England
Marquesses of Exeter — full achievement of the 1801 marquessate
- Family / house
- Cecil
- Family / cadet branch
- Cecil of Burghley; senior Exeter line; Marquesses of Exeter
- Armiger / bearer
- Henry Cecil, 1st Marquess of Exeter
- Entity type
- cadet_branch
- Social rank / class
- peer
- Heraldic authority
- College of Arms
- Record basis
- grant
- Issued / first recorded
- 1801-02-04
- Historical period
- Georgian period
- Grant / record reference
- Letters patent creating the Marquess of Exeter, 4 February 1801
- Blazon
- Barry of ten Argent and Azure, over all six escutcheons Sable, three, two and one, each charged with a lion rampant Argent. Crest: On a chapeau Gules turned up Ermine, a garb Or supported by two lions, the dexter Argent and the sinister Azure. Supporters: On either side a lion Ermine. Motto: COR UNUM VIA UNA.
- Plain-English description
- Ten alternating silver and blue horizontal bands are overlaid by six black shields arranged three, two and one; each small shield bears a silver rampant lion. Above the shield is a golden sheaf of corn supported by a silver and a blue lion on a red cap lined with ermine. Two ermine lions support the shield, with the motto 'One heart, one way'.
- Tinctures
- Argent; Azure; Sable; Gules; Ermine; Or
- Charges / ordinaries
- Six escutcheons; Six rampant lions; Garb
- Crest
- On a chapeau Gules turned up Ermine, a garb Or supported by two lions, the dexter Argent and the sinister Azure.
- Motto
- COR UNUM VIA UNA
- Exterior ornaments
- Two ermine lion supporters; marquessate coronet where displayed.
- Difference / variant
- This is the complete inherited achievement associated with the second creation of the Marquess of Exeter in 1801, materially distinct from the shield-only Exeter records already present in the registry.
- Source reference
- Cracroft's Peerage, Exeter, Marquess of (UK, 1801)
- Source
- Open source
Genealogical context
- Father
- Thomas Chambers Cecil
- Mother
- Charlotte Garnier
- Spouse(s)
- Emma Vernon; Sarah Hoggins; Elizabeth Anne Burrell
- Children / next generation
- Brownlow Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Exeter; Thomas Cecil, styled Lord Thomas Cecil; Lady Sophia Cecil
Documented depiction
Notes / sources
The finding consolidates the full marquessate achievement, not a new coat. It should be linked to the existing shield-only records for Henry Cecil and later Marquesses of Exeter.