ST GEORGE, Sir Thomas (1615-1703), Garter Principal King of Arms

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Lot 22 | ST GEORGE, Sir Thomas (1615-1703), Garter Principal King of Arms
ST GEORGE, Sir Thomas (1615-1703), Garter Principal King of Arms

Illuminated document signed ('Tho. St George, Garter Principall king of Armes'), grant of supporters to the arms of Edward Russell, 1st Earl of Orford, 10 June 1697.

In English, blazoned arms at upper left, illuminated border with royal arms and heraldic figures, one membrane, 390 x 560mm, signed on fold-up, seal (broken) in metal case attached on cords. Contemporary leather and wooden box.



Grant of arms to a naval hero and prominent supporter of William III. The supporters newly granted comprise 'On the Dexter side A Lion Gules reposing his dexter Paw before on the head of an Anchor Or, and the sinister Paw behind on the Flewk thereof, and on the Sinister side An Antelope Gules, horned and hoofed Or, tusked Argent, reposing the contrary Feet on an Anchor Gold'. The grant specifies that in the absence of any children born to the Earl, the new arms may pass with his subsidiary title of Baron Russell of Shingay to his nephew Edward Cheeke of Pirgo.



William Russell, 1st Earl of Orford (1653-1727) was one of the 'Immortal Seven' who issued the formal invitation to the future William III to depose James II in the Glorious Revolution: Russell served as William's secretary during his invasion of England, and was later commander-in-chief of the Anglo-Dutch fleet which destroyed the French at the Battles of Barfleur and La Hogue (19 May and 4 June 1692). He subsequently served on three occasions as First Lord of the Admiralty, and was created Baron Shingay, Viscount Barfleur and Earl of Orford on 7 May 1697. The titles lapsed on Russell’s death (his nephew having predeceased him), although the Earldom of Orford was revived by his protégé, Sir Robert Walpole. Russell's heiress was Letitia Sandys (née Tipping), his great-niece.





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