Galileo Galilei, (1564-1642), Italian Astronomer.
Arms: Or, a Ladder of three steps in pale Gules.
(Woodward).

Gallas, Matthias, Graf von, Imperial Military Commander (c.1620).
Arms: Quarterly: 1 & 4, Argent, five roundels (2,1,2) Azure: 2 & 3, Argent, three bars Gules.
(Engraving, by B. Moncronet).

Galway, Earl of, see de Massue de Ruvigny.

Gama, Vasco da, Count of Vidigueira, (c.1469-1524), Admiral of the Indian Ocean, Viceroy of India, of Portugal.
Arms: Or, two bars Gules, each charged with two barrulets Argent, a pale counter-charged. Overall an inescutcheon Argent charged with five inescutcheons Azure (1,3,1) each bearing five plates (2,1,2).
Crest: Out of the coronet of a Portugese Count a demi-Moor proper, supporting on his dexter side a shield of the arms (as described above) and holding in his sinister hand an Olive branch Vert.
(Elucidario Nobiliarchico).

Gameel, Maria, French (?) Noblewoman (c.1569): (wife of Jacob della Faille).
Arms: Quarterly: 1, A Swan: 2 & 3, Argent, three human hearts Gules: 4, A fess, surmounted by a saltire. The oval shield surrounded by a plain-bordered cartouche and suspended on a ribbon.
(Portrait, by Cornelius de Zeeuw, 1569).

Garibaldi, Giuseppe, (1807-1882), Italian Revolutionary and General, of Piedmont.
Arms: Or, a saltire moline Azure (?).
Motto: 'Plus penser que dire pour parvenir'.
(Reitstap).

Gaulle, Charles André Joseph Marie de, (1890- ), French President, of Lille.
Arms: Tierced in fess: 1, Argent, three Pine Cones Gules, slipedVert: 2, Gules: 3, Azure, three trefoils slipped Or (?).
(Reitstap).

Gavin of Langton House, David, (d.1773), English Landowner and Tailor, of Holland and England.
Arms: (The shield impaled): Dexter, Argent, a saltire Sable, in chief a sword piercing a mullet all Gules (Gavin): Sinister: Gules, a chief Argent (Hearsey).
(Enamelled Arms on Plate, c.1765).

Gerard, John, (1545-1612), English Herbalist and Surgeon.
Arms: Quarterly: 1 & 4, A Lion Rampant: 2 & 3, Three roundels in bend cotised Sable.
Crest: A demi-Man displayed.
Motto: 'D'aßenti Buone'
(Engraving, by William Rogers: Frontispiece to Gerard's Herbell, 1597).
Arms: Chevronny of six pieces Argent and (Azure?).
Crest: Four Ostrich Feathers, the two dexter feathers Argent and the two sinister feathers Gules.
(Portrait, 1587).

Gerard, Peter, Esquire, English Knight (c.1492).
Arms: Azure, a Lion rampant ermine.
(Tomb Effigy, Winwick Church, co. Lancashire).

Gerardini, Lazarius Marcellinus, German (Italian?) Minnesinger (c.1300).
Arms: Argent, a Lion rampantVert, armed Or.
Crest: A Peacock Argent, beaked, crested and feathered Or.
(Minnesinger Minature, c.1300).

Ghaisnes de Bourmont, Louis-Auguste-Victor, Comte de, (1773-1846), French Soldier, of Maine: (family made Counts 1691).
Arms: Quarterly: 1 & 4, Vair, a canton party per fess Argent and Sable: 2 & 3, Barry vair and Gules. The shield ensigned with the coronet of a French Count.
(Reitstap).

Gibbs, Henry, American (Virginian?) Notable (c.1740).
(The portrait shows two whole achievements of arms on the dexter and sinister side of the sitters head).
Arms (Dexter): Argent, three axes palewise in fess Sable.
Crest: On a wreath of the colours Gules and Argent [sic], a Moor's head proper, crowned with a wreath of the first and second.
Mantling: Gules and Argent.
Arms (Sinister):Or, a cross Sable, charged with five escallops of the field, in dexter chief an annulet Gules for difference.
Crest: On a wreath of the colours Gules and Or [sic], demi-Lion Argent, langued Gules, holding between its paws an escallop Or.
Mantling: Gules and Argent.
(Portrait, American School, c.1740).

Giovanni, Odoardo, Siennese Noble (c.1607).
Arms: Azure, two bars Or, between three estoiles of the last.
(Siennese Tournament Roll in Honour of Ferdinand I, 1607-1610).

Glasgow, Bishop of, Scottish Ecclesiast (15th century).
Arms: A Bull's head caboshed.
(Seal, 15th century).

Gloucester, Henry, Duke of, (c.1439), English War Leader.
Arms: Quarterly: 1 & 4, Azure, three fleurs-de-lis Or: 2 & 3, Gules, three Lions passant guardant Or. All within a bordure Argent.
Crest: On a chapeau Gules turned up ermine a Lion sejant guardant crowned Or.
Supporters: Two Antelopes, each gorged with a ducal coronet.
(Seal, 1439).

Gloucester, Robert de Caen the Consul, Earl of, English Noble (c.1147).
Arms: Gules, three clarions Or.
(Tomb Effigy, Choir of Tewkesbury Abbey).

Glyndwr, Owain, Prince of Wales, (d.1416), Welsh Ruler.
Arms: Quarterly Or and Gules, four Lions rampant counter-charged.
(Seal, c.1410).

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, (1749-1832), German Author.
Arms: Azure, a mullet (6) Or, a bordure Argent.
Crest: A mullet (6)Or.
(Volborth).

Goffe, William, English (Parliamentarian) Politician (c.1649).
Arms: Party per chevron, two (Leopard's faces?) in chief.
(Seal, King Charles I's Death Warrant).

