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Marchmont, Alexander Hume-Campbell, Earl of, 1675-1740
Style
Book plate
Bookplate Type
Armorial
Bookplate Function
Ownership
Institutional or Personal
Personal
Dimensions
103 x 159 mm
Orientation
Portrait
Bookplate Text
His Excellency Alexander Earle of Marchmont Viscount of Blasonberry Lord Polwarth of Polwarth Redbraes & Greenlaw Knight of the most noble order of ye Thistle His Majesties Amb: Extraordinary & Plenipotentiary to ye Congress at Cambray Lord Clerk Register of Scotland. Lord Leiutenant [sic] & Sherrif of Berwickshire Ao: 1725
[motto:] FIDES PRO BATA CORONAT
[on shield:] NEMO ME IMPUNE LACESSIT
TRUE TO THE END
Description
Coat of arms. Escutcheon (marshaling of 16). Crest: arn cubit. a curved sword in the hand, arising out of a heart gules (red). Supporters: two lions rampant reguardant. Mottoes: (1) True to the end, (2) Nemo me impune lacessit (No one attacks me with impunity), (3) Fides probata coronat (approved faith confers a crown)
Marchmont, Alexander Hume-Campbell, Earl of, 1675-1740
Style
Book plate
Bookplate Type
Armorial
Bookplate Function
Ownership
Institutional or Personal
Personal
Dimensions
103 x 159 mm
Orientation
Portrait
Bookplate Text
His Excellency Alexander Earle of Marchmont Viscount of Blasonberry Lord Polwarth of Polwarth Redbraes & Greenlaw Knight of the most noble order of ye Thistle His Majesties Amb: Extraordinary & Plenipotentiary to ye Congress at Cambray Lord Clerk Register of Scotland. Lord Leiutenant [sic] & Sherrif of Berwickshire Ao: 1725
[motto:] FIDES PRO BATA CORONAT
[on shield:] NEMO ME IMPUNE LACESSIT
TRUE TO THE END
Description
Coat of arms. Escutcheon (marshaling of 16). Crest: arn cubit. a curved sword in the hand, arising out of a heart gules (red). Supporters: two lions rampant reguardant. Mottoes: (1) True to the end, (2) Nemo me impune lacessit (No one attacks me with impunity), (3) Fides probata coronat (approved faith confers a crown)