Armorial bindings; Bookplates, English; Heraldry -- Great Britain
In 1722 Gilbert succeeded to his father's Prebendal stall at
Exeter, and two years later he was made Dean. In 1726 Dr.
Gilbert was consecrated Bishop of Llandaff, and was afterwards
translated to Salisbury. In 1757 he became Archbishop of York.
Gilbert was not a man of much learning, and his preferment in
the Church is remarkable as being due more to influence than
character. He published several sermons.
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GOWER, GEORGE GRANVILLE LEVESON, DUKE OF SUTHERLAND
_Arms._--Within the Garter. Quartered.
1. Quarterly;
1st and 4th, barry of 8, arg. and gu., over all a cross patonce
sa. _Gower._
2nd and 3rd, az., 3 laurel leaves or. _Leveson._
2. Barry of 8, arg. and gu., over all a cross patonce sa.
_Gower._
3. Gu., 3 clarions or. _Granville._
4. Arg., a lion rampant gu., between 3 pheons, sa. _Egerton._
5. Arg., on a bend az., 3 bucks' heads cabossed or. _Stanley._
6. Gu., 2 lions passant arg. _Strange._
7. Barry of 10, arg. and gu., a lion rampant or, on a canton
sa., a fess arg. _Brandon._
8. Quarterly;
1st and 4th, France.
2nd and 3rd, England; being the arms of England, borne by right
of descent from the Princess Mary, daughter of Henry VII.
_Coronet._--That of a Duke.
[JEWEL. _Defense of the Apologie, etc._ London, 1576.]
George Granville Leveson-Gower (born 9th January 1758, died
19th July 1833) was the son of Granville, Marquis of Stafford.
Lord George was summoned to the House of Lords as Baron Gower
during his father's lifetime, and succeeded to the Marquisate
in 1803.
The Marquis was a Member of the Privy Council and a Knight of
the Garter, and in 1833 he was created Duke of Sutherland. The
Earldom of Sutherland came into the Gower family by right of
Elizabeth, Countess of Sutherland in her own right, who married
the Duke in 1785. It is said to be the most ancient Earldom
in North Britain, and to date back as far as 1057. The Duke's
successors all used a quartering on their coat-of-arms for this
ancient Earldom, namely, gu., 3 mullets or, within a bordure of
the last, charged with a double tressure, flory counterflory of
the field.
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GREEN, JOSEPH HENRY
_Arms._--Az., 3 bucks statant or. A crescent for difference. _Green._
_Motto._--NEC SPERO NEC DESPERO.
[BACON. _Of the Advancement and Proficience of Learning._
Oxford, 1640.]
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