Lion Passant Guardant Crowned on Chapeau

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Surnames Associated with this Crest:

• Gelling
• Holland
• Howard
• Lestrange

Crest Symbolism:

This striking crest depicts a lion passant guardant (walking with its head turned to face the viewer) standing upon a chapeau, also known as a Cap of Maintenance. The lion is universally regarded in heraldry as the emblem of deathless courage, strength, and valor, while the guardant position signifies prudence and a watchful nature. The extended tail indicates high energy and readiness for action. The lion is crowned with a ducal coronet, symbolizing nobility and power. The chapeau beneath the lion—a velvet cap lined with ermine—is a symbol of high dignity and feudal authority, historically signifying that the bearer was of high enough rank to maintain a retinue.

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