B52565-Strange

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Name of the family:

Strange

Blason:

Ar. a chev. betw. three lozenges sa.

Crest(s):

A castle ppr. masoned sa.

Supporters:

(granted 1798) Dexter, an ancient Caledonian warrior ppr. the head, breast, arms from the shoulders, and legs above the knees bare, his body covered with a garment az. coming round his shoulders and reaching almost down to his knees, a girdle of leather round his waist, one end of which, falling down by his left thigh, suspends a massy sword, in his right hand a spear upright, on the inferior end of which a round ball, and under his left arm a shield, all of the first; sinister, an ancient Danish warrior, face bare, a helmet on his head and a sword by his side, his arms and legs from above the knees down to the middle bare, from thence to the ankles covered with armour, on his body a corslet of steel all ppr. above which a long round cloak of purple lined ar. buttoned and looped from the throat to the middle or, from thence thrown open and loose to the knees, the sleeves also open from above the elbows, with loopholes and buttons as before, discovering the naked arms, round each wrist a chain of gold, his dexter hand foreshortened rests upon a Danish battle axe point downwards of the first, a leathern belt falls down from the right shoulder to the left thigh, by which the sword is suspended.

Motto:

Over the crest, Stet fortuna domus; below the arms: Fortes fortuna juvat,

Info about the family:

Sir Robert Strange, the eminent engraver, as heir male of Strang, of Balcaskie, and his son, James Strange, M.P.

Page in the book:

979

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