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5. Az., a fess dancetty between 6 escallops arg. _Dengayne._
6. Sa., an estoile arg. _Ingleby._
_Legend._--SIGILLVM RICARDI SANCTI GEORGII.
[_Collection of Manuscript Tracts of the Seventeenth Century._ Add. MS. 577, b. 5.]
Richard Saint-George (born circ. 1577, died 17th May 1635) was the son of Thomas Saint-George of Hatley Saint-George, Cambridge. He was always a great student of heraldry and genealogy. In 1602 he was made Berwick Pursuivant, and in 1603 Norroy King-of-Arms. He conducted visitations of Derbyshire, Yorkshire, Cheshire, Lancashire, and other counties. In 1616 he received the honour of Knighthood.
Sir Richard became Clarencieux King-of-Arms in 1623, and presently, with Sir John Borough, Norroy, he conducted several further visitations in the southern counties of England. He wrote several valuable genealogical works, many of which are among the manuscripts in the British Museum. Many of his writings have been published. His son Henry afterwards became Garter King-of-Arms.
SALWEY, HUMPHREY
_Arms._--Quartered.
1. Sa., a saltire engrailed or. _Salwey._
2. Arg., on a chief az., a lion passant of the first. _Aston._
3. Or, on a bend sa., 3 eagles displayed arg. _Manley._
4. Gu., a fess compony, arg. and sa., between 6 crosses crosslet fitchée or. _Boteler._
5. Arg., 2 bendlets sa. _Bradshaw._
6. Bendy of 10, or and az. _Montfort._
7. Arg., on a bend wavy az., 3 swans of the first. _Dawes._
8. Arg., a fess az., between 3 boars' heads couped sa. _Alyson._
9. Arg., a chevron engrailed between 3 bugle horns sa., stringed or. _Wyerley._
[HATCHER. _G. Haddoni lucubrationes._ Londini, 1567.]
Humphrey Salwey (born circ. 1575, died December 1652) was educated at Oxford, and entered the Middle Temple in 1591. He took part in the Civil War on the side of Parliament. In 1644 he was appointed King's Remembrancer in the Court of Exchequer. In 1649 he was made a Judge, but never took his place as such. He was buried in Westminster Abbey.
SANDYS, SIR THOMAS, KNIGHT
_Arms._--Or, a fess dancetty between 3 crosses crosslet fitchée gu., a fleur-de-lys for difference. _Sandys._
[JACOBUS DE VORAGINE. _Legendario delle vite de' Santi._ Venetia, 1607.]
Edwin Sandys (born 9th December 1561, died October 1642) was the sixth son of Edwin Sandys, Archbishop of York. He was educated at Merchant Taylors' and Oxford, and in 1589 entered the Middle Temple as a student. In 1586 Mr. Sandys represented Andover in Parliament, and afterwards sat for Plympton. He wrote some books on religious subjects during a visit to Paris. In 1603 he received the honour of Knighthood, and was Member of Parliament for Stockbridge.
Sir Edwin Sandys was conspicuous in Parliament, and got into trouble about his views as to the succession to the throne, and had to appear before the Council, but nothing was done further than that he had to give security for his appearance if wanted. He was an active member of the East India Company, and the Sandys group of islands in the Somers Islands was named after him. He also took a prominent part in the affairs of the Virginia Company, of which he was elected Treasurer in 1619, in succession to Sir Thomas Smythe. His administration, however, in the long-run, was no better than that of his predecessor, and in 1621 he was imprisoned in the Tower, but soon released.
Sir Edwin was returned to Parliament as Member for Sandwich, and afterwards for Penrhyn, but soon afterwards left public life, and devoted himself to his favourite East India Company. His political career was of much interest and importance.
SAY, WILLIAM
_Arms._--Quarterly, or and gu., in the first quarter a lion passant guardant az. A crescent for difference. _Say._
[_Dialogi sex._ Antverpiae, 1566.]
William Say (born c. 1604, died c. 1666) was the second son of William Say of Ickenham, Middlesex. He was educated at Oxford, and was a Bencher of the Middle Temple. Mr. Say was a Member of Parliament for Camelford, and signed the death warrant of Charles I. For a time, in the absence of Speaker Lenthal, Say acted as Speaker in the House of Commons.
At the Restoration Say had to leave England, and found refuge in Holland, where he died.
SHEFFIELD, JOHN, THIRD EARL OF MULGRAVE, AFTERWARDS DUKE OF THE COUNTY OF BUCKINGHAM.
_Arms._--Within the Garter. Arg., a chevron between 3 garbs gu. _Sheffield._
_Coronet._--That of an Earl.
