Louis baronets

Former title in the Baronetage of UK From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Louis Baronetcy, of Chelston in the County of Devon, was a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 1 April 1806 to reward the service of Admiral Thomas Louis at the Battle of San Domingo in 1806. It passed to his son John Louis, later an admiral himself, on his death the following year and remained extant until the death of the fifth Baronet, Sir Charles Louis, in 1949.

Louis baronets, of Chelston (1806)


Coat of arms of Louis of Chelston
Crest
A griffin's head erased Azure, between two wings elevated Or, in the beak a fleur-de-lis, on the breast a trident erect Or.
Escutcheon
Azure, a lion rampant argent charged on the shoulder with an eagle displayed Sable, and holding in the paws a fleur-de-lis Or ; on a chief wavy ermine an anchor erect of the Third, the shank surrounded with a naval coronet, the rim Azure, sterns and sails Proper.[4]
Supporters
Dexter: a British sailor habited proper, his exterior hand supporting a staff, thereon hoisted a flag Argent charged with a cross Gules, surmounted by a pair of wings Or, and inscribed with the words "St. Domingo" in base Sable ; sinister: an allegorical figure representing the Nile, head and upper part of the face concealed by a veil Argent, the mantle Vert inscribed with hieroglyph wreathed about the waist with bulrushes Proper, in the exterior hand an ancient rudder Or.
Motto
In canopo ut ad canopum

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