Surrey Coats of Arms I - Surrey County Council

SURREY COATS OF ARMS
LEES Joseph Lees, JP, of Minickfold, Holmwood, (b.1831), son of Joseph Lees of Greenacres Moor, Oldham, Lancashire, (1786-
1845).
Arms: Per chevron Or and Gules a chevron counterchanged between two roses in chief of the second barbed and seeded Proper and
three distaffs one in pale and two saltirewise in base of the first.
Crest: In front of a cotton-hank fesswise Or thereon an owl close holding in the beak a branch of cotton-tree a distaff fesswise also
Proper.
Motto: Perge sed caute. (FD7)
LEES Sir Thomas Harcourt Ivor Lees, 8 th Bart., of 5 Becmead Avenue, Streatham, (b.1941), succeeded his father Sir Charles
Archibald Edward Ivor Lees, 7 th Bart., of Black Rock, Co. Dublin, on the latter's death, 1963. The heir presumptive to the baronetcy is his
kinsman John Cathcart D'Olier-Lees, eldest son of John Rutherford D'Olier-Lees, M.Inst.CE, of 23 Ashburton Road, Croydon, (b.1887).
Arms: Azure a fess chequy Argent and Sable between six cross crosslets fitché three in chief and three in nombril points Or and
three billets two in the honour and one in the base points of the second.
Crest: A dexter hand couped above the wrist and erect Proper grasping a crescent Or.
Mottoes: 1, (below shield), An honest man's the noblest work of God; 2, (above crest), Exegi. (BP105)
LEESE Sir Joseph Francis Leese, 1 st Bart., KC, BA (London), of Send Holme, Send, (1845-1914), was created Baronet, 1908. The
present holder of the title is his grandson Sir Alexander William Leese, 4 th Bart., (b.1909).
Arms: Gules a fess embattled counter-embattled between in chief two falcons belled Or and in base a hand erect couped at the wrist
holding a dagger in pale Proper pommel and hilt Gold.
Crest: A falcon belled Or supporting with the dexter claw a flagstaff Proper headed and tasselled Or therefrom flowing to the dexter
a banner Gules charged with a dagger in pale Proper pommel and hilt Gold.
Motto: Vita cara carior libertas. (BP105)
LE FANU Major George Victor Sheridan Le Fanu, Coldstream Guards, of Maltmans, Bagshot Road, Chobham, (b.1925), son of Major-
General Roland Le Fanu, DSO, MC, (1887-1957), and descended from Guillaume Philippe Le Fanu, (1708-97), the 1 st of the family to settle in
Ireland.
Arms: Azure a swan Argent on a cjief Or three roses Gules barbed Vert seeded Or.
Crest: A greyhound’s head Argent.
Supporters: Two greyhounds.
Motto: Dat pretium candor. (IFR)
LEFROY Anthony Lefroy of Leghorn and Canterbury, {Kent}, merchant banker, (1703-79), had issue, an elder son Anthony Peter, a
2 nd son the Rev. Isaac Peter George Lefroy, Rector of Compton, also of Ashe, Hampshire, (1745-1806), father of the Rev. John Henry George
Lefroy, BA (Oxon), rector of Compton, (1782-1823), from whom descended Captain Cecil Maxwell Lefroy, CMG, RN, at one time of Runwick
House, Farnham, (1876-1931), and the Rev. Charles Edward Cottrell Lefroy, MA (Oxon), (1892-1940), Rector of Chiddingfold, 1915-23, and
Vicar of Hersham, 1923-7. From the above elder son Lieutenant-Colonel Anthony Peter Lefroy, 9 th Dragoons, of Limerick, (1742-1819),
descended Robert Henry Lefroy, of 7 Beaumonts, Salfords, Reigate, (b.1945). (IFR)
Arms: Quarterly, 1 and 4, Vert fretty Argent on a chief of the second a hood or cap, (allusive to the badge assumed by the party
opposed to the Duke of Alva) between two wyverns Gules (Lefroy); 2 and 3, Azure a chevron Or between three crescents Argent on a chief
Gules three mullets of the third (Langlois).
Crest: A demi wyvern Gules armed and langued Azure.
Motto: Mutare sperno, (adopted at the period of the Huguenot persecutions). (FD7)
LEGGE The Rev. William Legge, Rector of Ashtead, (1802-72), was 2 nd son of the Rev. and Hon. Augustus George Legge, MA,
Prebendary of Winchester, (1773-1828), and grandson of William, 2 nd Earl of Dartmouth.
Arms: Azure a stag's head cabossed Argent.
Crest: Out of a ducal coronet Or a plume of five ostrich feathers Argent and Azure.
Motto: Gaudet tentamine virtus. (BP105)
LE GRAS of Chiddingfold.
Arms: Azure three lions rampant Or, a chief Argent.
As borne by Nicholas le Gras, from the time of Henry III. (Foster, p.115)
LEIGH of Abinger, until about 1625. Cadets of Leigh of Addington.
Arms: Or on a chevron Sable three lions rampant Argent, in the dexter chief an annulet Sable for difference.
Crest: On a mound * Vert a lion couchant gardant Argent charged on the breast with an annulet Sable for difference.
As confirmed to William Leigh by Camden, Clarenceux, Jul 7, 1609, and borne by him. (SV1623)
* Sic - correctly, mount.
LEIGH of Addington Place and latterly also of Thorpe Place. Extinct 1737.
Arms: Or on a chevron Sable three lions rampant Argent.
Crest: On a mound * Vert a lion couchant gardant Argent.
From the brass in Addington Church to John Leigh, (d.Apr 24, 1503). (SAC xxv 39)
As borne (SV1572) by Sir Oliffe Leigh.
* Sic - correctly, mount.
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