B56257-Villiers

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Name of the family:

Villiers

Blason:

Quarterly, 1st and 4th, ar. on a cross gu. five escallops or, for Villiers; 2nd and 3rd, gu. a chev. engr. erm. betw. three eaglets ducally gorged or, and in tha chief point for distinction an escallop gold, for Child.

Crest(s):

1st, Villiers, A lion ramp. ar. ducally crowned or; 2nd, Child, On a rock ppr. an eagle rising ar. holding in the beak an adder ppr. and charged on the breast for distinction with an erm. spot.

Supporters:

Two lions ar. ducaily crowned or, each gorged with a plain collar gu. charged with three escallops of the second.

Motto:

Fidel coticula crux.

Info about the family:

Earl of Jersey: descended from Sir Edward Villiers, Lord President of Munster. Fun. Ent. Ulster's Office, 1626, youngest son of Edward, first Viscount Grandison, whose elder son, Sir Edward Villiers, Knt., Master of the Horse to Mary II., was created, 1691, Baron Villiers, of How, and Viscount Villiers, and being appointed Ambassador to the States General, 1697, was created that year Earl of the Island of Jersey; his grandson, the third earl, having become heir male of the house of Villiers on the death of John, fifth Viscount Grandison and Earl of Grandison, inherited the family viscounty as sixth viscount; George, fifth Earl of Jersey, assumed the prefix surname of Child, by royal licence, 1812

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1057

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