m: 06 Aug 1861

1.1.1 Emily Timms Bladon b: 11 Sep 1862 in London, London, Middlesex, England, d: 07 Sep 1945

1.1.2 Henry John Hunt Bladon b: Sep 1865 in Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom, d: 02 May 1896 in Hertfordshire, England; Age at Death: 30   + Edith Russell b: Abt. 1869 in Neston, Cheshire, England, m: 11 Apr 1894 in Wirral, Cheshire

1.1.2.1 Harold Russell Hunt Bladon b: 1895 in Bushey, Hertfordshire, England, d: 21 Aug 1933 in Middlesex, England; Age at Death: 37   + Carmen Elbo   + Lisa Elisevieta

1.2 Francis Finch Bladon b: 10 Feb 1838 in Walsall, Staffordshire, England, d: 15 Jan 1922 in Kinston upon Hull, Yorkshire-East Riding, England; Age at Death: 83  + Margaret Craig McKno b: Abt. 1832 in Honiton, Devon, England, m: 14 Aug 1862 in Honiton, Devon, England

1.2.1John McKno Bladon b: 29 Jul 1865 in Honiton, Devon, England, d: 06 Jun 1956 in Yorkshire, England; Age at Death: 90 + Ethel Dickinson b: Abt. 1874 in Gosforth, Northumberland, England, m: 19 Apr 1898

1.2.1.1John Dickinson Bladon b: 25 Nov 1907 in Sutton Hull, d: Sep 1979 in Hull, Humberside, England; Age at Death: 71  + Gertrude Mary Roe m: 06 Jul 1946 in Bridgwater, Somerset

1.2.1.1.1John Finch Bladon b: 30 Aug 1947 in Westmorland; Hull, Yorkshire, Northumberland + Alison Morag Robin b: 27 Jul 1955, m: 1979 in Derby, Derbyshire, England

1.2.1.1.1.1 James Christopher Bladon b: Dec 1981 in Beverley, Northamptonshire, Lincolnshire, Yorkshire

1.2.1.1.1.2Emma Jane Bladon b: Dec 1983 in Beverley, Northamptonshire, Lincolnshire, Yorkshire

1.2.1.1.2 Simon McKno Bladon b: 16 May 1952 in Westmorland; Hull, Yorkshire, Northumberland + Rebecca A D Hall m: 1985 in Kensington and Chelsea, London

1.2.1.1.2.1Jack Dickinson Bladon b: 10 Apr 1990 in Lambeth, Greater London

1.2.1.1.2.2Frederick McKno Bladon b: 12 Jan 1989 in Lambeth, Greater London

1.2.1.1.2.3 Camilla Mary Bladon b: 10 Jan 1987 in Lambeth, Greater London

1.2.1.2Edith Margaret Bladon b: 15 Feb 1899 in Sculcoates, Yorkshire East Riding, United Kingdom, d: Sep 1978 in Hull, Humberside, England; Age at Death: 79

1.2.1.3Frank McKno Bladon b: 26 Jul 1902 in Sculcoates, Yorkshire East Riding, United Kingdom, d: Sep 1970 in Mere, Wiltshire, England; Age at Death: 68  + Lilias Graeme Kington-Blair-Oliphant b: 10 Jul 1904, m: 01 Mar 1930, d: Mar 1989 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England; Age at Death: 84

1.2.1.3.1Charles Francis Oliphant Bladon b: 08 Mar 1931 + Brenda Joyce Tattersall m: 04 Dec 1954 in Hong Kong, China

1.2.1.3.1.1Helen Frances Bladon b: 20 Jun 1959

1.2.1.3.1.2 Diana Elizabeth Bladon b: 25 Jun 1956

1.2.1.3.2Julia Margaret Bladon b: 01 Mar 1934 in England

*  Burke’s General Armory has three entries for Bladen that may have been the “template” for the Bladon Grant of Arms:

1. Col Bladen 1715 – Arms: Gules three chevronnels Argent Crest: On a ducal crown a griffin passant winges extended Or holding in his mouth an arrow proper.
2. Bladen, Glastonbury - Arms: Gules three chevrons Argent Crest: A greyhound’s head erased proper.
3. Bladen (Alderman of Dublin 1663) Arms: Or three mascles in fess fleury Gules on a canton Azure a chevron of the field.

