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pale dancettée or and sable, on a chief argent a crescent
azure, between two ermine spots (for Henderson) ; 2. or, on
a fesse gules, between three crosses pâtée in chief of the second
and a star of six points in base azure, three bezants, all within
a bordure of the third (for Mercer) ; 3. gules, in chief two
roses argent, and in base a hunting-horn of the second stringed
azure, and as augmentation, in the centre chief point a naval
crown, pendent therefrom a representation of the gold
medal given for the Battle of Camperdown (being two
female figures representing Victory alighting on the prow
of an antique galley and crowning Britannia), and under-
neath in gold letters the word “ Camperdown ; " 4. quarterly
i. and iiii. argent, a saltire engrailed sable (for Haldane);
ii. argent, a saltire between four roses gules (for Lennox) ;
iii. or, a bend chequy sable and argent (for Menteith), in
the centre a crescent azure for difference ; and upon an
escutcheon of pretence for and in right of his wife, the
arms of Mercer-Henderson, namely, quarterly 1 and 4,
Issue — Georgina Wilhelmina [married, 1888, the Right
Honourable the seventh Earl of Buckinghamshire (to
whom refer)]. Residences — Fordell, Inverkeithing, in
the county of Fife; 1 Wilton Terrace, Belgrave Square,
S.W.
The Rt. Hon. Sir Charles Lindley Wood, VIS-
COUNT HALIFAX of Monk Bretton, in
RTIfiir l*le West Riding of the county of York, in
Jf'ClllluA' the Peerage of the United Kingdom, and a
Baronet, Master of Arts. Dorn June 7, 1839,
being the son of the Rt. Hon. the first Viscount Halifax,
by his wife Lady Mary, daughter of the Rt. Hon. the
second Earl Grey, K.G.; formerly Captain ist West Riding
of York Yeomanry Cavalry; succeeded his father in 1885.
Creations—Baronet, January 22, 1784 ; Viscount, February
2i, 1866. Armorial bearing's—Azure, three naked savages,
ambulant, in fesse proper, in the dexter hand of each a shield
Henderson as above; 2 and 3, Mercer as above. Upon
the escutcheon is placed a helmet befitting his degree,
with a mantling gules, doubled argent; and for his Crests,
1. on a wreath of the liveries, a cubit arm proper, the hand
holding an estoile or, and surmounted by a crescent azure
(for Henderson); 2. on a wreath of the liveries, the head
and neck of a heron erased holding in its beak an eel
seizing the neck of the former, all proper (for Mercer);
3. on a wreath of the colours, on waves of the sea a
dismasted ship proper (for Duncan); 4. on a wreath
of the liveries, an eagle's head erased or (for Haldane);
with the Mottoes, “Sola virtus nobilitat,” “The grit
poul," “ Disce pati," "Suffer.” Married, 1866, Edith
Isabella (who, on succeeding under the w'ill of her
brother to his London and Fifeshire estates in 1882,
was privileged by Royal License to use the surnames of
Mercer-Henderson only), daughter of the late General
Mercer-Henderson, Companion of the Most Honourable
Order of the Bath, of Fordell, North Britain; and has
argent, charged with a cross gules; in the sinister, a club
resting on the shoulder also proper, on a canton ermine,
three lozenges conjoined in fesse sable, and upon an escut-
cheon of pretence the arms of Courtenay, namely, quarterly
x and 4, or three torteaux surmounted by a label of three
points azure (for Courtenay); 2 and 3 or, a lion rampant
azure (for Redvers). Above the escutcheon, which is charged
with his badge of Ulster as a Baronet, is placed the coronet
of his rank, and thereupon a helmet befitting his degree,
with a mantling azure and argent; and for his Crest,
upon a wreath of the colours, a savage as in the arms,
the shield sable, charged with a griffin’s head erased
argent. Supporters—On either side a griffin sable, gorged
with a collar, and pendent therefrom a portcullis or.
Motto—“I like my choice.” Married, April 22, 1869,
Lady Agnes Elizabeth, only daughter of the Rt. Hon.
William Reginald Courtenay, twelfth Earl of Devon; and
has Issue—(x) Hon. Charles Reginald Lindley Wood,
born July 17, 1870, died September 6, 1890; (2) Hon.
The Editor undertakes that every entry not in italics is that of a genuinely armigerous person.