Grant of Arms: Richard Christopher Sennett 1923

The sale on eBay of the 1923 Grant of Arms to Richard Christopher Sennett of DeVere Gardens (Vendor: ephemeralmayfly) completed on 11th March for £102.  The Arms were previously included in Barnes Auctions  March 2015 auction catalogue.

Arms: Or three cygnets in pale wings elevated purpure between two swords erect Gules.

Crest: Upon a sennett Or barracuda fessways proper a cygnet wings elevated purpure.

Motto: Sine Macula

 

Richard Christopher Sennett was born in 1862, married Amy Georgina Hughes in 1887 and died in 1947.  He was Sheriff of the City of London in 1923-24 and knighted in 1924.  They had two sons:

1. Richard Hughes Sennett b.1888 d.1978
2. Noel Stanton Sennett b.1892 m.1919 Annie MacDonald d.1985   He had one son;
   1. Alan Macdonald Sennett  b.1921 Killed in Action 1944 aged 23.