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Charles Stanley Monck

Ottawa, Ontario
Registration of Arms and Supporters
July 15, 2024
Vol. VIII, p. 292

Arms of Charles Stanley Monck

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Blazon

Arms

Gules a chevron between three lion’s heads erased Argent;

The Arms are shown ensigned by the coronet of a viscount;

Crest

A dragon statant Sable;

Supporters

Dexter a dragon, sinister a lion Argent each holding over the shoulder a laurel branch fructed proper;

Motto

FORTITER FIDELITER FŒLICITER;


Symbolism

Arms

These are the ancestral arms of the Monck or Le Moyne family of Potheridge, Devon, England. Lord Monck was a descendant of the Irish branch of the family.

Crest

A black dragon is the crest of the Irish branch of the Monck family of Potheridge.

Supporters

These were used in the 17th century by a branch of the Monck family in County Devon.

Motto

These Latin words mean “Courageously, faithfully, happily.”