Bookplate: James Devereux Hustler

There is a bookplate on sale at eBay belonging to James Devereux Hustler.

Arms: Argent on a fesse Azure between two martlets Sable three fleurs-de-lis Or.

Crest: A talbot sejant Argent gorged with a collar Azure charged with three fleurs-de-lis Or.

Cambridge University Alumni, 1261-1900 shows that Rev’d James Devereux Hustler was the elder son of Thomas and Ann Hustler of Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, born 4 Dec 1784 and died 1846.  He had a son James Devereux Hustler born 17 May 1827 died 1906.

The Arms were originally granted to Sir William Hustler of Acklam Hall in 1726.  However, none of Sir William’s sons produced any children.  Acklam Hall and the Arms descended via his daughter with her descendants changing their name to Hustler by Royal Licence (see pedigree below).  The most recent generation bearing the Hustler Arms quartered with those of Hopkins.

From what I have found so far, it seems that the Rev’d James Devereux Hustler was not “lawfully” using the Hustler Arms.  A victim of a Georgian “bucket shop” perhaps?

From Burke’s Landed Gentry, 1937 edition:

1 Sir William Hustler of Acklam Hall d.1730
1.1 William Hustler spvp
1.2 Robert Hustler of Acklam Hall (heir to father) dsp c.1736
1.3 James Hustler of Acklam Hall (heir to brother) dsp
1.4 Anne Hustler (co-heir to brother James) m.1700 Thomas Peirse
1.4.1 Thomas Peirse
1.4.1.1 Thomas Peirse later Thomas Hustler of Acklam Hall (RL 1784) m1.1737 Jane Staines, m2.Mary Robinson, m3. Constance Hutton by whom
1.4.1.1.1 Thomas Hustler of Acklam Hall d.unm 1819
1.4.1.1.2 William Hustler m. Charlotte Meade
1.4.1.1.2.1 Thomas Hustler of Acklam Hall b.1801d.1874 m.1822 Charlotte Frances Eliza Wells
1.4.1.1.2.1.1 William Thomas Hustler of Acklam Hall JP DL b.1823 d.1909 m1.1851 Anna Maria Watkyn Richards, m2.1893 Harriet Badley
1.4.1.1.2.1.1.1 Marian Hustler d.1893 m.1878 Rev Reginald Edward Beaumont
1.4.1.1.2.1.1.1.1 Reginald Hustler Beaumont b.1879
1.4.1.1.2.1.1.1.2 William Hustler Beaumont b.1885
1.4.1.1.2.1.1.1.3 Marian Eva Hustler Beaumont b.1881 m.1908 Capt Frederick Scarth Beadon
1.4.1.1.2.1.2 Richard Hustler b.1824 d.1881
1.4.1.1.2.1.3 Rev George Hustler b.1826 d.1905 m.1849 Louisa Toovey-Hawley
1.4.1.1.2.1.3.1 Evereld Ellen Hustler d.1906 m.1872 Richard Hill
1.4.1.1.2.1.3.2 Constance Charlotte Hustler m.1876 Maj A Bingham Wright
1.4.1.1.2.1.4 Evereld Catherine Eliza Hustler d.1887 m.1864 William Randolf Innes Hopkins
1.4.1.1.2.1.4.1 William Hustler Hopkins later William Hustler Hustler of Acklam Hall (RL 1909) b.1866 d.1927 m.1898 Maud Frances Collingwood
1.4.1.1.2.1.4.1.1 William Mostyn Collingwood Hustler of Acklam Hall b.1899 d.1976 m.1930 Angela Joan Hanson
1.4.1.1.2.1.4.1.2 Thomas William Mostyn Hustler b.1934 d.2006 m.1972 Marilyn Rylands
1.4.1.1.2.1.4.1.3 Joanna Evereld Hustler b.1932
1.5 ? Hustler (co-heir to brother James)
1.6 Elizabeth Hustler (co-heir to brother James)
1.7 Evereld Hustler of Acklam Hall b.1698 d.1784

Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral; the Arms of Pope Benedict XVI

On Saturday whilst visiting my elder son, my wife and I popped into Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral.  On display there are the Arms of Pope Benedict XVI.  (I had not banked on HH the Pope becoming so newsworthy.)  Regrettably, I was only armed with my camera phone and as such my picture is not as good as I would wish.

The blazon:

Gules chape ployé Or with the scallop shell Or the dexter chape with a moor’s head Proper crowned and collared Gules the sinister chape a bear trippant Proper carrying a pack Gules belted Sable.

Hatchment: General Sir Henry Robert Ferguson Davie Bt

Over at the Heraldry Society of Scotland’s web forum Richard d’Apice found that the Hatchment for General Sir Henry Robert Ferguson Davie Bt for sale by auction by Aldridges of Bath.  It had a guide price of between £100 and £150 but eventually sold for £1,150.  

The 107th edition of Burke’s Peerage & Baronetage describes Henry Robert Ferguson as the illegitimate son of Robert Ferguson of Raith.  On 22nd March 1823, he married Frances Juliana, daughter of Sir John Davie, 8th Baronet, of Creedy, and niece and heiress of Sir Humphrey Davie, 10th and last Baronet, of Creedy.  (Her eldest brother, Sir John Davie 9th Bt, died unmarried in 1824 and her other brother, William, died in 1822.) On 9th February 1846 he assumed by Royal license the additional surname and Arms of Davie and the following year the baronetcy held by his wife’s family was revived when he was created a Baronet, of Creedy in the County of Devon on 9 January 1847. The hatchment does differ from the modern blazon and is probably also incorrect in its background colours.

Arms (Hatchment):  Quarterly 1st & 4th Argent a chevron Sable between three mullets pierced Gules 2nd Azure three cinquefoils two and one Or upon a chief of the last a lion passant Gules 3rd three cinquefoils two and one Or on a canton Argent [details are not clear] in centre point the Badge of Ulster.

Impaling: Argent a chevron between three mullets Gules.

Arms (modern):  Quarterly 1st & 4th Argent a chevron Sable between three mullets pierced Gules 2nd & 3rd Azure three cinquefoils two and one Or upon a chief of the last a lion passant Gules  in centre point the Badge of Ulster.

Crest: A pascal lamb reguardant Gules.

Motto:  ”Auspice Christo”  (Under the auspices of Christ)

Sir Henry Robert Ferguson Davie died 30th November 1885 with his wife predeceasing him on 12th April 1882.  On that basis the right hand half of the hatchment, representing his wife’s Arms, should  also have been painted black.

Harry Holmes-Tarn – Grant of Arms 1901

The Scottish Grant of Arms to Harry Holmes-Tarn were recently on sale on eBay.  The Grant is dated 9th September 1901 and signed by Sir James Balfour Paul.

Grant of Arms 1901

Arms: Parted per saltire Or and Gules two terns naiant in tarns or lochs undy proper one in chief and one in base.
Mantling: Gules and Or.
Crest:  On a wreath of his liveries on a garb fessewise a raven all proper.
Motto:  “Viret in asternum.” (It Flourishes Forever)

The Arms of Harry Holmes-Tarn were also included within Arthur Charles Fox-Davies 1929 edition of Armorial Families.

