Surrey Coats of Arms I - Surrey County Council

LESCHALLES see PIGE-LESCHALLES
SURREY COATS OF ARMS
LESLIE-MELVILLE Earl of Leven and Melville. John Thornton Leslie-Melville, 11 th Earl of Leven and Earl of Melville,
DL, (1786-1876), was of Roehampton House, where he was succeeded by his eldest and 2 nd sons, Alexander, (1817-89), and Ronald Ruthven,
(1835-1906), successively 12 th and 13 th Earls of Leven and Melville.
Arms: Quarterly, 1 and 4, Quarterly, i and iv, Azure a thistle slipped Proper ensigned with an imperial crown Or (Leslie, a coat of
augmentation); ii and iii, Argent on a bend Azure three buckles Or (Leslie); 2 and 3, Quarterly, i and iv, Gules three crescents within a bordure
Argent charged with eight roses of the first; ii and iii, Argent a fess Gules (Melville).
Crests: 1, An arm embowed in armour the hand grasping a scimitar all Proper (Leslie); 2, The head of a wratch hound erased Sable
(Melville).
Supporters: Two men in complete armour each holding in his exterior hand a tilting spear erect all Proper and attached to the upper part
of the spear the banner of Scotland. (DPB)
Burke gives:
Arms: Quarterly, 1, Azure a thistle slipped Proper ensigned with an imperial crown Or (Leslie, a coat of augmentation); 2, Argent
on a bend Azure three buckles Or (Leslie); 3, Argent a fess Gules (Melville); 4, Gules three crescents within a bordure Argent charged with eight
roses of the first (Melville).
Crests: 1, The head of a ratch-hound erased Sable (Melville); 2, A demi chevalier in complete armour holding in his right hand a
dagger erect Proper pommel and hilt Or (Leslie).
Supporters: (of Melville) Dexter, A ratch-hound; Sinister, An eagle; both Proper.
(of Leslie) Two chevaliers in armour each holding in his exterior hand the banner of Scotland.
Mottoes: 1, Denique coelum (Melville); 2, Pro rege et patria (Leslie). (BGA)
LETCHWORTH Henry Finch Letchworth of Oak Hill, Surbiton, (1803-86), was father of the Rev. Arnold Letchworth, MA (Oxon), Vicar of
St. John's, Kingston, (b.1840).
Arms: Per chevron Gules and Or two wings in chief Argent and a leopard's face in base Proper.
Crest: In front of three ears of wheat two in saltire and one in pale Or a leopard's face as in the arms between two wings Argent
each charged with a rose Gules barbed and seeded Proper.
Motto: Ut sibi sic alteri. (FD7)
LETT Major Ernest Gordon Appleford Lett, DSO, of Langton, Warwicks Bench, Guildford, (b.1910), is descended from Richard
Lett, of Churchill, Worcestershire, (will dated 1601).
Arms: Argent on a fess Gules between in chief a rod of Aesculapius between two grenades fired Proper and in base a harp of the
third a lion passant Or.
Crest: An antique lamp Or inflamed Proper between two wings Sable.
Motto: Sic luceat lux. (BLG18)
LEVEN and MELVILLE Earl of see LESLIE-MELVILLE.
LEVERTON of Purley House, Croydon.
Arms: Gules three estoiles Or a canton Ermine.
Crest: A pelican Argent vulning herself Proper. (BGA)
LEVESEY see LIVESEY
LEVESON-GOWER of Titsey Place, from 1801. Descended from William Leveson-Gower, (d.1851), (who married Katherine Maria,
daughter and heir of Sir John Gresham, Bart., of Titsey), 3 rd son of Admiral John Leveson-Gower, (d.1792), 6 th son of John Leveson-Gower, 1 st
Earl Gower.
Arms: Quarterly, 1 and 4, Barry of eight Argent and Gules over all a cross flory * Sable, for Gower, quartering Azure three laurel
leaves Or, for Leveson; 2 and 3, Argent a chevron Ermines between three mullets pierced Sable, for Gresham.
Crests: 1. A wolf passant Argent, collared and lined Or, for Gower; 2, Grasshopper Or, for Gresham. (Brayley iv 204)
The crest of Leveson was A goat head erased Ermine. **
* BLG8 blazons the cross as patonce.
** BLG8 blazons the goat's head as Erminois attired Or. Mottoes: Frangas non flectes; Defend le droit
LEVESON GOWER The Hon. Edward Frederick Leveson Gower DL, JP, MA (Oxon) of Holmbury, Dorking, (1819-1907), was
younger son of Lord Granville Leveson Gower, 1 st Earl Granville, (1773-1846).
Arms: Quarterly, 1 and 4, Barry of eight Argent and Gules a cross flory Sable (Gower); 2, Azure three laurel leaves Or (Leveson);
3, Gules three rests Or (Granville).
Crest: A wolf passant Argent collared and lined Or.
Motto: Frangas non flectes. (BP105)
LEVINGE Sir Edward Vere Levinge, KCIE, CSI, ICS, of St. David's, Camberley, (1867-1954), was younger son of Harry Corbyn
Levinge, DL, of Knockdrin, Co. Westmeath, (1828-96), and grandson of Sir Richard Levinge, 6 th Bart., (1765-1848).
Arms: Vert a chevron Or in chief three escallops Argent.
Crest: An escallop Argent within a garland Proper.
Motto: Vestigia nulla retrorsum. (BP99)
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