_Note._--Used between 1674 and 1694.
[CUDWORTH. _The Intellectual System of the Universe._ London, 1678.]
John Sheffield (born 7th April 1648, died 24th February 1720) was the son of Edmund Sheffield, second Earl of Mulgrave, and succeeded his father in 1658. John Sheffield had an eventful military and naval career, the two professions being in his time curiously considered as one. As a sailor he took part in the fight at Solebay in 1672 under the Duke of York, and afterwards was Captain of the "Royal Catherine." As a soldier Lord Mulgrave was Colonel of the Holland Regiment, Governor of Hull, and commanded a force at Tangier. In 1674 he was made a Knight of the Garter. He was a member of the Privy Council and Lord Chamberlain of the Household. In 1694 he was made Marquis of Normandy, and in 1703, Duke of Normandy, and shortly afterwards Duke of the County of Buckingham. He was a book-lover, and an author of some repute in his own time.
SHELDON, RALPH
_Arms._--Sa., a fess arg., between 3 sheldrakes ppr. _Sheldon._
[_The Annals of Cornelius Tacitus._ London, 1640.]
_Variety._--Quarterly.
1st and 4th; sa., a fess arg., between 3 sheldrakes ppr. _Sheldon._
2nd; arg., on a bend sa., between 2 lions rampant of the second, a wyvern, extended, of the first. _Newport._
3rd; gu., a saltire vair. _Wellington._
[NOSTRADAMUS. _The True Prognostications, etc._ London, 1672.]
Ralph Sheldon (born 1st August 1623, died 24th June 1684) was the son of William Sheldon of Beoley, Worcestershire, and an ardent collector of antiquities, particularly books and manuscripts. He collected a large library at his house "Weston," at Long Compton, Warwickshire, and bequeathed to the College of Arms a large number of the manuscripts of Augustine Vincent, Windsor Herald. Mr. Sheldon suffered persecution as a Catholic. He wrote several genealogical treatises, many of which are now kept at the College of Arms.
SLOANE, SIR HANS, BART.
_Arms._--Gu., a sword in pale, point downwards, blade arg., hilted or, between 2 boars' heads couped at the neck of the third; on a chief erm., a lion passant of the first between 2 mascles sa. The Ulster hand gu., on an escutcheon arg., in the dexter chief.
_Legend._--BIBLIOTHECA MANUSCRIPT. SLOANEIANA.
[_State Papers_, 1515-1525. Sloane MS. 3839.]
Hans Sloane (born 16th April 1660, died 11th January 1753) was the son of Alexander Sloane, a Scotchman who settled in Ireland as receiver-general of the estates of Lord Clanricarde.
When he was about eighteen Hans Sloane came to London to pursue his studies, particularly medicine, chemistry, and botany. In botany he became a great authority, and his botanical collections were of great importance. In 1683 he went to France to continue his scientific studies, and on his return to London he set up as a practising physician in England.
In 1687 Dr. Sloane went to the West Indies as physician to Christopher Monck, second Duke of Albemarle, who was Governor-General of the West Indian Colonies, and during the voyage the doctor made valuable collections, chiefly botanical, and also brought together a mass of material for his future use as an author. Dr. Sloane's botanical collections were largely increased by bequests from friends, particularly that of William Courten in 1702. In 1693 Dr. Sloane was Secretary to the Royal Society, and he was also Physician-in-Chief to George I., who in 1716 created him a Baronet. He was President of the College of Physicians in 1719 and of the Royal Society in 1727. Sir Hans Sloane lived in a house in Great Russell Street, and in 1741 he moved to more roomy quarters at the Manor House, Chelsea, where his collections could be better seen.
By his will Sir Hans Sloane bequeathed his natural history collections, antiquities of all sorts, manuscripts, and printed books to the British Nation, conditional on the payment to his family of £20,000, and after considerable negotiation the offer was accepted. In 1753 an Act (25th George II., chap. 22) was passed "for the purchase of the Museum or Collection of Sir Hans Sloane," and the collections were in time, with others, removed to Montagu House, which was opened to the public in 1759. The Sloane family is represented among the Family Trustees of the British Museum.
SMITH, JOSEPH, CONSUL
_Arms._--Arg., 2 chevrons sa., each charged with 3 fleurs-de-lys of the first; on a chief gu., a lion passant or. _Smith._
_Crest._--A dexter arm erect, vested chequy, vert and or, holding in the hand a sheaf of 3 arrows of the last.
[PETRARCH. _Canzoniere._ Venetiis, 1533.]
