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Meliora spero

Nicholson, Otto (Stamp 2)
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Arms Two bars ermine in chief three suns Crest Out of a ducal coronet a lion's head Motto MELIORA SPERO
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Meliore fide quam fortuna

Greisley, Roger, Sir, 8th Baronet (1799 - 1837) (Stamp 1)
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Arms Quarterly 1. Vairy ermine and gules (Greisley) 2. Sable a lion rampant argent collared gules (Wasteneys) 3. Argent a lion rampant between three cross crosslets fitchy gules (Bowyer) 4. Ermine on a saltire gules a crescent (Wynn) impaling Sable a fess ermine between three crescents (Coventry) Motto meliore fide quam fortuna
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Mens agitat molem

Howe, George William Osborn (1875 - 1960) (Stamp 1)
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Arms A cross in dexter chief a tower in fess point the cross of an order Motto MENS + AGITAT + MOLEM
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Mens cuiusque is est quisque

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Arms Quarterly 1 & 4. On a bend between two horses [nags] heads erased three fleurs de lys (Pepys) 2 & 3. A lion rampant within a bordure engrailed (Talbot) Crest A camel's head erased bridled and lined ducally gorged Helmet of an Esquire Motto MENS CUIUSQUE IS EST QUISQUE
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Arms Quarterly 1 & 4. On a bend between two horses [nags] heads erased three fleurs de lys (Pepys) 2 & 3. A lion rampant within a bordure engrailed (Talbot) Crest A camel's head erased bridled and lined ducally gorged Helmet of an Esquire Motto MENS CUIUSQUE IS EST QUISQUE
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Mens cujusque is est quisque

Wheatley, Henry Benjamin (1838-1917)  (Stamp 1)
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Badge An anchor Initials S P; H. B. W. Motto Mens cujusque is est Quisque
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Mens pristina mansit

Leyborne-Popham, Francis William (1862 - 1907) (Stamp 1)
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Arms Quarterly 1 & 4. Argent on a chief gules two buck’s [stag’s] head caboshed (Popham) 2 & 3. Azure six lions rampant on a chief embattled a mural coronet (Leyborne) Crest A stag’s head erased Motto MENS PRISTINA MANSIT
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Metuenda corolla draconis

Stewart, Alexander John Robert (1827 - 1904) (Stamp 1)
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Crest A dragon statant Motto METUENDA COROLLA DRACONIS
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Stewart, Alexander John Robert (1827 - 1904) (Stamp 2)
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Crest A dragon statant Motto METUENDA COROLLA DRACONIS
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Mille scuta virtus est

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Arms A fess between three swans heads erased Motto MILLE SCVTA VIRTVS EST
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Miserere mei Deus

Ulster Office of Arms (Stamp 1)
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Arms Or a cross gules in chief a harp a lion passant gardant and a portcullis Legend THE ULSTER OFFICE OF ARMS Coronet of the King of Arms, with motto: MISERERE MEI DEUS Order of St. Patrick
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Misericordia et pax

Hamilton, John, Archbishop of St. Andrews (1521 - 1571) (Stamp 1)
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Arms Quarterly 1 & 4. Three cinquefoils (Hamilton) 2 & 3. A ship (Arran) Staff Archiepiscopal staff Motto MISERICORDIA ET PAX Legend + IOANNES HAMMILTOVN ARCHIEPISCOPVS SANCTIANDREE + 1555 •
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Mitis et fortis

Ord, Harry St George (1819 - 1885) (Stamp 1)
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Crest An elk's [stag’s] head couped Motto MITIS ET FORTIS Initials H. St. G. O. Monogram H. St. G. O.
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Moderate

Reid, Robert, Bishop of Orkney (1496-1558)  (Stamp 1)
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Arms A stag's head erased Mitre of a Bishop Motto MODERATE Legend + ROBERTVS REID EPVS ORCHADEN :: ET ABBAS A KINLOS :: 1558 ::
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Mon droit

Ingilby, John, Sir, 1st Baronet, of Ripley Castle (1758 - 1815) (Stamp 1)
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Arms An estoile on a canton the hand of Ulster Crest A boar's head couped erect Helmet of a Baronet Motto MON DROIT Legend SIR • JOHN • INGILBY • BART OF RIPLEY • YORKSHIRE •
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Mors Christi mors mortis meæ