Gollenprat von Hohenfreidberg, Georg, German Noble (c.1512): (married c.1512 Radegunda Eggenberger).
(Two achievements of arms accoulée)
Arms (dexter): Quarterly: 1 & 4, The head and shoulders of a man, vested and charged on the body with six roundels (2,2,2), wearing on his head a chapeau with extending ear pieces charged at each end with a roundel: 2 & 3, A Tao cross (Gollenprat von Hohenfreidberg).
Crest: Out of a crest coronet, a man's head and shoulders, as in the arms.
Arms (sinister): Three Eaglets displayed in pairle each pulling at a coronet (Eggenberger)
Crest: Out of a crest coronet, an Eagle's wing erect.
(Armorial Carving of Marriage Arms, Carthusian Monastery, Buxheim, Memmingen, Würrtemberg).

Goltz, Colmar, Freiherr von der, (1843-1916), German Field-Marshal.
Arms: Azure, a chevron Or between three fleurs-de-lis of the last. The shield ensigned with the coronet of a German Baron.
Crest: The head and shoulders of a young woman proper, habited chequey Azure and Or.
Supporters: Two Men-at-Arms armed with halberds, the dexter sprouting three Ostriche's feathers Gules, Or, and Azure, the sinister with three feathers Azure, Argent and Gules.
(Reitstap).

Gonzaga, Giovanni Francesco II, Marchese di Mantua, (1466-1519), Italian Condottiere.
Arms: (Ancient) Barry of eight Or and Sable.
(Reitstap).

Gordon, George, 4th Earl of Huntly, 'Cock o' the North', (1514-1562), Scottish Soldier.
Arms: Azure, three Boar's heads erased and armed Or, langued Gules. The shield ensigned with the coronet of a Scottish Earl.
Crest: A Stag's head cabossed proper, tined Or.
Motto: 'Bydand'.
(Lyon Court).

Gordon of Haddo, Sir George, 1st Earl of Aberdeen, Regent of King's College, Aberdeen, (1659-1663), Scottish Noble.
Arms: Azure, three Boar's heads couped Or, armed Argent, langued Gules, within a double tressure flory counter-flory of the second.
(Armorial Carving, Mitchell Hall, Unversity of Aberdeen).

Gordon of Straloch, Robert, Scottish Noble (c.1625).
Arms: Azure, three Boar's heads erased Or. The shield contained within a cartoucheOr, suspended from an oval shield in chief bearing two cannon crossed in saltire, gorged with an antique crown, this oval shield surrounded by a laurel wreath proper.
(Portrait, by George Jamesone, c.1625).

Gorlaeus, Abraham, (Bohemian?) Antiquary (c.1612).
Arms: Quarterly: 1, Semé of lozenges, a Lion rampant: 2, Party per fess, in chief a Lion passant: 3, A Lion rampant: 4, Three hunting horns garnished. The shield ensigned with a nobleman's helm.
Crest: A demi-Lion rampant issuant.
(Engraving, by Jacob de Gheyn, Frontispiece to Gorlaeus' Dactyliotheca, Leiden, 1601).

Görz, Heinrich and Johann, Counts von, Tyrolean Rulers (15th century).
Arms: Party per bend, the chief part Azure, charged with a Lion rampant Or, the base part bandy sinister of four pieces Argent and Gules.
Crest: Out of a coronet Or, a conical chapeau ermine, bearing at its summit a panache of Peacock's feathers proper.
Mantling: Ermine.
(Armorial MS., 15th century).

Gostanti, Salustio, Siennese Noble (c.1607).
Arms: Or, a Bull rampant Gules.
(Siennese Tournament Roll in Honour of Ferdinand I, 1607-1610).

Gower, George, English Portraitist (c.1579).
Arms: Quarterly: 1, Barry of eight Argent and Gules, overall a cross moline Sable (Gower): 2 & 3, Argent, a cross moline Sable: 4, Gules, a pale fusily of three pieces Or.
(Self Portrait, 1579).

Gøye of Hillerødsholm, Brigitte, (b. 1521), Danish Noblewoman.
Arms: Three escallops in bend.
Crest: A panache of peacock's feathers debruised of two escallops.
(Portrait, c.1550).

Graham, James, Marquis and later Duke of Montrose, (1612-1650), Scottish (Royalist) Commander.
Arms: Quarterly: 1 & 4, Or, on a chief Sable three escallops of the field (Graham): 2 & 3, Argent, three roses Gules, slipped Vert, seeded of the field (Montrose). The shield ensigned with the coronet of a Scottish Duke.
Crest: An Eagle preying upon a Stalk all proper.
Supporters: Two Storks proper.
Motto: 'Ne Oubliez'.
(Burke).

Graham, William, Earl of Airth, Menteith and Strathearn, Scottish Noble (c.1622).
Arms: Quarterly: Or, a chief Sable, charged with three escallops of the field (Graham): 2 & 3, Or, a fess chequy Azure and Argent, in chief a chevronell Gules (Stewart). The shield ensigned with the coronet of a Scottish Earl.
Crest: An Eagl'es head erased.
Supporters: Two Lions rampant.
Motto: 'Right Reasoun'.
(Seal, 1622).

Gramont, Philibert de, Comte de, (1621-1707), French Courtier, of Gascony and the Ile-de-France: (family created Dukes of Gramont, 1643: and Dukes de Guiche, de Lesperre et de Louvigny).
Arms: Quarterly: 1, Or, a Lion rampant Azure, langued and armed Gules (Gramont): 2 & 3, Gules, three arrows in palewise in fess, their points in base Or, armed and feathered Argent (Aster): 4, Argent, a Greyhound Gules, collared Azure, all within an Orle Sable semée of Bass-fish Or (Aure). Overall an inescutcheon Gules bearing four 'otells' Argent (Comminges). The shield ensigned with the coronet of a French Count.
Cri-de-guerre: 'Dios nos ayude'.
Motto: 'Dei Gratia sum idquod sum'.
(Reitstap).

Grasse-Tilly, François-Joseph-Paul, Marquis de (later Comte de Grasse), French Naval Commander (c.1765), of Provence.
Arms: Or, a Lion rampant Sable, armed and langued Gules, wearing an antique crown of the second. The shield ensigned with the coronet of a French Count.
(Reitstap).