Joseph Smith (born circ. 1682, died 6th November 1770) went as a young man to Venice, and quickly became known as an ardent collector of books and objects of art generally. In 1740 he was appointed British Consul at Venice. In 1762 Smith's library was bought for George III., and formed the first important nucleus of His Majesty's splendid collection. It contained especially choice editions of the classics, and also many incunabula.
Mr. Smith continued to collect books after the king had made his purchase, and these were eventually sold by auction in 1773. George III. also acquired a fine collection of pictures, coins, and gems that had been brought together by Consul Smith.
SMITH, SIR THOMAS, KNIGHT, OF HILL HALL, ESSEX
_Arms._--Quarterly.
1st and 4th; sa., a fess dancetty arg., between 3 lioncels rampant of the second, each supporting an altar or, flaming ppr. _Smith._
2nd and 3rd; arg., on a bend sa., 3 crosses of the first, a martlet for difference. _Charnock._
In the centre point a crescent for difference.
_Crest._--A Phœnix arg., issuing from flames ppr.
_Helmet._--That of an Esquire.
[_Short Introduction to Latin Grammar._ London, 1609.]
Thomas Smith (born 23rd December 1513, died 12th August 1577) was the second son of John Smith of Saffron Walden, and Agnes Charnock.
He was educated at Cambridge, where he attracted attention by his ability and was given a special scholarship by Henry VIII. In 1531 Smith was made a Fellow of his College, and shortly afterwards University Orator. In 1544 he was made Regius Professor of Civil Law. He was Provost of Eton and Dean of Carlisle. Although in Orders, Smith presently came to Court and became Clerk of the Privy Council, and in 1548 he was made one of the Secretaries to the King, and shortly afterwards received the honour of Knighthood. He went as Ambassador to the Emperor Charles V., and with an Embassy to France in 1551.
On the accession of Queen Mary, Smith changed his crest, and adopted that of a salamander living in the midst of flames, alluding perhaps to the fact that he escaped free from the dangers of the time, he being a strong Protestant. The Smith crest before this had been an eagle holding a pen in his claw. Queen Elizabeth in turn favoured Sir Thomas, and made him Chancellor of the Order of the Garter, and soon afterwards Secretary of State. Sir Thomas Smith had a large library of books, which he bequeathed to one or other of the Colleges at Cambridge, or among private friends. He wrote several works, mostly political.
SMYTHE, THOMAS, VISCOUNT STRANGFORD
_Arms._--Quartered.
1. Az., a chevron engrailed between 3 lions passant or. _Smythe._
2. Gu., a fess raguly between 3 boars' heads couped arg. _Judd._
3. Az., 3 lions rampant within a bordure arg. _Chiche._
4. Arg., 2 chevrons az., a canton gu. _Dexter._
5. Arg., a cross voided gu. _Pilkington._
6. Arg., 5 chevrons sa. _Sutton._
7. Or, a chevron between 3 cinquefoils gu. _Chichele._
8. Arg., a cross voided sa. _Duckenfield._
9. Or, on a chevron sa., a mullet arg., a crescent for difference. _Mirfin._
_Crest._--An ounce's head erased arg., collared and chained sa.
_Note._--Used before 1628.
[MOULIN. _Anatomie of Melancholy._ London, 1620.]
Thomas Smythe (born c. 1599, died 30th June 1635) was the son of Sir John Smythe of Ostenhanger and Ashford, High Sheriff of Kent in 1600. Thomas Smythe inherited a considerable fortune from his father, who was a son of Thomas Smythe, Farmer of the Customs to Queen Elizabeth, his mother being Alice Judd, daughter of Sir Andrew Judd, Lord Mayor of London and founder of Tunbridge School. In 1625, at the coronation of Charles I., Thomas Smythe was made a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath, and three years later he was created Viscount of Strangford.
SOMERS, JOHN, BARON SOMERS
_Arms._--Quarterly.
1st and 4th; vert, a fess dancetty erm. _Somers._
2nd and 3rd; quarterly, vert and gu., a fess dancetty erm., in chief a lion passant between 2 hawks arg. _Somers of Worcestershire._
_Coronet._--That of a Baron.
_Supporters._--2 lions erm., each charged on the neck with a fess dancetty vert.
_Motto._--PRODESSE QUAM CONSPICI.
[_Common Prayer._ Oxford, 1700.]
_Variety._--Used between 1688 and 1697.
_Arms._--Vert, a fess dancetty erm.
_Crest._--A coat of mail hanging on a laurel tree ppr.
_Helmet._--That of a Knight.
[ECHARD. _Roman History._ London, 1695.]