Boothby, William, Sir, 2nd Baronet, of Broadlow Ash (1638-1707)  (Stamp 1)
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Arms On a canton a lion's foot erased an escutcheon with the hand of Ulster Crest A lion's gamb erased erect Helmet of a Baronet Motto MORS CHRISTI MORS MORTIS MEAE
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Mors potior macula

Latton, William (1653-1732)  (Stamp 1)
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Arms Per pale a saltire engrailed ermines and ermine Motto MORS POTIOR MACVLA Legend LATTON
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Latton, William (1653-1732)  (Stamp 2)
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Arms Per pale a saltire engrailed ermines and ermine Motto MORS POTIOR MACVLA Legend LATTON
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Latton, William (1653-1732)  (Stamp 4)
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Arms Per pale a saltire engrailed ermines and ermine Crest A crossbow in pale Helmet of an Esquire
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Mundus in mundo

Unidentified Stamp
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Arms Quarterly 1 & 4. A boar passant (unidentified) 2. A bend (unidentified) 3. On a chevron between three mullets of six points three lozenges (Butts) 4. Checky a chief ermine (unidentified) Crest A double panache of ostrich feathers Motto MUNDUS IN MUNDO
Possibilities for Identification: 
Davenport identifies these arms as Trewarthen, the second quartering as Blackborne, the third as Butts, and the fourth as Coleshill, but admits to having failed to identify the member of the family of Trewarthen who used the stamp. The identification of the quarterings is probably a random selection from the possibilities offered by Papworth. Without putting too much faith in the hypothesis, and still only working from Papworth, it is possible to offer a more likely interpretation prima facie. The only one of the quarterings which can be certainly identified is the third, and this is the family of Butts of Norfolk. Davenport's Bend for Blackborne is presumably Papworth's `Argent a bend sable' for which no location is given. It is not in Burke's General armory, which lists different arms for Blackborne of Yorkshire, Lancashire and Sussex. Trewarthen is a Cornish name and Coleshill with a chief goutty de sang, as in Davenport's description of the stamp, but not in the illustration, where it is ermine, is also of Cornwall. If, however we assume for the moment that all four quarters are from Norfolk, this would give Randolfe for the first quarter, the second quarter is too common a charge to be identified, Butts is in the third quarter, and assuming the illustration is right and Davenport's description is wrong, Tattershall in the last. This is of course speculation, and the stamp should be treated as Unidentified.
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Murus aeneas conscientia sana

Lumley-Savile, John, 8th Earl of Scarbrough (1788 - 1856) (Stamp 1)
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Arms Quarterly 1 & 4. Argent on a bend sable three owls of the field (Savile) 2 & 3. Argent a fess gules between three parrots (Lumley) Supporters Two parrots Crests 1. An owl (Savile) 2. A pelican in her piety wings addorsed (Lumley) Coronet of an Earl Mottoes bee fast / murus aeneas conscientia sana
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Lumley-Savile, John, 8th Earl of Scarbrough (1788 - 1856) (Stamp 2)
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Arms Quarterly 1 & 4. Argent on a bend sable three owls of the field (Savile) 2 & 3. Argent a fess gules between three parrots (Lumley) Supporters Two parrots Crests 1. An owl (Savile) 2. A pelican in her piety wings addorsed (Lumley) Coronet of an Earl Mottoes BEE FAST / MURUS AENEAS CONSCIENTIA SANA
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Ne cede malis

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Arms Gules three escallops a crescent for difference Coronet of a viscount Supporters Two lions rampant crowned holding an anchor Motto NE CEDE MALIS
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Ne obliviscaris

Campbell , Frederick, Lord Campbell (1729 - 1816) (Stamp 1)
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Crest A boar's head erased Motto NE OBLIVISCARIS
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Campbell, Ian Douglas, 11th Duke of Argyll (1903 - 1973) (Stamp 2)
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Arms Quarterly 1 & 4 Gyronny of eight (Campbell) 2 & 3 a ship sails furled, flags and pennants flying oars in action (Lorne) Crest A boar’s head couped Motto NE OBLIVISCARIS
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Campbell, John George Edward Henry Douglas Sutherland, 9th Duke of Argyll (1845 - 1914) (Stamp m013)
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Arms Quarterly 1 & 4 Gyronny of eight (Campbell) 2 & 3 a ship sails furled, flags and pennants flying oars in action (Lorne) Crest A boar’s head couped Helmet of a peer Coronet of a Duke Supporters Two lions rampant Orders of the Garter and the Thistle Motto NE OBLIVISCARIS
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Ne parcas nec spernas

