B4857-Beresford

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Name of the family:

Beresford

Blason:

Quarterly, 1st and 4th, ar. crueilly fitchée three fleurs-de-lis sa. within a bordure wavy pean, for Bebesfobd; 2nd and 3rd quarterly, sa. and erm., in the 1st quarter a sword in bend sinister ar. encircled by a wreath of the last; in the 4th, a cinquefoil of the third pendent from a crimson ribbon bordered blue, in the centre chief a representation of the golden cross and clasps presented to Major-General Pace, by His Majesty George III., in testimony of his royal approbation of the signal valour displayed by the said Major-General Pack in divers actions with the enemy in the Peninsula of Spain.

Crest(s):

1st., Beresford, Issuant from a mural crown or, a dragon's head per fess wavy ar. and gu. the lower part of the neck transfixed by a broken spear, in the mouth the remaining part of the spear the point upwards or; 2nd, Pack, A mural crown ar. issuing therefrom a lion's head gu. gorged with a wreath or.

Motto:

Nil nisi cruce.

Info about the family:

Pack-Bebesford, Finagh Lodge, co. Carlow; exemplified to Dennis William Pack, Esq., on his assuming by royal licence the additional name of Beresford, 1854

Page in the book:

73

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