Gray, Gilbert, 2nd Principal of Marischal College, Aberdeen, (c.1598), Scottish Intellectual.
Arms: Gules, a Lion rampant within a bordure engrailed Argent.
(Armorial Carving, Mitchell Hall, University of Aberdeen).

Greenlau, Sir Gilbert, Scottish Knight (c.1411), of Kinkell.
Arms: A chevron between in chief two water bougets and in base a hunting horn.
(Tomb Slab, Kinkell, 1411).

Gregory XII, Pope, Angelo Corraro, (c.1327-1417), Italian Ecclesiast.
Arms: Party per fess Argent and (Azure?), charged overall with a lozenge counter-charged. The shield ensigned with the triple crown of the Pope.
(Armorial Illumination, 'Das Concilium', by Ulrich von Richenthal, 1413).

Gregory, William, English Divine and Astrologer (17th century).
Arms: Or, two bars Azure, in chief a Lion passant of the second, langued and armed Gules.
Crest: A Lion's (?) head couped Azure, langued Gules.
(Engraving).

Grenvile, Sir Bevile, (1596-1643), English Soldier, of co. Cornwall.
Arms: Gules, three clarions Or.
(Armorial Carving, Fireplace, Bidford, c.1660).

Gresham, Sir Thomas, (c.1519-1587), English Merchant, Financier, Diplomat, Founder of the Royal Exchange.
Arms: Azure, a chevron ermine, between three mullets Argent.
Crest: A Grasshopper passant (proper?).
(Engraving, by Francis Delanam).

Grey de Ruthyn, Roger, Lord, English Noble (c.1352).
Arms: Barry of six Or and Azure, in chief three tourteaux, a label of three points for difference.
(Hastings Brass, Elsing Church, co. Norfolk).

Greystoke, John, Baron of, English Noble (c.1305).
Arms: Three billets each charged with a lozenge.
(Monumental Slab, Greystoke).

Gribeauval, Jean Baptiste Vaquette de, (1715-1789), French Artillerist, of the Ile-de-France.
Arms: Or, three Leaves Gules, on a chief Azure three mullets of the field.
(Reitstap).

Grieg, Edvard, (1843-1907), Norwegian Composer.
Arms: Gules, a chevron between three dexter hands couped appaumée Argent.
(Volborth).

Grimston, Edward, English Courtier (c.1446), of London.
Arms: Argent (or?), on a fess (Sable?), three mullets (6) of the field (?).
(Portrait, by Petrus Christus, 1446).

Grimston, Edward, English Courtier (c.1590).
Arms: Argent, a fess (Gules/Azure?), charged with three mullets (6).
Motto: 'Gratia Dei Grata'.
(Portrait, by Sir William Segar, 1590).

Grouchy, Emmanuel, Marquis de, (1766-1847), Marshal of France, of Normandy.
Arms: Or, fretty Azure, overall an escutcheon Argent charged with three trefoils slipped Vert. The shield ensigned with the coronet of a French Marquis.
(Reitstap).

Grün, Jacob, German Painter (15th century).
Arms: (Two shields accoulée): Dexter, Sable, two crescents addorsed Or: Sinister, Vert, a bezant eclipsed by a plate bearing a human face.
Crest: (on the sinister shield) Two Eagle's wings addorsed Vert, charged with a bezant and a plate, as in the arms.
(Armorial of the Brotherhood of St. Christopher of Arlberg).

Grünenberg, Conrad, Knight of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre, German Herald (?), (15th century).
Arms: Sable, a compartment in base enhanced and couped comprising three hills conjoined debruised of three further hills all Or.
Crest: Out of a ducal coronet Or, a panache of ostriche feathers.
Mantling: Sable semé of linden leaves Argent, doubled of the last.
The achievement ensigned in dexter chief with the cross of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre Gules.
(Heraldic Illumination, 15th century).

Guericke, Otto von, (1602-1686), German Scientist, of Magdeburg.
Arms: Party per fess, in chief a demi-Lion rampant and in base a Rose.
Crest: A demi-Lion between two Ostrich feathers.
(Engraving, c.1650).

Guesclin, Bertrand du, (1320-1380), French War Leader, of Brittany.
Arms: Argent, a double-headed Eagle displayed Sable beaked and membered Gules, overall a bendlet of the last.
Crest: An Eagle's head couped Argent, beaked Or, between two columns of feathers erect of the first.
Mantling: Feathers Argent.
(Armorial du héraut Gueldre).

Gugel von Brand, Christian A., German Noble (c.1583).
Arms: On a bend, three fleurs-de-lis.
Crest: A man's head and shoulders, vested, charged on the breast with a bend bearing three fleurs-de-lis, and wearing a chapeau.
(Ex-Libris, by Jost Amman, c.1583).

Guita, de, Spanish Mystic Writer (19th century).
Arms: Party per fess, on a chief Gules, an Eagle displayed and crowned Or, a base Argent, charged with a chevron Sable, within a bordure gobony of the second and first.
Crest: An Eagle displayed, as in the arms.
(Reitstap).

Günderode, Hieronymus Max von, German Noble (18th century).
Arms: Azure, an Owl resting upon a tree branch in base, crowned, in dexter chief a mullet (6). The shield contained within a cartouche.
Crest: An Owl and tree branch, as in the arms.
(Ex-Libris, by G. Striedbeck).

Gutmann, Dr. Otto Gereon von, Bishop of Köln (c.1624), German Ecclesiast.
Arms: Party per fess: The chief Argent, charged with five palletsOr [sic], the centre pallet charged in chief with a latin cross of the field, on a canton in sinister base of the first, a bucket: The base party per pale Azure and Argent, the dexter side charged with three rings conjoined at their centres in pairle, the sinister side charged with a bend sinister Azure bearing three quatrefoil of the field. Behind the shield a pastoral staff. The shield contained within a cartouche and ensigned with an ecclesiastical hat supporting six tassels on either side of the shield.
(Ex-Libris, 1624).

