Surrey Coats of Arms I - Surrey County Council

SURREY COATS OF ARMS
SACKVILLE Earl of Dorset. Thomas Sackville, Baron of Buckhurst and Earl of Dorset, (d.1608), acquired the manor of
Foyle in Oxted, which was sold, 1615, by his grandson Richard, Earl of Dorset, (1589-1624), who acquired the manor of Reigate.
(VCHS iii 236, iv 318)
Arms: Quarterly Or and Gules a bend Vair.
Crest: Out of a coronet composed of eight fleurs-de-lys Or an estoile of eight points Argent.
Supporters: Two leopards Argent.
Motto: Aut nunguam tentes aut perfice. (BGA)
SADLEIR Franc Richard Sadleir, BA (Oxon), of 8 Bective Road, Putney, (b.1944), son of Major Franc Granby Sadleir, MBE, MC, The
Devonshire Regiment, (1917-44), and descended from Colonel Thomas Sadlier of Sopwell Hall, Co. Tipperary, (d. c.1680), 4 th son of Richard
Sadleir of Hopwell, Hertfordshire, (d.1624).
Arms: Quarterly, 1, Or a lion rampant per fess Azure and Gules (Sadleir); 2, Per chevron Or and Gules two lions combatant in chief
Sable (Lee); 3, Gules three swords barways in pale Proper the point of the middle sword to the dexter between twelve estoiles Or a bordure
engrailed Argent; 4, Paly of six Sable and Ermine on a canton Argent a lion rampant Azure.
Crest: A demi lion rampant Azure ducally crowned Or.
Motto: Servire Deo sapere. (IFR)
St. ALBANS Duke of see BEAUCLERK
St. CLAIR Colonel James Pattison St. Clair, RA, of Felcourt Lodge, (1780-1867), descended from the 10 th Lord Sinclair, was
grandfather of Colonel James Latimer Crawshay St. Clair, CB, CMC, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, of The Beacon Cottage, Dormansland
and of Staverton Court, Gloucestershire, (1850-1940), who was father of Major William Farhill St. Clair, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, of
The Beacon, Dormansland, (b.1890). (BLG17)
Arms: Burke records Colonel J L C St. Clair as using: Quarterly, 1 and 4, Azure a ship at anchor her oars in saltire within a double
tressure flory counterflory Or; 2 and 3, Azure a ship under sail Or; over all an escutcheon Argent charged with a cross engrailed Sable.
Crest: A phoenix in flames Proper
Mottoes: 1, (over crest), Renasce piu gloriosa; 2, (under arms), Fight. (BLG11)
St. CLAIR-ERSKINE formerly WEDDERBURN Earl of Rosslyn, Baron Loughborough. Alexander Wedderburn, 1 st Earl of
Rosslyn, (1733-1805), Lord High Chancellor, 1793-1801, was created Baron Loughborough of Loughborough, Surrey, 1795. * The titles
devolved by special limitation to his nephew General Sir James St. Clair-Erskine, 6 th Bart., KGCB, 2 nd Earl of Rosslyn and Baron
Loughborough, (1762-1837), and are now held by his descendant Sir Peter St. Clair-Erskine, 7 th Earl of Rosslyn, (b.1958).
Arms: Quarterly, 1, Argent a cross engrailed Sable (St Clair); 2, Argent a pale Sable (Erskine); 3, Azure a bend between six cross
crosslets fitché Or (Mar); 4, Argent on a chevron Gules between three roses of the last barbed Vert a fleur-de-lys of the field for difference
(Wedderburn).
Crests: 1, A demi phoenix in flames Proper and over it the device 'Rinasco piu glorioso'; 2, An eagle's head erased Proper with the
words 'Illaeso lumine solem' (Wedderburn).
Supporters: Dexter, An eagle wings inverted Proper gorged with a collar Argent thereon a fleur-de-lys Gules; Sinister. A griffin wings
elevated Proper.
Motto: Fight. (BP105)
* GEC points out that the fiction of Loughborough in Surrey was adopted to distinguish the barony from that of Loughborough of
Loughborough, Leicestershire, which had been conferred on Alexander Wedderburn in 1780.
St. CLARE or St. CLERE Sir Philip St. Clare or St. Clere, (d.1408), acquired the manor of Burstow as a result of his marriage to
Margaret, daughter and heir of Sir Nicholas de Loveyne. Their son Thomas St. Clere, (dspm 1435) left a 2 nd daughter and coheir Eleanor who
carried Burstow and other lands to her husband John Gage, (d.1475), qv.
Arms: Azure the sun in splendour Or. (VCHS iii 177, iv 294-5)
St. DAVID'S See of. The arms of the See of St. David's impaling those of Archbishop William Laud, qv, who was Bishop of
St. David's, 1621-6, are on a stall in the Chapel of the Archbishop's Palace, Croydon. (VCHS iv 212)
Arms: Sable on a cross Or five cinquefoils of the field. (WEC)
St. GEORGE Sir John St. George, 5 th Bart., (1851-1938), was of Harcourt, Sutton.
Arms: Argent a chief Azure over all a lion rampant Gules ducally crowned Or armed and langued of the second a crescent for
difference.
Crest: A demi lion rampant Gules ducally crowned Or armed and langued Azure.
Motto: Firmitas in coelo. (FD7)
St. GEORGE Dean and Chapter of Windsor. The advowson of Betchworth was granted to the Dean and Chapter of St. George,
Windsor, 1 Edward VI. {1547/8} The Dean and Chapter held the manor of Windlesham in 1650.
Arms: Argent a cross Gules. * (VCHS iii 172, 377)
* Motto: Honi soit qui mal y pense. (WEC)
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