Lion Passant Gardant Collared Vair

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Surnames Associated with this Crest:

• Angus
• Brewes
• Brews
• Brewse
• Bromfield
• Burrow
• Cambridge
• Cambrige
• Cobbold
• Coriton
• Coryton
• Cowell
• Cricket
• Crickitt
• Croft
• Crofts
• Crosby
• De Garis
• De Lisle
• De Senlize
• De Warren
• Delamote
• Desmond
• Disney
• Edwards
• Eyre
• Fairfax
• Garvey
• Goloner
• Gregg
• Greystock
• Gulliver
• Hemans
• Holbrook
• Hutchings
• Hutchins
• M'Dowall-Hay
• Macdougal-Hay
• Marshall
• Moore
• Mouat
• Muriell
• Negus
• Norman
• Northwick
• Pardoe
• Pennant
• Pugh
• Ramsay-Fairfax
• Rickards
• Roebuck
• Rushout
• Sclater
• Slater
• Sneyd
• Thomson
• Walmsley
• Westmore
• Wilde
• Zurich

Crest Symbolism:

This crest features a lion in the "passant gardant" position, meaning it is depicted walking with the right forepaw raised while the head is turned to face the viewer directly. In heraldry, the lion is the emblem of undying courage, strength, and valour, while the gardant attitude specifically suggests vigilance and wariness. The lion is distinguished by a collar of "vair," a heraldic fur represented by alternating bell or shield shapes in blue and white. Vair was originally the fur of a squirrel and was highly finding, signifying dignity and high nobility. The wreath, or torse, upon which the lion stands represents the twisted silk historically used to attach a crest to a knight's helmet.

(Plate 4, Crest 3, Fairbairn, J. (1905). Fairbairn’s book of crests of the families of Great Britain and Ireland)