Guttenberg, Johann Gensfleisch called, (c.1400-1468), German Publisher.
Arms: Gules, a Beggar cloaked and hooded, holding in the dexter hand a begging bowl and in the sinister a walking stick all proper.
Crest: The hooded head of a Beggar, as in the arms.
(Reitstap).

Gÿmnich, Karl Otto, Freiherr von, German Noble (1770).
Arms: Argent, a cross engrailed Gules. The shield contained within a Roccoco cartouche.
Motto: 'Non Nisi Mella'.
(Ex-Libris, c.1770).

Hahn, ? von, German Noble (16th century).
Arms: Argent, on a mount in base Vert, a Hen rampant proper.
Crest: A Hen's head couped proper.
Motto: 'SVR'.
(Mount of a Sword Sheath, 16th century).

Haig of Bemersyde, Andrew, (1554-1583), Scottish Noble: (married Elizabeth, daughter of William McDougal of Makerstoun).
Arms: (Two shields accoulée): Dexter, Azure, a saltire Argent, between two mullets of the last, pierced of the field in pale, and a decrescent and an increscent in faess of the second (Haig of Bemersyde): Sinister, A Leopard (?), passant in bend, gorged about the neck with a collar (McDougal).
(Armorial Carving, Bemersyde Tower, 1581).

Haig of Bemersyde, Peter de, (c.1240-1280), Scottish Knight.
Arms: Three barrulets.
(Seal, c.1270).

Haimendorf, Christof, Fürer von, German Noble (c.1641).
Arms: Party per pale: Dexter, Argent, a Catherine wheel dimidiated (Gules?): Sinister, Azure, a fleur-de-lis dimidiated Argent.
Crest: An Eagle's head between two Eagle's wings addorsed, each party per pale and charged with a Catherine wheel and fleur-de-lis dimidiated as in the arms.
(Ex-Libris, 1641).

Hainrichmann, Jakob, German Burger (c.1520).
Arms: A Ram's head caboshed Sable. The shield contained within a chaplet.
(Ex-Libris, c.1520).

Halmale, Guillaume de, Seigneur de L'Espine, Councillor of the Grand Council of Mechlin (c.1664), Flemish Noble.
Arms: Gules billeté, a Lion rampant.
Crest: Out of a mural crown a demi-Lion rampant.
(Copper Engraving, c.1664).

Hameldone, Walter FitzGilbert of, Feudal Baron of Cadzow, Keeper of the Royal Castle of Rothesay, Scottish Noble (c.1314): (supporter of Robert the Bruce).
Arms: Gules, three cinqfoil pierced of the field ermine.
(Bute Mazer, early 14th century).

Hamilton, Emma Lyon, widow of Sir William, (c.1763-1815), Mistress of Horatio Nelson: (granted arms in her own right in recognition of her rendering "great service at that Court" of the Two Sicilies).
Arms: Party per pale Or and Argent, three Lions rampant Gules, on a chief Sable, a cross of eight points of the second.
(College of Arms).

Hamilton, James, 2nd Earl of Arran, Duke of Châtelherault, (d.1575), Governor of Scotland (c.1542), Scottish Noble.
Arms: Quarterly: 1 & 4, Gules, three cinqfoils pierced of the field ermine (Hamilton): 2 & 3, Argent, a Lymphad, sails furled, Sable (Lordship of Arran). The shield surrounded by the Order of St. Michael
Crest: On a wreath of the colours a ducal coronet proper.
Supporters: Two Antelope proper, each gorged about the neck and environed with chains Or.
(Portrait, 1570s).
Arms: Gules, three cinqfoils pierced of the field ermine.
(Arms Cast on Gun Carriage, Great Hagbut of Found, 1553, by David Rowan).

Hamilton and Chatelherault, James, Duke of, Marquis of Clydesdale, Earl of Arran and Cambridge, Viscount of Lanark, Scottish Noble (c.1620).
Arms: Quarterly: 1 & 4, Gules, three cinqfoils ermine (Hamilton): 2 & 3, Argent, a Lymphad with its sails furled Sable (Lorne). The shield surrounded by the Order of the Garter and ensigned with a ducal crown proper.
Crest: Out of a ducal coronet proper, an Oak tree engorged of a saw all proper.
Supporters: Two Antelope proper.
Motto: "Through".
(Map of Orkney and Shetland, by Willem Blaeu, c. 1620).

Hamilton of Finnart, James, 'The Bastard', (c.1500-1540), Scottish Noble and Architect: (natural half-brother of the 2nd Earl of Arran).
Arms: Quarterly: 1 & 4, Gules, three cinqfoils pierced of the field ermine (Hamilton): 2 & 3, Argent, a Lymphad, sails furled, Sable (Arran): Overall a ribbon in bend sinister (Sable?). The shield ensigned with a ducal coronet (sic).
Supporters: Two Antelope (?).
(Heraldic Carving, West Elevation of Towerhouse at Craignethan, c.1530).

Hamilton, Sir Thomas, Lord Binning, Earl of Melrose (later Haddington), (1563-1637), Lord President of the Court of Sessions, Keeper of the Privy Seal, Scottish Noble: (Lord Binning 1613: Earl of Melrose 1619, changed to Earl of Haddington 1626).
Arms: Quarterly: 1 & 4, A chevron between three cinqfoils(?), all within a bordure Argent(?) charged with eight roses(?) (Melrose?): 2 & 3, Gules(?), a fess between three cinqfoils ermine(?) (Hamilton). The shield contained within a cartouche and ensigned with the coronet of a Scottish Earl.
(Engraving, by Sir Godfrey Kneller, of the his Relative the 1st Earl of Marchmont, 1698).

Hammarskjoeld, Dag, (1905-1961), Secretary General of the United Nations.
Arms: Or, two hammers crossed in saltire Sable, the handles Gules, between four roundels in cross Sable.
Crest: Two arms embowed in armour Or, holding between them a hammer erect in pale Sable, the handle Gules.
(Volborth).

Hanmer, Gruffud, Welsh Esquire (c.1390).
Arms: Three crosses crosslet fitchée, on a chief a Lion passant.
(Seal, 1390).

