Armorial bindings; Bookplates, English; Heraldry -- Great Britain
George Cholmondeley (born 2nd January 1702, died 10th June
1770) was the son of George, second Earl Cholmondeley, and
succeeded his father in the Earldom in 1733. He was Member
of Parliament for East Looe, and afterwards for Windsor, and
Governor of Chester Castle. In 1725 Viscount Malpas, the
courtesy title used by George Cholmondeley, was made a Knight
of the Order of the Bath, and he subsequently held the offices
of Master of the Robes, Master of the Horse, and was Lord
Lieutenant of North Wales and of Montgomery. In 1736 he became
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and in 1743 Lord Privy
Seal. He held the rank of Lieutenant-General in the army.
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CHURCHILL, GEORGE SPENCER, FIFTH DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH
_Arms._--Impaled.
Dexter: Quarterly.
1st and 4th sa., a lion rampant arg., on a canton of the last a
cross gu. _Churchill._
2nd and 3rd quarterly, arg. and gu., in the second and third
quarters a fret or; over all on a bend sa., 3 escallops of
the first. _Spencer._
Sinister: Or, a bend sa.; over all a lion rampant gu.
_Abernethy_ (?).
_Coronet._--That of a Duke.
_Motto._--FIEL PERO DESDICHADO.
The whole arms are borne upon an Imperial eagle, the heraldic
indication of the rank of a Prince of the Holy Roman Empire, a dignity
given to John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough. The eagle is ensigned
with a closed crown, the circlet of which bears the strawberry leaves
and pearls of an English Marquis.
[FERRAROTTO. _Della preeminenza dell' officio di Stradicò
della nobile città di Messina._ Venetiis, 1593.]
[Illustration]
_Variety._--Used as Marquis of Blandford before 1817. _Spencer._
_Arms._--Quarterly.
1st and 4th quarterly, arg. and gu., on the second and third
quarters a fret or; over all on a bend sa., 3 escallops of
the first. _Spencer._
2nd and 3rd sa., a lion rampant arg., on a canton of the last a
cross gu. _Churchill._
_Coronet._--That of a Marquis.
_Motto._--DIEU DEFEND LE DROIT.
The whole arms are borne upon an Imperial eagle as before, but in this
case the whole is ensigned with a Royal orb between the two horns of a
crescent arg., issuing from a Marquis's coronet.
[COLONNA. _Discours du Songe de Poliphile._ Paris, 1654.]
George Spencer, afterwards Spencer-Churchill (born 6th March
1766, died 5th March 1840), was the son of George, fourth Duke
of Marlborough. He was educated at Eton and Oxford, and served
as Member of Parliament for Oxfordshire and for Tregony, and
was a Lord of the Treasury. He married Susan, daughter of the
Earl of Galloway.
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