1929 Edition Armorial Families

1. Harry Holmes-Tarn (b.1871 d.1932) m.1895 Nora Adelgunde Martini (b.1873 d.1972)
   1. Donald Cunninghame Holmes-Tarn (b.1896 d.1905)
   2. Brigadier Kenneth Archibald Holmes-Tarn, late Royal Artillery (b.1898 d.1971) m1. Dorothy Mary Green (b.1893 d.1958) m2.1960 Elizabeth Grace Hankey (b.1914 d.1976)
   3. Captain Alastair Roderick Holmes-Tarn (b.1911 d.1967) m.1948 Nancy Emlyn Gore.

   Neither surviving son seems to have had any issue to continue the use of the Arms.

Photographs of the Grant courtesy of  the vendor, Mr Ashton C Cameron Stuart.

New Addition: Gush Armorial

I have just added an Armorial for Gush in respect of:

William Frederick GUSH of 53 Sussex Gardens, Hyde Park.

Sable a fasces erect proper between two owls Argent a chief ermine.

Sources:

a ) Grantees of Arm: 1882 Vol. LXI fol. 284

b) Blazon: BGA

Family details (not necessarily complete);

1 William Frederick Gush b: Abt. 1840 in Fulham, Middlesex, England, d: 16 Jun 1883 in Middlesex, England

… + Eliza Ann Jackson b: Abt. 1842 in Ealing, Middlesex, England, m: 1864, d: Bef. 1875

……2 William H Gush b: Abt. 1867 in St Pancras, Middlesex, England

……2 Frank Gush b: 1869 in Marylebone, Middlesex, England

……   + Annie Gardner Hawkins b: Abt. 1866

………3 Frank Gush b: 1902 in London, England

………3 Marjorie Gwendoline Gush b: 1911

………3 Ethel May Gush b: 1909 in Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales

……2 George Elgood Gush b: 1870 in Marylebone, Middlesex, England, d: 11 Oct 1941 in Hampshire, England

……   + Alice Mary Gaselee b: Abt. 1869 in Dulwich, Surrey, England, m: 1893 in Kingston, Surrey

………3 Charles Robert Gush b: 06 Feb 1895 in Norwood, Surrey, England, d: Dec 1973 in Surrey South Western, Surrey, England

………3 Dorothy A Gush b: Abt. 1899 in Malden, Surrey, England

………3 Alick William Gush b: 26 Jan 1897 in Malden, Surrey, England, d: Mar 1972 in Cuckfield, Sussex, England

……2 Rosalie L Gush b: Abt. 1866 in St Pancras, Middlesex, England

……2 Ethel Marcia Gush b: 1871 in St Pancras, London, United Kingdom, d: 28 Jan 1907 in Hampshire, England

……   + George Charles Howard b: Abt. 1860 in St Martins, London, England, m: 1900 in London

………3 George Howard b: Abt. 1900 in Earls Court, London, England

……2 Edward Basil Gush b: Abt. 1873 in St Pancras, d: Jan 1899 in Surrey, United Kingdom

… + Eliza Seal Bookham b: Abt. 1838 in West Malling, Kent, England, d: 04 Sep 1918 in Middlesex, England

……2 Geoffrey Bertram Gush b: Abt. 1880 in Paddington, London, England, d: 23 Sep 1948 in Chichester, Sussex, England

……   + Leoni

………3 Marjorie Emily May Gush b: Abt. 1905 in Wembley, Middlesex, England

………3 Geoffrey Bryan Gush b: 02 Apr 1903 in Brighton, Sussex, England, d: Jul 1986 in Winchester, Hampshire, England

………   + Elinor A Birch b: 24 Jun 1906

…………4 Vilma Gush

………3 Trevor Syndercombe Gush b: Abt. 1908 in Wembley, Middlesex, England, d: Dec 1921 in Hampstead, London, England

………3 Raymond Richard Gush b: 23 Nov 1909 in Isleworth, Middlesex, England, d: May 1988 in Penrith, Cumberland, England

