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6 Even more geometric are the Arms of Sir Martin Charles Nourse. Gules two Barrulets Or each interlaced with a Chevronel and a Chevronel reversed Argent. These Arms are in fact based on earlier Arms of his maternal ancestry to which of course he was not entitled. The earlier Arms were A Fess between two Chevronels. You will note that I have made a variation on this theme which I hope you will consider effective. The Crest shows a millrind taken from the Arms of Lincoln’s Inn as an allusion to Sir Martin’s position as Treasurer of that Inn. It is combined not with an ordinary leopard but with an Asian leopard cat. Lest you think that all Arms are geometric, let me rectify this with the Arms of Sir HERALDRY OF RECENT KNIGHTS pT 3 This is the concluding part of an address given by Peter Ll Gwyn-Jones, Garter Principal King of Arms, at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, on 6th September 2008. Previous parts were in the Gazette issues of December 2008 and March 2009. Trevor Holdsworth which you may consider rather more traditional with the basic formation of On a Fess between ... The Fess is an allusion to Bradford, which is in turn a contraction of a broad ford. The swans’ heads provide an allusion to music - swan song. White roses for Yorkshire and a traditional griffin is suitable for one who was a chartered accountant, mediaeval accounts of the griffin stating that it was the Visit the website at www.theheraldrysociety.com guardian of mighty mounds of gold. You will see that it is holding a sword because I suggested that this was something of a pun on his surname, hold sworth. I am not sure that I can convince myself of this; but I seem to have convinced the grantee. Lord King of Wartnaby, when he was knighted, had piles to represent his interest in backgammon and Lord Sterling of Plaistow, when he received his knighthood, had black and white checks for chess, charged with three red lyres to represent his interest in music. Sir David Seale requested consideration be given to include an allusion to racing, pointing out that his racing colours consisted of black with red sleeves and a black cap. He also wished to include horseshoes or racing plates.
Obviously a metal needed to be introduced so I changed the red body into chevronels on an Argent field. These chevronels may perhaps suggest arms coming from a black body; but they also provide an arrow formation suggesting speed. The Badge is composed of three spurs emanating from a central roundel. I tried to persuade Sir David to have a decorated border but without success. I have once succeeded in having a racing border for the author Dick Francis. Although not a Knight, I am here including it as unusual and probably something which you have not seen previously. I am sorry that this is something of a cheat; but I thought you might enjoy it. If people accuse me of favouring flaunches, piles and pales, I have used other charges and for example have turned to the pall as in the Arms and Crest of Sir Gordon Jackson, the pall comes from the “Y” used for cattle branding in the blue mountains of Australia. The Achievement shows that he was also a frequent traveller to China. The charging of an animal Crest with a division or ordinary is not always satisfactory. Although Garter Wriothesley was particularly fond of this, I am afraid his successor does not favour it. I was put off when I designed a quarterly kangaroo in gold and black which really did not work and made the animal look as if it was dressed in a rugger jersey. Also there is a problem as to whether you allow the division line or ordinary to follow the outline of the animal or whether you treat it in a two-dimensional manner. Neither are satisfactory. Places can also provide for charges. The roses of Lancashire and Yorkshire are obvious, but in the Arms of Sir Hugh Cortazzi there is something different. These black formations are the prows of Venetian gondolas showing his Venetian ancestry. Sir Hugh had a diplomatic career, principally concerned with Japan hence the chrysanthemum which does not have the same number of petals as the Emperor but has twenty petals taken from the chrysanthemum of the Japan Society of which he was Chairman for ten years. The Supporters and Badge are the Japanese crane and what looks like a tortoise in the Crest is in fact another turtle. This is Reeve’s turtle which has a tortoise like appearance. A device taken from a company or society with which the grantee is associated is another reason for its adoption. Here are the Arms of Sir Martin Sorrell showing an interplay between east and west with a hexagon representing a diamond and a bear’s face for his Russian ancestry. E-mail the editor at gazette@theheraldrysociety.com 7
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