LIONS OF HERALDRY.
SYMBOLS OK SOYKHKIGNTY. In heraldry the lioii is always a symbol of sovereignty and power. The lions in the arms ot England are thiee, ami each is 100 pardo—a lion walking and showing full lace. The first lion was that of /Iloilo. Duke of Normandy; the second, that of Poitou. These were home by M illiam the Conqueror and his immediate descendants. It was Henry II who added the third lion to represent the Duchy of Aquitaine, which came to him through his wife I'.leanor. French heralds call the lion passant a leopard, and that is why Napoleon said to his soldiers. “ l.et us drive these leopards into the sea.” The many-lined lions ol Old Country inn signs are of heraldic origin. The Red Lion is the lion of the arms of Scotland, and was also the badge of John Gaunt, from which it probably had its chief origin ns an inn sign in England. The Blue Lion was the badge of the powerful earls ol Mortimer; the Golden Lion the badge of Henry 1., and also of Perey of Northumberland ; and the White Lion the device of the Duke of Norfolk and the Karl of Surrey.
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Hokitika Guardian, 6 November 1925, Page 3
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200LIONS OF HERALDRY. Hokitika Guardian, 6 November 1925, Page 3
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