Surrey Coats of Arms I - Surrey County Council

SURREY COATS OF ARMS
SINCLAIR Earl of Caithness. Sir Malcolm Ian Sinclair, 20 th Earl of Caithness, of Hampton Court Palace, East Molesey, succeeded his
father the 19 th Earl on the latter's death, 1965.
Arms: Quarterly, 1, Azure a lymphad at anchor Or flagged Gules sails furled Argent oars erect in saltire within a double tressure
flory counterflory of the second (the Earldom of Orkney); 2 and 3, Or a lion rampant Gules armed and langued Azure; 4, Azure a three-masted
ship Or flagged Gules under sail Argent (the Earldom of Caithness); over all a cross engrailed and counterchanged Argent and Sable (Sinclair).
Crest: A cock Proper armed and beaked Or.
Supporters: Two griffins Gules wings elevated armed beaked and winged Or.
Motto: Commit thy work to God. (BP105)
SINCLAIR Viscount Thurso. Major Sir Archibald Henry Macdonald Sinclair, 4 th Bart., 1 st Viscount Thurso, of Ulbster, Caithness,
KT, PC, CMG, JP, (1890-1970), was at one time of Robin Hood Farm, Kingston Vale.
Arms: Quarterly, 1, Azure a ship at anchor sails furled oars erect in saltire Or flagged Gules a double tressure counterflowered of
the last (Orkney); 2 and 3, Or a lion rampant Gules armed and langued Azure (Spar); 4, Azure a ship under sail Or sails Argent flagged Gules
(Caithness); over all dividing the quarters a cross engrailed quarterly Argent and Sable (Sinclair); all within a bordure quarterly Or and Gules the
last charged with three stars of the first.
Crest: An estoile of six points wavy Argent.
Supporters: Two red deer Proper.
Mottoes: 1, (over crest), Ad astra virtus; 2, (under arms), J'aime le meilleur. (FD7; BP105)
SINGLETON Colonel Henry Townsend Corbet Singleton, CMG, DSO, HLI, of Merville, Courthope Road, Wimbledon, (b.1874), son of
Major Loftus Corbett Singleton, 92 nd Highlanders, (1842-81).
Arms: Quarterly, 1 and 4, Argent three chevronels Gules between as many martlets Sable (Singleton); 2 and 3, Or a raven close
Proper (Corbet).
Crests: 1, An arm embowed in armour grasping a sceptre terminated by an estoile Or; 2, An elephant Argent armed Or on his back a
tower of the last the trappings Gules garnished Or.
Motto: Bona fide sine fraude. (FD7)
SKINNER of Coldharbour at Peckham in Camberwell. Extinct 1498.
Arms: Gules three crossbows Argent handles Or.
Crest: A buck lodged Proper. (Harl. Ms 1561)
From the brass in Camberwell Church to Richard Skinner, (d.Jan 3, 1492), of Peckham, eldest son of John Skinner of Reigate.
SKINNER of Reigate. Extinct May 19, 1584. Descended from John Skinner, 2 nd son of John Skinner of Reigate and
brother of Richard Skinner, (d.1492), of Peckham.
Arms: Gules three crossbows Argent handles Or.
Crest: A buck lodged and reguardant Proper.
From glass in Reigate Church (SV1623). Latterly they seem to have used also Sable on a chevron wavy Argent between three griffin heads
erased Or as many fleur-de-lys Azure. (Harl. Ms 1561)
SKINNER Samuel Skinner of Shirley Park, a judge of circuit at Chittoor, in the province of Madras, (b.1774), 3 rd son of Joseph Skinner,
of London, and of Wanstead, Essex, and descended from Robert Skinner, DD, (d.1670), Bishop of Bristol, 1637-41, of Oxford, 1641-63, and of
Worcester, 1663-70.
Arms: Sable a chevron Or between three griffins' heads erased Argent.
Crest: A griffin's head erased Argent in the mouth a hand couped Gules. (BLG1846; BBE)
SKINNER Sir Thomas Hewitt Skinner, 2 nd Bart., of Pont Street, Chelsea, (1875-1968), was of Falconhirst, Wimbledon, and Gortmore,
Old Green Lane, Camberley. His brother Charles Henry Skinner, (1886-1966), was at one time of Red Stacks, West Byfleet, and his grandson Sir
Thomas Keith Hewitt Skinner, 4 th Bart., (b.1927), is of Long Acre, West Clandon .
Arms: Ermine on a bend Or between in chief a port between two towers Proper flying therefrom to the sinister two pennons Gules
and in base an ancient ship of the second three maple leaves slipped Vert.
Crest: A griffin's head couped Vert the neck Or between two dragons wings Gules.
Motto: Nec timeo nec sperno. (BP99; DPB1980)
SKINNER Fairbairn records Captain Cyriac Burrell Skinner of Croome House, Camberley, as using for
Crest: A dragon's head erased collared gemel and semé of roundles.
Motto: Espero. (FBC)
SKIPWITH Lieutenant-Colonel Patrick James Townsend Skipwith, RA, of North End, Chiddingfold, (b.1915), elder son of Lieutenant-
Colonel James Wemyss Skipwith, RE, (1875-1950), and descended from Sir Grey Skipwith, 8 th Bart., (1771-1852), from whom descended also
Geoffrey Reginald Skipwith of 25 Alexandra Road, Kingston-upon-Thames, (1900-61).
Arms: Argent three bars Gules and in chief a greyhound courant Sable collared Or.
Crest: A turn style Proper.
Motto: Sans Dieu je ne puis. (BP99, 105)
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