Lamont, James, Sir, 1st Baronet (1828 - 1913) (Stamp 1)
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Crest A hand couped erect holding a dagger in pale Motto NE PARCAS NEC SPERNAS
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Ne vile fando [sic]

Bourchier, Rachel, Countess of Bath (1613 - 1680) (Stamp 1)
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Arms A cross engrailed between four water bougets (Bourchier) impaling Three dexter gauntlets (Fane) Coronet of a Countess Mottoes NON EST MORTALE QVOD OPTO BON TEMPS VIENDRA NE VILE FANDO [sic] SEMPER EADEM Legend EX DONO RACHAEL COMITISSAE BATHON : DOTARÆ AN DOM MDCL
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Ne vile fano

Fane, Francis, Sir (1612 - 1681) (Stamp 1)
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Arms Quarterly of twelve 1 & 12. Three dexter gauntlets affronty (Fane) 2. a saltire a rose for difference (Nevill of Raby) 3. Fretty on a canton per pale a ship (Nevill of Bulmer) 4. A fess or between six cross crosslets (Beauchamp) 5. A lion rampant (FitzAlan) 6. Checky (Warenne [Warren?]) 7. Quarterly in the second and third quarters a fret a bend overall (Despencer) 8. Three chevrons (Clare) 9. A lion rampant double queued (Burghersh) 10. Three lions rampant (Mildmay) 11. Two crosses patty in pale between as many flaunches checky (Sherington) a crescent for difference Crest Out of a...
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Nec beneficii immemori nec iniuriæ

Walrond (Stamp 1)
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Arms Three bulls heads caboshed Crest Out of a mural coronet a tiger sejant pellety Motto Nec beneficii immemori nec iniuriæ
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Nec cupias nec metuas

Yorke, Charles Philip, 4th Earl of Hardwicke (1799 - 1873) (Stamp 1)
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Arms On a saltire azure a bezant [roundel] (Yorke) impaling fretty on a chief gules three leopard’s faces (Liddell) Coronet of an Earl Motto NEC CUPIAS NEC METUAS
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Nec elata nec deiecta

Finch, Heneage, 3rd Earl of Winchilsea (1628 - 1689) (Stamp 1)
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Arms Quarterly 1 & 4. A chevron between three griffins passant (Finch) 2 & 3. Three lions rampant (Fitzherbert) Coronet of an Earl Motto NEC ELATA NEC DEIECTA
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Finch, Heneage, 3rd Earl of Winchilsea (1628 - 1689) (Stamp 3)
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Arms Quarterly 1 & 4. A chevron between three griffins passant (Finch) 2 & 3. Three lions rampant (Fitzherbert) Coronet of an Earl Motto NEC ELATA NEC DEIECTA
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Nec prece nec pretio

Bateman, William, 1st Viscount Bateman (1695-1744)  (Stamp 1)
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Arms On a fess sable between three mallards a rose Supporters Two lions regardant collared and lined Coronet of a Viscount Motto NEC PRECE NEC PRETIO Order Badge and Motto of the Order of the Bath
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Nec rege nec populo sed utroque

Wilkinson, George Hutton (1791-1859)  (Stamp 1)
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Arms Quarterly 1 & 4 azure a fess ermine between three unicorns trippant 2 & 3 azure on a fess argent three fleurs-de-lis between three cushions on an escutcheon of pretence per fess embattled azure and gules three suns Crest Out of a mural coronet a demi-unicorn ermine Helmet of an Esquire Motto NEC REGE NEC POPULO SED UTROQUE
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Nec spero nec despero

Watts, Gilbert (Stamp 1)
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Arms Three bucks statant a crescent or annulet for difference Motto Nec spero nec despero
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Nec temere nec timide