………   + Valentine M Walker

…………4 George R P Gush b: 1935 in Hove, Sussex, England

…………4 Geoffrey T V Gush b: 1937 in Uckfield, Sussex, England

…………   + Marianna Jackson

……………5 Rebecca C Gush b: 1963 in Tonbridge

……………5 James Gush b: 1965 in Tonbridge, Kent

……2 Ciciley Victoria Gush b: Abt. 1878 in Old Malden, Surrey, England, d: 04 Jul 1954 in Buckinghamshire, England

…… + Alexander Hill Goodwin b: Abt. 1865 in Scotland, Ayr, Scotland, m: 29 Jun 1903 in St Peter’s, Belsize Park; The Times, Wednesday, 01 Jul 1903

………3 Cicely Margaret Goodwin b: 1910 in London, United Kingdom

……… + James Ronald Davies m: 03 Sep 1938 in St Peter’s Church, Hampstead; The Times, Wednesday, 07 Sep 1938

………3 Jessie Agnes Goodwin b: 13 Feb 1906 in London, United Kingdom, d: 19 Jul 1984 in Slough, Berkshire, England

………   + George Samuel Pick
………3 Eric Alexander Hill Goodwin b: 04 Apr 1904 in London, United Kingdom, d: 1972 in Hendon, Greater London, England

New Armorial: Wogdon Armorial

I have now added a single entry Armorial for Wogdon to my site.

The entry came about from various genealogical correspondence I had recently by email.  The blazon is from the efforts of The National Association of Decorative & Fine Arts Societies (NADFAS) in Layston Church.  NADFAS blazoned the impaled Arms of Robert Wogdon (b.1734 d.1813), a gunsmith of some fame, and his wife Jane as follows:

Per chevron Or and Gules a chevron invected per chevron of the second and of the first between, in chief two unicorns of the second and in base two spears saltirewise Proper above a lion rampant of the first [WOGDON] impaling Barry of six Azure and Or [MERTON]

It seems that the shield has become separated from the monument and it has become so badly defaced that, in the one image I have seen, the chevron is the only visible component of Wogdon.  I have, therefore, taken NADFAS’ word for it at this time.

Looking at some entries at ancestry.co.uk reveal that Jane Wogdon was originally a Holmes.  The “stem” design for the Arms for Holmes is Barry of six Or and Azure rather than the Barry of six Azure and Or as actually displayed on the monument.  This explains NADFAS’ identification as Merton.

New addition: Brownlee Armorial

The latest addition to my online Armorial is for Brownlee. 

 

So far it just has the two Arms as recorded in Scotland in 1969 for two Australian viz: Gyronny of twelve Gules and Or in the centre a cinquefoil ermine a bordure Or for difference & Gyronny of twelve Gules and Or in the centre a cinquefoil ermine a bordure engrailed Or for difference.  The two grantees were brothers and the sons of a second son.  Therefore, the stem Arms for that family are most probably Gyronny of twelve Gules and Or in the centre a cinquefoil ermine. 

 

The Arms seem to be based upon those of Brounlee (Gyronny of twelve Gules and Or in the centre a cinquefoil Sable) in Burke’s General Armory (BGA).  The BGA entry gives no biographical or geographical details, as such is of limited use and, of course, no authority.  Unfortunately, there are various family history website that still cite BGA as an “official” record.

Bookplate: [Sir] William Arbuthnot (1766-1829)

A bookplate that keeps re-appearing for sale at eBay is one for William Arbuthnot.  The bookplate displays his Arms before he was created a baronet in 1822/3 (Arbuthnot Armorial).

Unusually, when he was created a baronet he also received supporters for his Arms.  Whilst Arbuthnot was the Provost of Edinburgh the King attended a dinner.  It is claimed that the King said if Arbuthnot could walk around the table unaided he would be granted Supporters for his Arms.

Arms:

Azure a crescent between three mullets Argent within a bordure Or charged with three boars’ heads erased Gules.

Crest:

A peacock’s head proper.

Supporters:

Dexter a wyvern Vert; Sinister, a greyhound Argent collar and line reflexed over the back Gules

Motto:

Innocent and True