Surrey Coats of Arms I - Surrey County Council

SURREY COATS OF ARMS
NIBLETT Burke states that a branch of the Niblett family of Gloucestershire settled at Dorking in the latter part of the 17 th century and
bore the following
Arms: Sable a serpent Proper beneath a rose Or between two doves Argent beaked and membered Gules.
Crest: A lion couchant Or protecting a cross Or. (BLG4)
Fairbairn records this as: On a mount Vert a lion couchant guarding a cross Gules. (FBC)
Motto Veritatis assertor.
NICHOLAS of Winterbourne Earls, {Salisbury, Wiltshire}, and later of West Horsley Place. Extinct 1749.
Arms: Argent on a cross Gules a crown Or
Crest: A lion passant Azure semy of estoiles Or. (MB iii 41)
Matthew Nicholas, (d.1661), Dean of Bristol and St. Paul's, and Sir Edward Nicholas, (d.1669), Principal Secretary of State, 1641-1663, were of
this family. See under HEATH of Shalford and Hatchlands.
NICHOLS John Gough Nichols, FSA, of Holmwood Park, (1806-73), grandson of John Nichols, FSA, the well-known author of The
History of Leicestershire, (1745-1826), was father of John Bruce Nichols, MA (Oxon), of Holmwood Park, (1848-1922), who had issue, amongst
others, John Cradock Morgan Nichols, MA (Oxon), of The Laurels, Beacon Hill, Hindhead, (b.1876).
Arms: Azure on a fess humetté between three lions' heads erased Or two eagles rising of the field.
Crest: A lion's head erased Azure gorged with a collar gemel Or between two wings paly of six Or and Azure.
Motto Labor ipse voluptas. (FD7; BLG18)
NICHOLSON of Bramley.
Arms: Ermine on a pale Sable three martlets in pale Or.
Crest: On a mound * Vert an ounce sejant Argent spotted Sable thrust through the neck with a broken spear Or headed Gules.
As borne in 1600 by Robert Nicholson, son of Benjamin Nicholson of Bramley, son of William Nicholson of Walton, Buckinghamshire, son of
John Nicholson of Yorkshire. (Harl. Ms 1561, fo 716)
* Correctly, mount.
NICHOLSON The Rev. George Nicholson of Kirkoswald, Cumberland, a well known Nonconformist, (1636-97), was grandfather of
Samuel Nicholson, (b.1738), who was father of George Thomas Nicholson of Waverley Abbey, Farnham, (1787- 1858), Vice-Lieutenant of
Surrey and High Sheriff, 1832. He was succeeded by his eldest son Samuel Nicholson, DL, JP, of Waverley Abbey, (b.1815).
Arms: Per pale dovetailed Azure and Gules two bars Argent gutté-de-sang in chief two suns in glory Argent.
Crest: A lion's head erased in front of rays. (BLG4)
NICHOLSON Henry Nicholson of Church Road, Brixton Hill, (1834-82), had issue, an eldest son, Henry Withnall Nicholson of Clavadel,
Merstham, (b.1860), father of George Henry Nicholson of Doone Cottage, Merstham; and a 3 rd son William Piper Nicholson of Church Hill
House, Merstham, (b.1868).
Arms: Gules a demi figure representing Bellerophon to the sinister Proper on a chief wavy barry wavy of eight Argent and Azure
three fleurs-de-lys Or.
Crest: A hulk of a ship on stocks with mast Or flying therefrom a pennant per fess Argent and Gules charged with a hammer
fesswise Proper.
Motto Fais bien fais vite. (FD7)
NICHOLSON Reginald Nicholson, MBE, of Pendean, Midhurst, (b.1869), son of William Morris Nicholson, MA (Cantab), barrister-atlaw,
Master in Lunacy, (b.1815).
Arms: Per pale nebuly Azure and Gules two bars Argent gutté-de-poix in chief two suns in splendour Proper.
Crest: A lion's head couped Sable gutté-d'eau before the sun in splendour Proper. (FD7)
NICHOLSON Captain David John Stafford Nicholson, MA (Cantab), of Arden, Waterhouse Lane, Kingswood, barrister-at-law, (b.1907),
2 nd son of Major Reginald Nicholson, TD, JP, MA (Cantab), of Bereleigh, East Meon, (b.1867), High Sheriff of Hampshire, 1939.
Arms: Per pale Azure and Gules two bars gemel Ermine in chief three suns in splendour Or.
Crest: Out of an antique crown Gules a lion's head Ermine gorged with a collar gemel Azure.
Motto Sol et scutum Deus. (BLG17)
NIGHTINGALE Major-General Manners Ralph Wilmot Nightingale, CB, CMG, CIE, DSO, IA, of Thimble Hall, Betton Road, Camberley,
(1871-1956), was 4 th son of Percy Nightingale, Inspecting Commissioner, Cape of Good Hope, (1836-95), and was descended from Sir Charles
Ethelston Nightingale, 11 th Bart., (1784-1846).
Arms: Per pale Ermine and Gules a rose counterchanged.
Crest: An ibex sejant Argent tufted armed and maned Or.
Motto: Pro rege et patria. (BP99)
NIVISON Baron Glendyne. Sir Robert Nivison, Bart., 3 rd Baron Glendyne of Sanquhar, Dumfriesshire, of Red Court,
Haslemere, (b.1926), succeeded his father the 2 nd Baron on the latter's death, 1967.
Arms: Per chevron Or and Azure in chief two eagles displayed of the second and in base an eagle rising of the first.
Crest: Upon the battlements of a tower Proper a wolf passant Sable gorged with a collar and line reflexed over the back Or.
Supporters: On either side a wolf Sable gorged with a collar with line reflexed over the back Or and charged on the shoulder with a
saltire couped Argent.
Motto Exitus acta probat. (BP105)
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