Harrach, Aloys, Graf von, Austrian (?) Noble (c.1710).
(Two achievements; the first upside down and held in a black cloth by two cherrubs in chief, the second as described below).
Arms: Quarterly: 1 & 4, Gules, an Eagle's talon embowed fesswise couped Or: 2 & 3, Party per pale Or and Gules, a chevron party per pale Sable and Argent: Overall an inescutcheon Gules, charged with a roundel Argent, between three cherries (?) slipped in pairle of the last, the inescutcheon ensigned by the coronet of an Austraina Count. The rectangular shaped shield contained within an oval cartouche and ensigned by the coronet of an Austraian Count.
Motto: 'Hinc Occidit': 'Inde Resurgit'.
(Ex-Libris, c.1710).

Harras, Hans Veit von, German Noble (17th century).
Arms: Two bars. The shield contained within a cartouche.
Crest: Two Eagle's wings displayed (on either side of three Ostriche feathers?).
(Engraved Arms, Silver Spoon, 17th century).

Harrington, Sir John, (1561-1612), English Wit and Author.
Arms: A fret.
Motto: 'Tempo Paße Fin Cia Vegna'.
(Engraving, by Thomas Cockson: Frontispiece to Harrington's Orlando Furioso, 1591).

Harrington (Harington), John, 2nd Lord Harington of Exton, English Noble (c.1612).
Arms: Sable, a fret Argent.
Crest: A Lion's head erased, gorged about the neck with a belt buckled.
Supporters: Dexter, A Lion rampant, gorged about its neck with a belt buckled: Sinister, A Cock.
Motto: 'No Do Firmo'.
(Engraving, by Renold Elstracke).

Harrington, ?, Earl of, English Noble (c.1780).
Arms: Quarterly: 1 & 4, Ermine: 2 & 3, Gules. Overall an escutcheon bearing a chevron Gules, contained within a double tressure (flory?). The shield ensigned with the crown of an English Earl.
Crest: Out of a tower, a demi-Lion holding a grenade.
Supporters: Dexter, A Talbot guardant guttée, gorged about the neck with a laurel wreath: Sinister, A Fox ermine, gorged about the neck with a laurel wreath.
Motto: 'A Dea et Rege'.
(Arms on Frontispiece of J. Olivier's Fencing Formalized,Or, A Treatise on the Art of Small Sword, London, 1780).

Harry of Roscrow, Thomas, English Gentleman (16th century).
Arms: Paty per fess undée Argent and Sable, three Sea Dogs courant counter-charged.
Crest: Issuant out of a wreath of the liveries, a demi-Sea Dog Azure, finned Or, holding between its paws a Pelican (?) Sable, finned Or.
(Heraldic Illumination, 16th century MS.).

Harsyck, Sir John, English Noble (c.1384).
Arms: Or, a chief indented Sable.
(Tomb Effigy, Southacre Church, co. Norfolk).

Hase, Oskar von, German Noble (c.1875).
Arms: On a compartment in base enhanced, a Hare affronté.
(Ex-Libris, by L. Nieser, 1875).

Hasselaer, Theodor, Military Prefect, Director of the Dutch East India Company, Dutch Noble (c.1620).
Arms: Azure, a double-headed Eagle Argent.
Crest: On a wreath of the colours Argent and Azure, a double-headed eagle displayed and an Eagle volant entwined Argent.
(Map of Florence, by Willem Blaeu, c.1620).

Hastings, Sir Hugh, English Knight (c.1347).
Arms: Or, a maunch Gules, a label of three points Azure.
(Hastings Brass, Elsing Church, co. Norfolk).

Hastings, Sir John de, 3rd Earl of Pembroke, (k.1391), Knight of the Garter, English Noble.
Arms: (The shield impaled) Dexter, Quarterly: 1 & 4, Or, a maunch Gules (Hastings): 2 & 3, Barry of eight Argent and Azure, six martlets in Orle Azure (Valence): Sinister, Quarterly: 1 & 4, Azure, semée-de-lis Or (France Ancient): 2 & 3, Gules, three Lions passant guardant Or (England).
(Seal, ante-1391).

Hastings, Laurence, Earl of Pembroke, English Noble (c.1348).
Arms: Quarterly: 1 & 4, Or, a maunch Gules (Hastings): 2 & 3, Barrulée of ten Argent and Azure, ten martlets in Orle Gules (Valence).
(Hastings Brass, Elsing Church, co. Norfolk).

Hastings, ?, 3rd Earl of Huntington, (1535-1595), English Noble: (son of Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntington).
Arms: Argent, a water bouget Sable. The shield surrounded by the Order of the Garter.
(Portrait, 1588).

Hatton, Sir Christopher, (1540-1591), English Courtier.
Arms: Quarterly of Eleven: 1, Azure, a chevron between three hay bailes Or (Hatton): 2, Vaire, Gules and Argent: 3, Argent, a cross fleury between four Martlets Gules: 4, Argent, an Eagle displayed Sable: 5, Argent, on a bend Sable three Lucies of the field: 6, Sable, on a cross engrailed Argent five Martlets of the field: 7, Or, a saltire Sable: 8, Sable, a billet Argent: 9,Vert, five plates (1,3,1): 10, Argent, three bendlets Sable, on a canton of the last a tower of the first: 11, Argent, on a chief Gules three lozenges Or.
Crest: A Hind passant Or.
(Portrait, 1581).

Hawkins, Sir John, (1532-1595), English Sailor.
Arms: Sable, a Lion passant Or standing on a base barry-wavy of four Argent and Azure, in chief four bezants, on a canton of the second a roundel between two spikes erect of the first.
Crest: A demi-Negro proper.
(Portrait, 1591).

Hay of Strowie, Robert, Scottish Noble (c.1705).
Arms: Argent, three escutcheons Gules, a bordure of the last, charged with eight crescents of the field.
Crest: An Ox's yoke impaled Gules, ensigned on the top with a crescent Argent.
Motto: 'Cresco Sub Jugo'.
(Archery Medal, 1705).

