Stackelberg
Baron ( friherre ) Colonel Berndt Reinhold Hjalmar Stackelberg was born on 11 April 1899
Tordenskjold
SOURCE/NOTES & CREDITS: The arms were granted in a patent of nobility by the Danish King Frederick IV in 1716.
Tordenskjold 2
Peder Wessel Tordenskjold (1691-1720) is considered Norway’s greatest sea hero in the post Viking age.
Van Syckle
Colonel Lloyd George Van Syckle, MA, FSA Scot.
ARMS: Gules a garb or between three sickles blades serrated argent handled of the second, a bordure azure.
Wagner
Anthony Richard Wagner born 6 September 1908 was one of the great heralds of England in the 20th Century. He was appointed Portcullis Pursuivant 1931, promoted to Richmond Herald in 1943 and Garter King of Arms in 1961.
Washington
George Washington was born on 22 February 1732, as General Washington he was the leader of the Continental Army of the North American Rebellion against England
Wedvick Hatchment
A hatchment for Dwyer Wedvick of Jarlsby whilst alive based on a lozenge shape rather than a square.
Wilson
Miss Dorothy Vivien Wilson was born in 1928, younger daughter of Sir Frank O’Brien Wilson, Kt. Bach., a substantial rancher in Kenya and member of the Kenya Land Commission, who was the fourth son of John Gerald Wilson, CB, of Cliffe Hall, Piercebridge, Darlington, England.
Wright, von
These arms are for the Scottish family of Wright, specifically the Wrights of Langside. Originally we thought broad axes could be rendered as battleaxes and so informed the artist, but we were wrong when we learned these Wrights were wheelwrights so the axes had to be broad or wright’s axes even in the new noble von Wright arms of Sweden.
01. Nelson’s Captains at Trafalgar
Illustration of J. M. W. Turner’s 1822 painting of the Battle of Trafalgar of 21 Oct 1805