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)

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.

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 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

Livery Button: Geddes of Rachan

eBay has this livery button which could be Geddes of Rachan

The Arms for Geddes of Rachan are:

Gules an escutcheon Argent between three pike-heads (or geds’ heads) couped Or.

Crest:

A pike’s head couped proper.

Motto:

Capta Majora (Employed in Greater Things)

Bookplate: Maj-Gen Sir Edward Wolstenholme Ward

Another bookplate on sale at eBaythat of Maj.-Gen. Sir Edward Wolstenholme Ward.

Arms:

Quarterly 1^st & 4^th Azure a cross patonce Or (for Ward) 2^nd & 3^rd Gules three cinquefoils ermine on a chief Or a human heart of the first (for Hamilton of Bangor)

Crest:

A Saracen’s head affrontee couped below the shoulders proper wreathed around the temples Or and Azure and adorned with three ostrich feathers.

Motto:

Sub Cruce Salus (Salvation comes from the cross)

Sir Edward was the great-grandson of the 1st Viscount Bangor and nephew to the 3rd.  The Hamilton quarter was from Anne Catharine Hamilton, mother of the 1st Viscount and daughter and co-heiress of James Hamilton of Bangor, co. Down.

 

Bookplate of the 7th Baron Farnham (Maxwell)

The bookplate of the 7th Lord Farnham is currently on sale at eBay by prexiepost.

Henry Maxwell, 7^th Baron Farnham married Anna Stapleton, daughter of Thomas Stapleton, 16th Baron le Despencer, on 3 December 1828. The couple had no children. Both Farnham and his wife were killed in the Abergele train disaster of 1868.

Arms:

Argent a saltire Sable a chief paly of six of the first and second (for Maxwell of Calderwood)

Impaling

Quarterly 1^st Argent a lion rampant Sable (for Stapleton) 2^nd Azure three dexter hand gauntlets with their backs forward Or (for Fane) 3^rd Gules on a Saltire Argent a rose of the filed barbed and seeded proper (for Neville) 4^th Quarterly Argent and Gules in the 2^nd and 3^rd quarters a fret Or over all a bend Sable (for Spencer)

Crest: A buck’s head erased proper [The bookplate displays the coronet of a Baron]

Motto: Je Suis Pret

Supporters: Two bucks proper

 

My Maxwell armorial can be viewed at www.heraldry-online.org.uk/maxwell.html.

Russell Grant a Grantee

It appears that the TV astrologer, Russell Grant, is a Grantee of Arms from the College of Arms, London.   Russell has his own web page on the topic here.

I plan to add his Arms to my Grant Armorial in due course.  From his website I have had a go at emblazoning his Arms as below:

To be absolutely sure I will need to have the actual blazon from the Letters Patent.  I’ve dropped Russell’s “team” a line and await a reply. Failing that, I will have to try other avenues.

 

My initial stab at the blazon is:

Azure two seaxes in saltire pommelled and hilted Or between four estoiles two in fess of the last and two in pale Argent.

I am sure some of my fellow heraldry enthusiasts can correct me.