Haynes, John, Governor of New England, of co. Essex.
Arms: Argent, three crescents barry undée Azure and Gules.
Crest: A Stork rising proper.
(Seal, c.1650).

Hebenstreit von Farnach, Johannes, Noble of the Holy Roman Empire (c.1613).
Arms: Quarterly: 1 & 4, A mace in bend: 2 & 3, Party per fess, in chief two piles, their points in chief, Azure, and in base a pile, its point in chief of the last.
Crest: Out of a ducal coronet a mace between two Eagle's wings, the sinister wing charged with three piles, as in the arms. The whole achievement contained within a chaplet of ribbons.
(Ex-Libris, 1613).

Hedin, Sven, (1865-1952), Swedish Explorer: (ennobled 1902).
Arms: Or, a Globe proper, on a chief Sable three escallops Argent.
Crest: A Falcon rising party per fess Sable and Argent.
Motto: 'Voluntate et Labore'.
(Volborth).

Henderson of Caskieben, Alexander, Doctor of Medicine, Benefactor of Aberdeen University (1857), Scottish Laird.
Arms: Gules, issuant from the sinister, three piles Argent, a chief ermine.
(Armorial Carving, Mitchell Hall, University of Aberdeen).

Hepburn, James, Earl of Bothwell, Admiral of Scotland, (1536-1578), Scottish Noble: (third husband of Mary, Queen of Scots).
Arms: Quarterly: 1 & 4, Gules, on a chevron Argent, two Lion passant combattant of the field, each pulling at a rose of the last (Hepburn of Hailes): 2 & 3, Azure, a bendOr (Hereditary Lord High Admiral of Scotland).
Crest: On a coronet Or, resting on a wreath of the colours (Gules, Or, Azure, Argent), a horse passant Argent, bridled and attired Gules, before an Oak tree proper.
Supporters: Two Lions Argent, langued Gules.
Motto: 'Keip Traist'.
(Forman Armorial, circa 1563).

Hepburn, Patrick, Bishop of Moray, Scottish Ecclesiast (16th century).
Arms: Gules, a chevron Argent, charged with two Lions passant combattant each pulling at a rose all of the field, in base a mullet. The shield ensigned with a Bishop's mitre.
Motto: 'Ex Pecto'.
(Armorial Brass, 16th century).

Herbert of Ewias, Richard, (d.1510), Welsh Knight: (illegitimate son of William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke).
Arms: (Two shields accolée): Dexter, (Party per pale Gules and Azure?) three Lions rampant, in chief a crescent, debruised over all of a bendlet sinister (Herbert): Sinister, Semé of crosses crosslet, three Boar's heads couped. Each shield ensigned with a salet-style helm.
(Armorial Carving, Tomb Monument, 1510).

Herbert, William, 1st Earl of Pembroke, (d.1469), English Noble.
Arms: Quarterly of Seven (4,3): 1, Party per pale Gules and Azure, three Lions rampant Argent, all within a bordure gobony Argent and (Gules?) charged with bezants (Herbert): 2, Sable, a chevron Argent, between three covered cups (Or?): 3, Argent, three Cornish Coughs (Gules/Azure?): 4, Argent, a Lion rampant Sable: 5, (Gules?) crussily Or, three Boar's heads couped of the second: 6, Bendy of seven pieces dancetée Argent and Azure, a dexter canton: 7, Azure, three Leopard's faces jesant-de-lis Or. Overall a crescent for difference Argent. The shield surrounded by theOrder of the Garter, contained within a cartouche and ensigned with the coronet of an English Earl.
(Portrait, 1557 [sic]).

Hersanyi Zolt, (1887-1943), Hungarian Writer.
Arms: Azure, on a mount in base Vert a Chevalier holding in his dexter hand a scimitar and in his sinister hand a Turk's head erased all proper.
Crest: A demi-Chevalier, as in the arms.
(Volborth).

Hesse, Elizabeth von, Netherlandish Ruler (c.1500): (wife of John V, Count of Nassau).
Arms: Quarterly: 1, A Lion rampant: 2, A chief charged with a mullet (6): 3, A chief charged with two mullets (6): 4, Two Lions passant. Charged overall with an inescutcheon bearing a Lion rampant.
Crest: Two Buffalo's horns with Linden leaves projecting from the sides of each.
(Tapestry, by Bernard van Orley, 1531).

Hesse, Henry I, Landgrave von, (1244-1308), German War Leader.
Arms: Azure, a Lion rampant barry of eight Gules and Argent.
(Shield, c.1300).

Hickman of Gainsborough, William, English Author (c.1655).
Arms: Quarterly: 1, Party per pale dancettée Argent and Azure: 2 & 3, Argent, a saltire Gules.
Crest: A Lion couchant Azure, armed and langued Azure.
(Armorial Illumination, on Speculum Nativitis of William Hickman of Gainsborough, by William Gregorie, 1655).

Hildersam, Arthur, (1563-1632), English Puritan Divine.
Arms: Sable, a chevron (or?), between three crosses crosslet Or the last.
(Portrait, 1619).

Hill, Mary, Mrs. Mackwilliam, English Noblewoman (c.1567).
Arms: (The shield impaled) Dexter, Party per bend Gules and Argent, three roses in bend counter-charged, slipedVert: Sinister, Gules, a saltire vairé (Or and Argent), between four mullets Argent.
(Portrait, 1567).

Hindenburg, Paul von Benekendorff und, (1847-1932), German Field-Marshal and President, of Prussia.
Arms: Quarterly: 1 & 4, Azure, a Bull's head couped Sable, armed and ringed through the nose Or (Benekendorff): 2 & 3, Argent, behind a Stag passant Gules, tined and mained Or, an oak tree proper, acorned of the third (Hindenburg).
Crests: Dexter, a Bull's head, as in the arms: Sinister, a Stag and oak tree as in the arms.
(Volborth).

