Surrey Coats of Arms I - Surrey County Council

SURREY COATS OF ARMS
NELSON of Hilborough, Norfolk and Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk, and later of Merton Place, (also called Merton Grove).
Horatio Nelson, the famous admiral, (d.Oct 21, 1805), son of the Rev. Edmund Nelson, Rector of Hilborough and Burnham Thorpe, son of the
Rev. Edmund Nelson, (d.Oct 23, 1747), Rector of Hilborough, son of William Nelson of Little Dunham, Norfolk, 2 nd son of Edmund Nelson of
Wendling, Norfolk, son of Thomas Nelson, (d.1654), of London and King's Lynn, Norfolk, was created Baron Nelson of the Nile and of
Burnham Thorpe, Nov 6, 1798; Viscount Nelson of the Nile and of Burnham Thorpe, May 22, 1801; and with remainder to the male heirs of his
father and failing such to the male heirs of his sister Susannah, wife of Thomas Bolton of Wells, Norfolk, Baron Nelson of the Nile and of
Hilborough, Aug 18, 1801; and was recognised as Duke of Bronte in Sicily, Sep 1801.
Arms: His original coat was : Or a cross patonce Sable over all a bend Gules. After the battle of the Nile a bend engrailed Or
charged with three bombs fired Proper was superimposed upon the bend, and a chief wavy was added charged with waves of the sea from which
issue a palm-tree between a disabled ship on the dexter and a battery in ruins on the sinister side all Proper
Crests: On a naval crown Or the chelengk or plume of triumph presented to Horatio, Viscount Nelson, by the the Sultan, Selim III.
Upon waves of the sea the stern of a Spanish man-of-war thereon inscribed 'San Josef' all Proper, and over it the Motto, Faith and Works.
Supporters: On the dexter a sailor armed with a cutlass and a pair of pistols in his belt Proper the right hand supporting a staff thereon
hoisted a commodore's flag [Argent] and in his left hand a palm branch Proper. On the sinister A lion rampant regardant in his mouth two broken
flagstaffs Proper flowing from one a Spanish flag Or and Gules and from the other a French tricolour, and in his dexter paw a palm branch
Proper.
Motto: Palmam qui meruit ferat. From Nelson's hatchment in Merton Church. (The Wimbledon and Merton Annual, 1905, p.62)
Nelson was succeeded by his elder brother William, (dsp Feb 28, 1835), who was created, with remainder to the male heirs of his sister
Susannah, Viscount Merton of Trafalgar and Merton and Earl Nelson of Trafalgar and Merton, Nov 20, 1805. On his death, his nephew, Thomas
Bolton succeeded as 2 nd Earl and took the name and Arms of Nelson. *
* From him descends the present holder of the title, George Joseph Horatio, 8 th Earl Nelson, (b.1905)
NELSON-WARD The Rev. Horatio Nelson Nelson-Ward, BA (Cantab), Rector of Radstock, Somerset, (1822-88), son of the Rev.
Philip Ward, MA (Oxon), (1795-1859), and his wife Horatia Nelson, (d.1881), natural daughter of Admiral Viscount Nelson by Emma, Lady
Hamilton, had issue, amongst others, besides a 3 rd son the Rev. Hugh Herbert Edward Nelson-Ward, MA (Oxon), (b.1863), Rector of Newdigate,
1899-1906, a 2 nd son Marmaduke Philip Blandy Nelson-Ward of Uruguay, (1860-1924), who was father of Marmaduke Philip Workley Nelson-
Ward of 235 Molesey Road, Hersham, (b.1892).
Arms: Quarterly, 1 and 4, Azure a cross flory between four lions passant guardant Or (Ward); 2 and 3, Or a cross flory Sable a chief
Gules thereon a fess engrailed of the field charged with three bombs fired Proper (Nelson).
Crests: 1, A wolf's head erased Or gorged with a collar Sable thereon three bezants and charged on the neck with a trivet of the
second (Ward); 2, Upon waves of the sea the stern of a man-of-war Proper thereon inscribed "Victory" in letters Gules (Nelson).
Motto: Sub cruce salus. (BLG17)
NEVILL(E) Lord Bergavenny. Edward Neville, Lord Bergavenny, (d.1476), acquired the manors of Abinger and east
Betchworth by marriage to Elizabeth, (1415-48), daughter and heir of Richard Beauchamp. Their descendant Henry, Lord Bergavenny, (d.1641),
sold them, 1629. (VCHS iii 133, 167)
Of the same family, the Rev. and Hon. George Henry Nevill of Flower Place, Surrey, (1760-1844), was 2 nd son of George, 17 th Baron
Bergavenny, 1 st Viscount Nevill and 1 st Earl of Abergavenny, (1727-85).
Arms: Gules on a saltire Argent a rose of the field barbed and seeded Proper.
Crest: A bull statant Argent pied Sable collared and chain reflexed over the back Or.
Motto: Ne vile velis. (GEC; BP105)
NEVILLE Earl of Westmorland. Sir John Neville, (dvp 1420), elder son of Ralph, 1 st Earl of Westmorland, (c.1364-1425),
acquired Long Ditton by marriage to Elizabeth, (d.1423), sister and coheir of Edmund de Holand, 4 th Earl of Kent, (1383-1408). Their
descendant Henry, 5 th Earl of Westmorland, (d.1563), sold it 1559. (VCHS iii 520)
Arms: Gules a saltire Argent.
Crest: Out of a ducal coronet Or a bull’s head Sable armed Or.
Supporters: Two pied bulls armed unguled collared and chained Or.
Mottoes: Esperance me comfort; Moys Droyt, Moys Droyt. (FFC; GEC; SHD)
NEWALL Samuel Newall of Richmond, (1817-1900), was father of George William Newall of 17 Ranelagh Avenue, Barnes, (b.1859).
Arms: Gules within two chevronels Or between three fountains seven annulets interlaced chevronwise Argent.
Crest: Two storks’ heads addorsed proper.
Motto: Carpe diem. (FD7)
NEWALL Baron Newall. Marshal of the RAF Sir Cyril Louis Norton Newall, GCB, OM, GCMG, CBE, of Walton
Leigh, Addlestone, (1886-1963), was created Baron Newall of Clifton-upon-Dunsmoor, Warwickshire, 1946.
Arms: Per pale Azure and Gules two lions passanr guardant in pale Or on a chief Ermine a rose of the second barbed and seeded
between a lotus flower and a sprig of New Zealand fern all Proper.
Crest: Issuant from an astral crown Or an eagle wings elevated Sable breathing flames Proper.
Supporters: On either side a Pegasus Argent gorged with an astral crown Or.
Motto: Deo juvante. (BP99)
NEWBERY Lieutenant-Colonel George Newbery of 36 Brunswick Square, Hove, (c.1790-1854), was born in Croydon and was on half
pay in 1851. His wife, Anna Maria, (d.1857 aged 56), was born at Farrington, Hampshire.
Arms: (On Colonel and Mrs Newbery's tomb in St. Andrew's churchyard, Hove, but now almost illegible) .... three bends .....; on an
escutcheon of pretence, ...., (indecipherable).
Crest: A Saracen's head. (EXH)
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