England; Peerage of England
Osborne-Godolphin-Churchill — established later ducal marshalling of the Leeds house
- Family / house
- Osborne; Godolphin; Churchill; Leeds; Carmarthen
- Family / cadet branch
- Leeds ducal line after the Godolphin marriage and Churchill inheritance
- Armiger / bearer
- Dukes of Leeds from the 4th and 5th Dukes onward, including the 10th Duke
- Entity type
- family
- Social rank / class
- peer
- Heraldic authority
- Cracroft's Peerage and later armorial reproductions
- Record basis
- ancient_usage
- Issued / first recorded
- 1731
- Until / superseded
- 1964
- Historical period
- Georgian to twentieth-century period
- Grant / record reference
- Inherited and marshalled achievement of the later Dukes of Leeds
- Blazon
- Quarterly: 1st and 4th, per quarter Ermine and Azure, over all a Cross Or, for Osborne; 2nd, Gules, an Eagle with two heads displayed between three Fleurs-de-lis Argent, for Godolphin; 3rd, Sable, a Lion rampant Argent, on a Canton of the last a Cross Gules, for Churchill. Crests: 1st, an Heraldic Tiger passant Or tufted and maned Sable; 2nd, a Dolphin embowed Sable. Supporters: Dexter, a Griffin Or; sinister, an Heraldic Tiger Argent, each gorged with a Ducal Coronet Azure. Motto: PAX IN BELLO.
- Plain-English description
- The later dukes quartered their original Osborne shield with the inherited Godolphin and Churchill arms. The Osborne quarters remain in first and fourth place, while Godolphin and Churchill occupy the second and third quarters.
- Tinctures
- ermine; azure; Or; Gules; Argent; Sable
- Charges / ordinaries
- cross; double-headed eagle; fleurs-de-lis; lion rampant; cross in canton
- Crest
- Heraldic tiger and dolphin
- Motto
- PAX IN BELLO
- Exterior ornaments
- Ducal coronet, supporters and full peerage achievement
- Difference / variant
- This is a marshalled dynastic achievement, not a new cadet coat. It distinguishes the later ducal house from the undifferenced Osborne arms of the Kiveton baronet and the first Duke's simpler armorial context.
- Source reference
- Cracroft's Peerage, Duke of Leeds
- Source
- Open source
Genealogical context
Documented depiction
Notes / sources
The 10th Duke's achievement should be catalogued under this dynastic design, while retaining a separate linked record for the simple Osborne parent arms.