Hipper, Franz, Ritter von, (1863-1932), German Admiral.
Arms: Party per fess Gules and Azure, in chief a Lion passant Argent between two branches, the dexter Oak and the sinister Olive, the gambs of the Lion crossing them in saltire: in base a bend Gules charged with a bendlet Argent between four mullets (2,2) of the last.
Crests: Dexter, An Eagle's wing Sable charged with a mullet Argent: Sinister, Azure, three Ostrich feathers Argent.
(Reitstap).

Hobart, Sir Henry, (d.1612), English Judge.
Arms: Sable, an estoile Or, between two flaunches ermine.
(Portrait).

Hoby, Sir Edward, (1560-1617), English Courtier: (favourite of King James VI and I).
Arms: Quarterly of Six: 1, Argent, three lozenges conjoined in fess Gules: 2, Gules, three axes erect in fess, the shafts Or, the blades Argent: 3, Sable, an Eagle displayed Argent: 4, Argent, a Lion rampant Sable, langued Gules, crowned with a chapeau of the last, turned up ermine: 5, Sable, a Pomegranet Or: 6, Argent, a chevron between three Boar's heads Sable, langued Gules, armed of the field
Crest: On a chapeau Gules, a Wolf rampant Argent.
Mantling: Gules doubled Argent, extending from beneath the chapeau in the form of a manteau.
(Portrait, 1585).
Arms: Grand Quarterly of six: 1, Quarterly: 1 & 4, Argent, three shuttles (?) conjoined in fess Gules: 2 & 3, Azure, three axes: 2, An Eagle displayed: 3, Azure, a Lion rampant Sable, crowned Or: 4, Sable, a pommegranet Or: 5, (Gules?), a Lion rampant reguardant Or: 6, Argent, a chevron between three Boar's heads couped Sable, armed of the field: Overall a crescent for difference.
Crest: on a chapeau Gules, a Wolf (alternative: a Lion) rampant Argent.
Motto: 'Uni Sol(ies?) Semper'.
(Portrait).

Hoetzendorff, Franz Conrad, Freiherr von, (1852-1925), Austrian Field-Marshal: (family ennobled 1785).
Arms: Quarterly: 1 & 4, Gules, a bend Argent: 2 & 3, Azure, a Griffin segreant coward Or.
Crest: 1, Two Eagle's wings displayed party per fess, the dexter Gules and Argent, the sinister Argent and Gules: 2, A demi-Griffin issuant Or.
Mantling: 1, Or and Azure: 2, Argent and Gules.
(Reitstap).

Holland, Diederick VI, Count of, (1122-1157), Flemish Ruler.
Arms: Or, a Lion rampant Gules, langued and armed Azure. The shield ensigned with a chapaeu Azure turned up ermine.
(Complainte des hérauts d'armes).

Holland, John, Earl of, Admiral of England (c.1436).
Arms: A ship, its sail bearing the arms Gules three Lions passant guardant Or, a bordure Azure semée-de-lis of the second.
(Seal, c.1436).

Hollar, Wenceslas, (1607-1677), Bohemian Engraver to the Court of the Prince of Wales.
Arms: Quarterly: 1 & 4, Gules, a Lion rampant contourné Argent: 2 & 3, A demi-Stag rampant contourné: Overall an inescutcheon charged with a chevron and in chief two fleurs-de-lis.
(Engraving, by W. Holler ?, c.1650 ?).

Holles of Ifield, Denzil, 1st Baron, (1599-1680), English Politician.
Arms: Ermine, two piles conjoined in base Sable, a crescent for difference (Azure ?). The shield contained within a cartouche and ensigned with the coronet of an English Baron.
(Portrait, 1677).

Holles, Sir John, Comptroller to Henry, Prince of Wales (ante-1612), English Courtier.
Arms: Quarterly: 1, Ermine, two piles extending from in chief conjoined in base Sable (Holles): 2, Argent, a Lion rampant: 3, Sable, a mullet between the horns of a crescent (Argent?): 4, Argent, three chevronells (Sable?). The oval shield surrounded by a chaplet of laurel.
(Monument, to a Son of Sir John Holles, by Inigo Jones, c.1622).

Holwell, John Zephaniah, Governor of Bengal, Survivor of the 'Black Hole' of Calcutta.
Arms: Or, on a bend Gules three Goats passant Argent, armed and membered Or, a sinister canton Sable charged with a human skull of the third.
Crest: An Indian sultan proper holding in his dexter hand a scimitar and environed about the waist with a Tiger proper.
Motto: 'Scuto Divino'.
(Grant of Arms, 1762).

Holzschuher, August, German Burger (c.1580).
Arms: Quarterly: 1 & 4, A wooden shoe: 2 & 3, A Man's head and shoulders vested, and wearing a chapeau: Overall a cross voided. The shield contained within a cartouche.
Crest: A Moor's head and shoulders vested, and wearing a chapeau.
(Ex-libris, by Jost Amman, 1580).

Holzwang, Hawart von, German Poet (c. 1300).
Arms: Or, a Bear's head couped Sable, armed Argent, langued Gules.
Crest: On a cushion Gules, a fan-crest Or, enflamed at all its points Gules, and charged with a Bear's head couped Sable, armed Argent, langued Gules.
(German Minnesinger Miniature, Manesse Codex, c.1300-10).

Home, David, 3rd Laird of Wedderburn, Scottish Noble (16th century): (had seven sons called the 'seven spears of Wedderburn').
Arms: Quarterly: 1 & 4, Vert, a Lion rampant Argent (Home): 2, Argent, three martlets: 3, Argent, a cross engrailed (Sable?). The shield contained within a cartouche.
(Engraving, by Sir Godfrey Kneller, of his Relative the 1st Earl of Marchmont, 1698).

Home, George, Earl of Dunbar, Lord Treasurer of Scotland (c.1601-1611).
Arms: Quarterly: 1 & 4,Vert, a Lion rampant Argent: 2, Three Popinjays (?): 3, Argent, three escutcheons Gules. Overall an inescutcheon Gules charged with a Lion rampant Argent, all within a bordure of the second charged with eight roses of the first. The shield ensigned with the coronet of a Scottish Earl and surrounded by the collar of the Order of the Garter.
Crest: A Lion rampant.
Supporters: Two Lions rampant.
Motto: 'Rendium Deus Reat' (?).
Mantling: Ermine doubled Gules.
(Portrait, c.1601-1611).

