• heraldry, an augmentation (often termed augmentation of honour or sometimes augmentation of arms) is a modification or addition to a coat of arms, typically...
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    Woodstock Palace (category History of Oxfordshire)
    added as an augmentation of honour to the arms of the Dukes of Marlborough, and is still borne by them today. The arms comprise a Cross of St George surmounted...
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    Member of Parliament, he was awarded an augmentation of honour to his arms around 1662. This rare mark of royal favour took the form of a canton of Saint...
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    conditioned by grant of a type of augmentation of honour by admission in orders of chivalry or by heraldic authorities, such as in the case of traditional British...
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    Baronet (redirect from Baronetcy of Ulster)
    baronets of Scotland the privilege of depicting the Arms of Nova Scotia as an augmentation of honour. The former applies to this day for all baronets of Great...
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    similar label of three points is used in his arms, crest and supporters for the same reason.) In 1953 the badge was given an augmentation of honour. The augmented...
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    Spencer-Churchill, 12th Duke of Marlborough (born 24 November 1955), styled Earl of Sunderland until March 1972 and Marquess of Blandford until October 2014...
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    the suggestion of Bishop Peter Nott, formally of Norwich, who had the honour of officiating at the wedding of The Earl and Countess of Wessex, at St....
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    2018. Davison, Janet (7 November 2014). "Princess Anne's Ottawa tour will honour 'everyday heroes'". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the...
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    Unicorn (category National symbols of Scotland)
    unicorn in their arms, as an augmentation of honour. The crest for Clan Cunningham bears a unicorn head. By the beginning of the 21st century, unicorns...
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    ministers an augmentation of honour on the coat of arms of those who apply for them. The heraldic badge, referred to by the CHA as the mark of the Prime...
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    enormous prestige both socially and at court, and the Howard coat of arms was changed in honour of the victory, incorporating the Scottish lion pierced through...
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    of Surrey. Coat of arms of the Howard Dukes of Norfolk, starting with Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk.Quarterly of 4: 1: Howard, with augmentation...
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    Spencer-Churchill, 11th Duke of Marlborough, JP, DL (13 April 1926 – 16 October 2014) was a British peer. He was the elder son of the 10th Duke of Marlborough and...
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    England. Augmentation of honour granted to the Seymours following Henry VIII's marriage to Jane Coat of arms of Queen Jane Seymour Coat of Arms of Edward...
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    Badge of Wales after its augmentation of honour, used 1953–1959 Flag of Y Wladfa Welsh Australian flag House flag of the Cory Brothers House flag of John...
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    title of Duke of Norfolk, lost by his father's support for Richard III. The arms of the Dukes of Norfolk still carry an augmentation of honour awarded...
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    of Norfolk, he is the most senior non-royal peer in the peerage of England. He is also the titular head of the House of Howard. Norfolk is the son of...
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    of Somerset) to bear the coat of augmentation granted to Queen Jane Seymour, 10 Aug., 1547. Box I.10.f.119"[2] A companion and key to the history of England;...
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    modification of a coat of arms, representing a less-than honorable augmentation, imposed by an heraldic authority (such as the Court of Chivalry in England)...
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    Secretary of State for War and the Colonies. He held the constituency of Rye from 1790 until his elevation to the House of Lords in 1803, of which he was...
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    became a part of the Coat of arms of the Prince of Wales by Royal Warrant. In 1953, the red dragon badge was given an augmentation of honour. The augmented...
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    (appropriate for peers) of a sailor and a lion. In honour of the Battle of the Nile in 1798, the Crown granted him an augmentation of honour blazoned On a chief...
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    her honour. So admiring was she of the good management that had allowed the fruit to remain unplucked that she granted an augmentation of honour of a canton...
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    (appropriate for peers) of a sailor and a lion. In honour of the Battle of the Nile in 1798, the Crown granted him an augmentation of honour blazoned On a chief...
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    d'Aubigny as Earl of Arundel, with the honour and the castle of Arundel. Arundel Castle is still to this day the home of The Duke and Duchess of Norfolk and...
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    Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, KG (1516/1517–19 January 1547) was an English nobleman, politician and poet. He was one of the founders of English Renaissance...
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  • reversed in this case." In 1817, an augmentation of honour was granted commemorating the victory at Blenheim by the 1st Duke of Marlborough. As Churchill's father...
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    The House of Lusignan (/ˈluːzɪn.jɒn/ LOO-zin-yon; French: [lyziɲɑ̃]) was a royal house of French origin, which at various times ruled several principalities...
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    Vincent Massey (category Canadian Members of the Order of the Companions of Honour)
    Royal Victorian Chain December 11, 1963: Augmentation of honour February 28, 1952 – September 15, 1959: Colonel of the Governor General's Horse Guards February...
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