B25186-Gower

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Name of the family:

Gower

Blason:

Quarterly of eight, 1st, quarterly, 1st and 4th, carry of eight or and gu. over all a cross flory sa., for Go web, 2nd and 3rd az. three laurel leaves or, for Leveson; 2nd, barry of eight ar. and gu. over all a cross patonce sa., for Gowbb ; 3rd, gu. three organ rests or sufflues or, for Granville, Earl of Bath ; 4th, ar. a lion ramp. gu. betw. three ph eons' heads sa., for Eobrton, Duke of Bridgwater \ 6th, ar. on a bend az. three bucks' heads cabossed or, for Stanley; 6th, gu. two lions pass. ar. for Strange, of Knockyn; 7th, barry of ten ar. and gu. over all a lion ramp. or, crowned per pale of the first and second, for Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, on a canton chequy or and az. a feise gu., for Clifford, Earl of Cumberland ; 8th, Boyal arms, over all on an escutcheon of pretence, surmounted by an earl's coronet gu. three stars within a bordure or, charged with a double tressurc flory counterflory of the field, being the arms of the ancient Earls of Sutherland.

Crest(s):

1st: A wolf pass. ar. collared and chained or, for Gowbb; 2nd: A cat-a-mountain ppr., for Sutherland.

Supporters:

Dexter, a wolf ar. collared and chained or; sinister, a savage, wreathed about the temples and waist with laurel, holding in the dexter hand a club resting on the shoulder ppr. and supporting with the sinister hand an antique shield charged with the arms of the ancient family of Sutherland.

Motto:

Frangaa non flectes.

Info about the family:

Sotheblamd-Lbveson-Gowbb, Duke of Sutherland

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