Home, Sir Patrick, 1st Earl of Marchmont, Viscount of Blassonberry, Lord of Polwarth, Redbrae and Greenlaw, (1641-1724), Privy Councillor and Lord High Treasurer of Scotland, Scottish Noble.
Arms: Grand Quarterly: 1 & 4, Quarterly: 1 & 4,Vert, a Lion rampant Argent (Home): 2 & 3, Argent, three martlets: 2, Sable, three piles radiating from in chief Argent: 3, Argent, a cross engrailed (Sable?). Overall an inescutcheon charged with anOrange, imperially crowned. The shield ensigned with the coronet of a Scottish Earl.
Crest: Issuant from a human heart an arm in pale holding a scimitar.
Supporters: Two Lions reguardant.
Motto: 'True to the End'.
The whole achievement contained within a cartouche.
(Engraving, by Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1698).

Honeywood, Sir John, Baronet, English Londowner (c.1778): (married Francis, daughter of William, 2nd Viscount Courtenay).
Arms: (The shield impaled): Dexter, Argent, a chevron Azure, between three Eagle's heads erased of the last, overall an inescutcheon of the field, charged with a dexter hand couped and erect Gules (Honeywood): Sinister, Quarterly: 1 & 4, Or, three tortaeux (Courtenay): 2 & 3, Or, a Lion rampant Azure.
Crest: A Wolf's head erased ermine (?).
(Enamelled Arms on Plate, 1778).

Horbacki, Monseigneur Joseph, Belorussian Orthodox Bishop of Vitebsk, Russian Ecclesiast (c.1652).
Arms: Quarterly: 1, A cypher in the form of an arrow erect: 2, A sash in bend wavy, fringed in base: 3, An arrow erect in pale surmounted of a sword in fess, its hilt in dexter: 4, A Moor's head affrontée. The shield ensigned with the Mitre of an Orthodox Bishop. Behind the shield two staffs crossed in saltire, the dexter consisting of two snakes heads respecting one another in chief.
(Wood Carving, 1652).

Horn, Gustav, Count Biorneburg, Lord in Hering and Malla, Swiss Senator, Maréchal de Camp, Finnish Noble (c.1620).
Arms: Or, a Horn fesswise Sable.
Crest: Out of the coronet of a Swedish Count proper, two Buffalo's horns Sable.
(Map of Finland, by Willem Blaeu, c.1620).

Hotham, Sir John, Baronet, English Soldier (c.1638).
Arms: Quarterly: 1, Barry of ten Argent and Azure, on a canton Or, a martlet Sable (Hotham): 2, Or, on a bend Sable, three mullets (of the field ?) (de Mauley called Hotham): 3, Argent, on a chief indented Azure, three mullets, on a fess of the second, three roundels of the field: 4, Fusily, Or and Sable: Overall an inescutcheon Argent, charged with a dexter hand appaumée Gules.
(Portrait, 1638).

Howie, Robert, Doctor of Divinity, 1st Principal of Marischal Collage, Aberdeen, (c.1593), Scottish Ecclesiast.
Arms: Or, a chevron Azure, between three Owlets Sable, those in chief respecting each other.
(Armorial Carving, Mitchell Hall, University of Aberdeen).

Hozier, Louis-Pierre d', (c.1830), French Heraldist and Genealogist, of Provence.
Arms: Azure, a bend between six mullets in Orle Or.
Crest: A mullet rising between two Eagle's wings displayed Or.
Motto: 'Et Habet Sua Sidera Tellus'.
(Reitstap).

Humieres, Monseigneur Le Mareschal d', General of the King's Armies, Captain of the Hundred Men of His Majesty's Household, Governor General of the Pays-Bas, French Soldier (c.1678).
Arms: Quarterly: 1 & 4, Quarterly Argent (?) and Azure: 2 & 3, Fretty Sable. The oval shield ensigned with the coronet of a French Duke and surrounded by two Olive branches crosses in saltire in base. Behind the shield two Marshal's batons crossed in saltire.
(Frontispiece, Le Sieur de Gaya's Traité des Armes, Paris, 1678).

Hund (von Salheim), Baron, German Mystic and Writer (18th century).
Arms: Gules, a mullet (6) Sable between three crescents Argent.
(Woodward).

Hungary, Louis le Grand, King of, (c.1380), Hungarian Ruler.
Arms: Party per pale: Dexter, Barry of eight Argent and Gules: Sinister, Azure, semée-de-lis Or.
Crest: Out of a ducal coronet an Eagle's head between two plumes of feathers erect in pale.
Mantling: Ermine doubled Azure semée-de-lis Or.
(Arms Carved on Shrine of St. Simeon, Church of St. Simeon, Zara, Dalmatia).

Hütter, János, Senator, Hungarian Statesman (15th century).
Arms: Argent, three conical chapeaux in pale, the points of the two bottom most chapeaux enveloped by the chapeau above, Gules.
Crest: Two Buffalo's horns, the dexter Argent, the sinister Gules.
(St. Anne with the Virgin and the Infant from Eperjes, Hungarian Donor Portrait, c.1520).

Huydekoper, Johann, Knight, Lord of Marsenveen, Neenlyk etc, Councillor of the Dutch East India Company, Dutch Noble (c.1620).
Arms: Party per pale: Dexter, Azure, an Eagle displayed Argent: Sinister, party per fess, the chief part Or, three Bull's heads affrontée couped Sable, in chief an estoile Gules, the part in base Sable, an Ermine (?) sejant Argent. Overall an escutcheon Argent, charged with a Boar statant Sable
Crest: Out of a ducal coronet Or, a demi-Centaur affrontée proper, drawing a bow Gules, between six pennons (3, 3) proper.
(Map of the Empire of the Great Mogul, by Willem Blaeu).