B41039-Nelson

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Name of the family:

Nelson

Blason:

Or, a cross flory sa. a bend gu. surmounted by another engr. of the field, charged with three bombs fired ppr. on a chief (of honourable augmentation) undulated ar. waves of the sea, from which a palm tree issuant betw. a disabled ship on the dexter, and a battery in ruins on the sinister all ppr.

Crest(s):

On the dexter (as a crest of honourable augmentation), on a naval crown or, the chclengk, or plume of triumph, presented to Horatio, Pi-count Kelson, by the Grand Signior, or Sultan, Selim HI.; and on the sinister the family crest, viz., on a wreath of the colours, upon waves of the sea, the stern of a Spanish man-of war all ppr., thereon inscribed "San Joseff."

Supporters:

Dexter, a sailor armed with a cutlass and a pair of pistols in his belt ppr. the right hand supporting a staff, thereon hoisted a commodore's flag gu. and in his left a palm branch ppr.; sinister, a lion ramp. reguard. in his mouth two broken flag-staffs ppr. flowing from one a Spanish flag or and gu. and from the other a tri-coloured flag, in his dexter paw a palm branch ppr.

Motto:

Palmam qui meruit ferat.

Info about the family:

Earl Nelson

Page in the book:

725

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