B57525-Watson

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Name of the family:

Watson

Blason:

Quarterly, 1st and 4th, ar. on a chev. engr. az. betw. three martlets sa. as many crescents or, for Watson; 2nd and 3rd, or, two chev. gu. a crescent for diff., for Monson.

Crest(s):

A griffin's head erased ar. ducally gorged or.

Supporters:

Dexter, a griffin ar. ducally gorged or; sinister, a bear ppr. gorged with a belt ar. rimmed, buckled, and charged with three crescents or, the strap pendent ar. charged with three crescents or.

Motto:

Esto quod esse videris

Info about the family:

Baron Sondes, now Milles. Hon. Lewis Monson, second son of John, first Baron Monson, by Lady Margaret Watson his wife, dau. of Lewis, first Earl of Rockingham, by Katherine Sondes his wife, dau. of Sir George Sondes, K.B., of Lees Court, co. Kent, having s. to the Rockingham and Lees Court estates under the will of Thomas, third and last Earl, of Rockingham, assumed the surname and arms of Watson, and was created 1760, Baron Sondes, of Lees Court, co. Kent; the fourth baron assumed the name and arms of Milles only

Comment (Additional info):

see-Milles, Baron Sondes

Page in the book:

1083

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