B58275-Wharton

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Name of the family:

Wharton

Blason:

Sa. a mauncb ar. on a border or, eight pairs of lions' gambs saltire-ways erased gu., the border being an augmentation granted by Edward VI.

Crest(s):

A Moor kneeling in coat of mall all ppr. ducally crowned or, stabbing himBelf with a sword of the first, hilt and pommel gold; Another, A'bull's head erased ar. attired or, ducally gorged per pale gu. and gold.

Supporters:

Dexter, a bull ar. ducally gorged per pale or and gu. the dexter horn of the last, the sinister gold; sinister, a lion gu. fretty or.

Info about the family:

Jhtte of marlon, attainted 1728; descended from Henry Whabton, Esq., of Wharton, co. Westmorland, temp. Henry V., who bad two sons: I. Thomas, his heir, ancestor of the Duke qf Wharton; II. Gilbest, ancestor of Wharton, of Kirkby Thore, co. Westmorland, of Old Park and Dryhum, co. Durham, Gillington and Skelton-Castle, co. York, 6c. Sir Thomas Whabton, Knt., of Wharton, Governor of the town and Castle of Carlisle, tmp. Henry VIII., was summoned to Parliament 154a. Thomas, fifth Baron Wharton, was created Earl of Wharton 1706, and Marquess of Wharton, Malmesbury, and Calherlough, 1715; his son Philip, second marquess, was created, 1718, Duke of Wharton: his Grace subsequently espoused the cause of Pbincb James Francis Edwabd, and was attainted 1728, d.s.p. 1781, when all his honours became extinct, independent of the attainder,, except the original Barony of Wharton, which, but for the attainder, would have vested in the descendants of Hon. Mary Whabton, sister of Thomas, fifth Baron and first Marquess of Wharton, and wife of Sir Chabxes Kembts, third bait, of Kevanmably, co. Glamorgan, bow represented by Kemets-Ttnte, of Kevanmably

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