Surrey Coats of Arms I - Surrey County Council

SURREY COATS OF ARMS
RALEGH [RALEIGH] of Colyton Raleigh, Devon, then of Fardell in Cornwood, Devon, and latterly of West Horsley Place. Extinct 1666.
Cadets of the Raleghs of Nettlecombe Raleigh, Somersetshire. Carew Ralegh, the last male heir, was son of the famous Sir Walter Ralegh, the
Elizabethan courtier, seaman and poet, who was born at Hayes Barton in East Budleigh, Devon, which his father had on lease from the Duke
family.
Arms: Gules five fusils in bend Argent. (Lysons vi clxix, and bench ends in East Budleigh Church)
Sir Simon de Ralee bore this coat in 1310. (Foster, p.205)
RALLI Stephen John Ralli of Chios, (1755-1827), settled in Marseilles after the Massacre of Chios, 1822, and had issue, amongst
others, an eldest son John, (1785-1859), who settled in England and founded the house of Ralli Bros, with his brother Eustratio, and later
managed the firm's business in Odessa; a 2 nd son, Pandia of London, (1793-1865), grandfather of Pandia of Ashtead Park, (dsp 1924); a 4 th son,
Thomas Stephen, of London and Constantinople, (1799-1858), father of Pandell, DL, JP, of Cranleigh, (d. unmarried 1928); and a 5 th son,
Eustratio Stephen Ralli of Scio House, Putney, (1800-84). The latter, who was responsible with his brother John for establishing the firm of Ralli
Bros. in London, was father of Sir Lucas Eustratio Ralli, 1 st Bart., of Park Street, Westminster, and of Scio House, Putney, (1846-1931), who was
created Baronet, 1912. The present holder of the title is his grandson Sir Godfrey Victor Ralli, 3 rd Bart., TD, (b.1915).
Arms: Azure a lion rampant Argent semé of lozenges of the first in chief a crescent between two crosses couped of the second.
Crest: A lion as in the arms holding between the paws a cross couped Azure.
Motto: BADISE THN EYOEIAN. (BP105)
{BP105 does not give any English translation. Text has been entered using a Greek font, to produce the nearest equivalent.}
RAM Abel Ram of Ramsfort, Co. Wexford, (d.1832), acquired the manor of Bermondsey by marriage, 1818, to Eleanor Sarah,
daughter and heir of Jerome Knapp of Charlton House, Berkshire, and was succeeded by his son Stephen Ram, DL, of Ramsfort, (1819-99), and
grandson Arthur Archibald Ram of Ramsford, (1852-1905). They were descended from the Rt. Rev. Thomas Ram, MA, DD (Cantab), Bishop of
Ferns and Leighin, (d.1634), who was ancestor also of Abel John Ram of Hollybank, Underhill Lane, Lower Bourne, Farnham, (b.1927), eldest
son of Sir Lucius Abel John Granville Ram, KCB, KC, JP, (1885-1952); the Rev. Stopford James Ram, Vicar of Christ Church, Battersea,
(1826-81); the Rev. Edward Digby Stopford Ram, MA (Oxon), (1868-1917), of Clonattin, Co. Wexford, (which he sold 1916), Rector of Oxted,
1902-17; his brother George Montagu Ram of Landitty, Dover House Road, Roehampton, (1881-1948); and Edward George Ram of Jacobs
Well, Guildford, (b.1948).
Arms: Azure a chevron Ermine between three rams' heads erased Argent armed Or.
Crest: A ram's head erased Argent armed Or charge with a chevron Azure.
Motto: Quod tibi vis fieri fac alteri. (IFR; FD7; VCHS iv 21)
RAMSAY Baron of Kingston-upon-Thames. John Ramsay, Viscount of Haddington, Lord Ramsay of Barns, and Lord Ramsay of
Melrose, (c.1580-1626), 2 nd son of Robert Ramsay of Wylieclough, was created Baron of Kingston-upon-Thames and Earl of Holdernesse, 1621,
but died sps.
Arms: Per pale, Dexter ….. an arm issuing out of the shield holding a sword paleways piercing a heart and supporting an imperial
crown Proper; Sinister, Argent a double eagle displayed Sable a crescent on its breast. (GEC)
Burke gives; Per pale, 1, Argent an eagle displayed Sable beaked and membered Gules charged on the breast with a crescent of the field;
2, (of augmentation, granted in honour of his services to James VI in the Earl of Gowrie's conspiracy), Azure issuing out of the sinister part of
the shield a dexter arm Or holding a sword erect Argent pommel and hilt Gold piercing a human heart Gules the point supporting an imperial
crown Proper.
Supporters: A unicorn and a stag, both collared.
Motto: Haec dextra vindex principis et patriae. (BGA)
RAMSBOTHAM Ralph Leigh Ramsbotham, MA (Cantab), of The Cottage, Worple Avenue, Wimbledon, 1 Clifton Road, Wimbledon, and
Bishop's Cottage, Crowborough, Sussex, barrister-at-law, (b.1872), younger son of John Ramsbotham, JP, of Stony Royd, Ilkley, Yorkshire, and
of Crowborough Warren, Sussex, (1839-1905).
Arms: Argent on a fess Gules between ten pellets three fleurs-de-lys Or.
Crest: Out of a ducal coronet Or a ram's head couped Proper.
Motto: Non vi sed virtute. (BLG11, 13, 15)
RAMSDEN Richard Ramsden of Islington, (dvp 1843), was father of Richard Ramsden, JP, MA (Cantab), of Siddinghurst, barrister-atlaw,
(1841-1921), whose eldest son Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Elmslie Ramsden, DSO, RFA, of The Beeches, Bagshot, (b.1875), sold
Siddinghurst, 1929.
Arms: Argent on a chevron invected between two rams' heads erased in chief and a fleur-de-lys in base all Sable a ram's head erased
between two fleurs-de-lys of the field.
Crest: In front of an arm in armour embowed the hand in a gauntlet Proper grasping a ram's head in bend sinister three fleurs-de-lys
Sable.
Motto: Nil desperandum. (FD7; BLG15).
RAMSDEN Geoffrey Anthony Frecheville Ramsden, LDS, of 202a West Hill, Putney, (b.1919), eldest son of Major Arthur Geoffrey
Francis Ramsden, DSO, RA, (1887-1945), and was descended from Sir William Ramsden, 2 nd Bart., (1672-1736), as was Edward Feilden
Ramsden of Glengarry, Salisbury Avenue, Cheam, (b.1893), son of Algernon Feilden Ramsden, (1850-1922). Of the same family John Charles
Francis Ramsden, DL, JP, of Willinghurst, {Shamley Green}, (1835-1910), was grandson of Sir John Ramsden, 4 th Bart., (1755-1839), and was
father of Captain Frederick William Ramsden, Coldstream Guards, of Willinghurst, (1864-1928).
Arms: Argent on a chevron between three fleurs-de-lys Sable as many rams' heads couped at the neck of the first. *
Crest: A cubit arm in armour Proper the guantlet holding a fleur-de-lys Sable. (BP99, 105)
Motto: Audaces fortuna juvat. (FD7)
* Fox-Davies records this as the first quarter of shield of 46 quarters. (FD7)
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