John Somers (born 4th March 1650, died 26th April 1716) was son of John Somers of Clifton-on-Severn. He was educated at Worcester and Oxford, and became a Bencher of the Middle Temple in 1689.
Mr. Somers became Solicitor-General in 1688, when he received the honour of Knighthood, and he represented Worcester in Parliament. Sir John was sworn of the Privy Council in 1693, and shortly afterwards was made Lord Keeper of the Great Seal, Speaker of the House of Lords, and Lord Chancellor. In 1697 he was created Baron Somers of Evesham. Lord Somers was President of the Royal Society. In 1701 he was impeached in the Commons for various supposed misdemeanours, but the charge was dismissed.
The Barony of Somers became extinct at John Somers' death in 1716, but it was revived in 1784 in the person of Charles Cocks of Castleditch, M.P. for Reigate, who was a descendant of a sister of the first Lord.
SPENCER, CHARLES, THIRD EARL OF SUNDERLAND
_Arms._--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._
_Motto._--DIEV DEFENDE LE DROICT.
_Note._--Used before 1702.
[CAMDEN. _Britain._ London, 1637.]
_Crest._--Out of a ducal coronet or, a griffin's head arg., gorged gu., between 2 wings expanded of the second. _Spencer._
Charles Spencer (born c. 1674, died 19th April 1722) was the son of Robert Spencer, second Earl of Sunderland, and succeeded his father in 1702. He was from an early age a great lover and collector of books, which he kept at Althorp.
In 1695 he was Member of Parliament for Tiverton; in 1706 he was a Secretary of State for the Southern Department, and became of much political importance as a Whig leader. He was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in 1714.
In 1715 Lord Sunderland was made Lord Privy Seal, and shortly afterwards Vice-Treasurer of Ireland. He also held the posts of Groom of the Stole and Gentleman of the Bedchamber to George I.
Lord Sunderland was a great book collector, and a rival in this respect to most of his contemporaries. He was a great gambler, and his library was at one time pledged to the Duke of Marlborough, and in 1749 it was removed to Blenheim. The library was sold in 1881, and the books belonging to it were widely dispersed.
Lord Sunderland's son Charles, who in 1729 became fifth earl, on the demise of his aunt Henrietta, by special Act of Parliament Duchess of Marlborough, in 1733 succeeded to the Dukedom of the celebrated John Churchill. The Earldom of Sunderland from that time has been merged in the Dukedom of Marlborough.
SPENCER, GEORGE JOHN, SECOND EARL SPENCER
_Arms._--Impaled.
Dexter: Quarterly, arg. and gu., on the 2nd and 3rd quarters a fret or, over all on a bend sa., 3 escallops of the first. _Spencer._
Sinister: Quarterly.
1st and 4th; az., a bend cotised between 6 crosses pattée or. _Bingham._
2nd and 3rd; erm., a lion rampant ducally crowned or. _Smith._
_Crest._--Out of a ducal coronet or, a griffin's head arg., gorged with a bar gemelle gu., between 2 wings expanded of the second.
_Coronet._--That of an Earl.
_Supporters._--Dexter: A griffin, per fess erm. and erminois, gorged with a collar sa., the edges flory counterflory chained of the last (on the collar 3 escallops arg.).
Sinister: A wyvern erect on his tail erm., collared and chained as the griffin.
_Motto._--DIEU DEFEND LE DROIT.
[CICERO. _Tusculanae Disputationes._ Romae, 1469.]
George John Spencer (born 1st September 1758, died 10th November 1834) was the son of John Spencer, Earl Spencer. In 1783 he succeeded his father in the family honours. He was educated at Harrow and Cambridge. In 1780 George Spencer was Member of Parliament for Northampton, and shortly afterwards became a Commissioner of the Treasury Board. He was also Lord Privy Seal and First Lord of the Admiralty. In 1806 he was made Secretary of State for the Home Department.
In 1781 Lord Spencer married Lavinia Bingham, daughter of Charles, Earl of Lucan, and in 1797 he was made a Knight of the Garter. Lord Spencer made a magnificent collection of books at Althorp Park, Northampton, and acquired several already celebrated libraries, particularly those of Count Reviczky and the Duke of Cassano-Serra. Several of Lord Spencer's books were bound for him by Charles Kalthoeber, a celebrated binder who worked also for George III., and closely imitated the work of Roger Payne, whose own work is also excellently represented in the library.
In 1892 the Althorp Library was purchased by Mrs. Rylands of Longford Hall, Manchester, and subsequently presented by her to the city of Manchester in memory of her husband, Mr. John Rylands.
