B61747-Lydiard

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Name of the family:

Lydiard

Blason:

Az. a maunch erm. surmounted by an anchor erect within a bordure engr. or; on a chief wavy vert a representation of the aforesaid gold naval medal pendent from a riband ar. fimbriated of first, with the word "Curacoa" inscribed under the same betw. two naval crowns gold.

Crest(s):

Out of a naval crown or, a Moor's head affrontée ppr. wreathed round the temples with laurel vert, round the neck a torse ar. and az. thence pendent a medal and ribbon as in the arms.

Motto:

Virtute et prudentia.

Info about the family:

granted to Elizabeth, the widow and the children of Capt. Charles Lydiard, R.N., of Meailfields, Surrey, commander of H.M.S. "Anson," who received a gold medal from the king commemorating his distinguished services at the taking of Curacoa, and, 1 Jan. 1807, a royal licence to bear the same in his arms, but who d. Dec. following, being drowned by the sinking of the " Anson" before the licence was ratified

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0113

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