Cottrell-Dormer, Clement, Sir (1686-1758)  (Stamp 1)
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Arms Argent a bend between three escallops sable (Cottrell) on an escutcheon of pretence Quarterly 1 & 4. a lion rampant gardant 2 & 3 An eagle displayed (Sherborne of Ribleton, Lancashire) Crest A talbot’s head erased sable collared and lined, the collar charged with three escallops Helmet of a Knight Motto NEC TEMERE NEC TIMIDE
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Cottrell-Dormer, Clement, Sir (1686-1758)  (Stamp 2)
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Arms Argent a bend between three escallops sable (Cottrell) on an escutcheon of pretence Quarterly 1 & 4. a lion rampant gardant 2 & 3 An eagle displayed (Sherborne of Ribleton, Lancashire) Crest A talbot’s head erased sable collared and lined, the collar charged with three escallops Helmet of a Knight Motto NEC TEMERE NEC TIMIDE
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Crest On a chapeau turned up ermine a lion statant gardant crowned with a ducal coronet and gorged with a collar charged with three anchors Motto NEC TEMERE NEC TIMIDE Coronet of an Earl
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Holden, John Greenwood (1781 - 1834) (Stamp 1)
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Arms Quarterly 1 & 4. An escutcheon between six allerions three, two and one (Holden) 2 & 3. Sable a fess erminois between two chevrons ermine between the fess and the upper chevron a covered cup (Holden) impaling Gules a chevron between three griffins heads erased (Aspinall) Crests 1. Out of a ducal coronet a demi pegasus 2. A moorcock Helmet of an Esquire Motto NEC TEMERE NEC TIMIDE
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Arms Quarterly 1 & 4. An escutcheon between six allerions three, two and one (Holden) 2 & 3. Sable a fess erminois between two chevrons ermine between the fess and the upper chevron a covered cup (Holden) impaling Gules a chevron between three griffins heads erased (Aspinall) Crests 1. Out of a ducal coronet a demi pegasus 2. A moorcock Helmet of an Esquire Motto NEC TEMERE NEC TIMIDE
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Nec tempore nec fato

MacDonald, William Bell (1807 - 1862) (Stamp 1)
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Crest A dexter hand in armour in fess holding a cross crosslet fitchy Motto NEC TEMPORE NEC FATO
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Neminem metue innocens

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Arms Azure on a chevron between in chief two fleurs de lys and in base a lamb statant or a fleur-de-lys between two cinquefoils azure Crest A lamb passant holding in its mouth three cinquefoils slipped Helmet of an Esquire Motto NEMINEM METUE INNOCENS
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Nemo sine vitiis

Ireland, Samuel (1744-1800)  (Stamp 1)
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Arms Six fleurs de lys Supporter An eagle Motto NEMO SINE VITIIS
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Nihil temere

Balfour, James, Sir, of Pittendreich (1525-1583)  (Stamp 1)
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Arms On a chevron an otter's head erased Motto NIHIL TEMERE Legend IACO BVS BAL FOVR
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Nil admirari

Fitzgibbon, John, 2nd Earl of Clare (1792 - 1851) (Stamp 1)
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Arms Ermine a saltire gules on a chief three annulets (Fitzgibbon) impaling Quarterly 1. Vert three escutcheons each with a bordure engrailed (Burrell) 2. Or fretty azure (Willoughby) 3. Quarterly argent and gules in the first quarter a mullet (Vere) 4. Vert three eagles displayed in fess (Wynne of Gwydyr [Gwydur]) Supporters Dexter A lion and Sinister A griffin Crest A boar passant charged on the body with three annulets Helmet of a peer Coronet of an Earl Motto NIL ADMIRARI
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Fitzgibbon, Richard Hobart, 3rd Earl of Clare (1793 - 1864) (Stamp 1)
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Crest A boar passant charged on the body with three annulets Coronet of an Earl Motto NIL ADMIRARI
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Fitzgibbon, Richard Hobart, 3rd Earl of Clare (1793 - 1864) (Stamp 3)
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Crest A boar passant charged on the body with three annulets Motto NIL ADMIRARI Monogram R F G
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Fitzgibbon, Richard Hobart, 3rd Earl of Clare (1793 - 1864) (Stamp 4)
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Monogram C C Motto NIL ADMIRARI Coronet of an Earl

Nil conscire sibi

Mills, Charles Henry, 1st Baron Hillingdon  (1830 - 1898) (Stamp 1)
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Arms Quarterly 1 & 4. Gyronny of eight argent and azure a cross moline sable (Mills) 2 & 3. Azure a fleur-de-lys argent (Digby) impaling Sable a cross flory within a bordure or (Lascelles) Supporters Two lions regardant each gorged with a collar gemelle and charged on the shoulder with a cross flory sable Coronet of a Baron Motto NIL CONSCIRE SIBI
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