STANLEY, THOMAS
_Crest._--An eagle's head couped arg., charged with 3 pellets, one and two, holding in his beak an eagle's leg erased a la cuise, gu. _Stanley._
[FIORAVANTI. _Della Fisica._ Venetiis, 1582.]
Thomas Stanley (born circ. 1625, died circ. 1678) was the son of Sir Thomas Stanley of Cumberlow, Hertfordshire. He was educated at Cambridge, and occupied himself in literary pursuits from an early age.
Mr. Stanley wrote a number of poetical works, and also made several translations from Greek and Latin authors. In 1655 he published a _History of Philosophy_ which during his lifetime enjoyed a great reputation. His edition of _Æschylus_ was also very successful. Several of his manuscripts are now kept in the University Library at Cambridge.
STUART, CHARLES, BARON STUART DE ROTHESAY
_Arms._--Or, a fess chequy az. and arg., within a double tressure flory counterflory gu. _Stuart._
_Crest._--A demi lion rampant gu., and over it the motto NOBILIS (est) IRA (leonis).
_Motto._--AVITO VIRET HONORE. Used before 1812.
[SEVERIM. _Noticias de Portugal._ Lisboa, 1740.]
_Variety._
_Arms._--Or, a fess chequy az. and arg., within a double tressure flory counterflory gu. A mullet for difference. _Stuart._
Within the collar of a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, having the badge of the order dependent therefrom. Used after 1812.
[PEREZ DEL PULGAR. _Coronica llamada Las dos Conquistas del Regno de Napoles._ Cargoça, 1559.]
Charles Stuart (born 2nd January 1779, died 6th November 1845) was the son of General Sir Charles Stuart, K.C.B., son of the Earl of Bute. Mr. Stuart had an important diplomatic career, and filled several high posts. He was Chargé d'affaires at Madrid, Envoy to Portugal, Minister at the Hague, and Ambassador to Paris.
In 1812 he was made a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, and in 1828 he was created Baron Stuart de Rothesay, a high honour, as the Barony of Rothesay is one of the hereditary honours of the Prince of Wales. Lord Stuart was afterwards Ambassador to St. Petersburg. He brought over from France the beautiful castle of Highcliffe, Hants, where the German Emperor recently stayed. He left no male heir, so his peerage became extinct at his death.
SUTTON, THOMAS
_Arms._--On a chevron between 3 annulets gu., as many crescents of the field. _Sutton._
_Crest._--A greyhound's head couped erm., collared gu., garnished and ringed or, on the collar an annulet of the first.
_Helmet._--That of an Esquire.
_Legend._--THOS · SUTTON · ARM · FUNDATOR.
_Note._--The word FUNDATOR applies to Charterhouse School.
[CÆSAR. _C. Julii Cæsaris quæ extant._ Lugduni Batavorum, 1635.]
Thomas Sutton (born circ. 1532, died 12th December 1611) was the son of Richard Sutton, Steward of the Courts of Lincoln. He is said to have been educated at Eton, and afterwards studied law at Lincoln's Inn. In early life Sutton was a soldier and saw active service, and in 1569 he was appointed Master of the Ordnance in the North.
While in the north Sutton acquired considerable possessions in land, and from these he drew a large fortune. One of the ships fitted out to resist the Spanish Armada was called the "Sutton." Sutton was very generous with his money, and in 1611 he purchased Charterhouse in Middlesex, where he founded the famous school of that name. The foundation of this school was originally intended for the benefit of forty boys of good birth and necessitous parents, but in time it came about that to be a foundation scholar, or gown boy, was a mark of distinction. Thackeray was a Charterhouse boy and was familiar with the surroundings there. Besides the school, there was a foundation or hospital at Charterhouse for "poverty-stricken gentlemen." The school was moved to Godalming in 1872, but the "hospital" still remains in Charterhouse Square. Sutton's tomb is in the Chapel at the Charterhouse.
SYDNEY, ROBERT, EARL OF LEICESTER
_Arms._--Quartered.
1. Arg., a pheon az. _Sydney._
2. Barry of 10, arg. and gu., a lion rampant ducally crowned or. _Brandon._
3. Or, a lion rampant az. _Brabant._
4. Or, 2 lions passant az. _Dudley._
5. Barry of 6, arg. and az., in chief a label of the first. _Grey._
6. Arg., a maunch sa. _Hastings._
7. Az., a wolf's head erased arg. _Lupus._
8. Barry of 10, arg. and az., an orle of ten martlets gu. _Valence, Earl of Pembroke._
9. A lion rampant.?