Hornblower
Sir Horatio Hornblower, GCB and Lord Hornblower of Smallbridge in the county of Kent, is a wonderful fictional British naval hero of the Royal Navy in the Napoleonic era, the creation of C. S. Forester in 1937 with the series continuing up until his death in 1966. Then C. Northcote Parkinson came out with a delightful sequel in 1970 to complete the picture.
Hornblower 2
Shown here is a splendid illustration of Captain Hornblower’s ship HMS Sutherland
Ismay
ir Hastings (Pug) Lionel Ismay, KG 1957, PC 1951, GCB, CH 1945, DSO 1920
( Dispatches twice, DSO with Clasp ), DL Gloucester 1950, CB 1931, KCB 1940, GCB 1946, Cmdr L of Merit (US). Grand Officer L of Honor (France)
Created Baron Ismay of Wormington Co., Co. Gloucester, 14 Jan 1947
Lathrop 3
Matthew Alexander Mitchell Lathrop, elder son of Alexander Mitchell Lathrop, SSA Charter Member, the son and heir of Capt. Mitchell Lee Lathrop, USN (Ret.), JD
Lindsay
The shield of the 16th Earl of Lindsay, James Randolph Lindesay-Bethune, 1955-date. He is a Scottish businessman an
Logan, John A., the Younger
John Amos Logan, the younger. is the elder son of John Amos Logan, BA, who also has a younger son and daughter both of whom have issue.
Lord Lyon Morrow
Rev. Canon Dr. Joseph J. Morrow, CBE, KStJ, QC, DL, PhD, LLD, FRSE
Right Honourable Lord Lyon King of Arms
Lord Lyon Morrow’s arms
The armorial achievement of Dr. Joseph J. Morrow, CBE, QC, LLD, FRSE
Right Honourable Lord Lyon King of Arms.
Marriage at Notre Dame
nterestingly, the cathedral has a Scottish connection. Some 461 years ago, Francis de Valois, the eldest son of Henri II, King of France, and who was the Dauphin, married at age 14, Mary Queen of Scots, age 15. The marriage was celebrated in the Cathedral of Notre Dame on 24 April 1558.
Marriage at Notre Dame 2
What we have here are the arms of alliance of a dynastic couple married, 461 years ago today, on 24 April 1558 in the Cathedral de Notre Dame in Paris. Francis, was the eldest son of King Henry II of France and Catherine de Medici and Mary was the daughter and only legitimate child of King James V of Scotland and Mary de Guise.