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THE SCOTTISH HOUSE OF CHRISTIE. 13
the county of Limerick, — bears, viz., parted per pale (baron
and femme), the dexter side being first and fourth or, a saltyr
engrailed gules, cantoned with four mullets azure; second,
argent on a cheveron between three laurel leaves vert,
as many besants argent ; third, argent, a lion rampant gules,
surmounted of a bend azure, for the name of Leslie. On the
sinister side a lion rampant between three mullets gules,
being the arms of his wife, all encircled by a ribbon, whereon
is this motto, 'Nee Aspera Terrent,' and thereto appended
the badge of a Knight Companion of the most honourable
Guelphic Order. On a compartment below the shield is this
motto, ' Sic Viresco,' and for supporters two gryphons proper.
Matriculated December 1818."
Colonel Sir Archibald Christie married Jane, only child of
George Dwyer of Singland, county Limerick (she died in
1843), and by her had three sons and three daughters. Lucy
Anu, the eldest daughter, born 1802, died unmarried in 1854;
Frances, second daughter, born 1804, is unmarried; Mary,
third daughter, born 1807, died unmarried in 1839.
George James, the eldest son, born 1801, died unmarried
in 1837; Andrew de Burgh, second son, born 1810, died
unmarried in 1839. Frederick Gordon, the third son, born
1816, entered the army in his sixteenth year. A retired
colonel, he now resides in London. He owns the family
estate of Eiddry, Lanarkshire, and is head of the house of
Stentoun.
Colonel Frederick Gordon Christie, married, in 1844,
Augusta, second daughter of Colonel Foster Lechman Coore,
of Scruton Hall, Yorkshire, without issue.
At the commencement of the century there were, as " heri-
tors " or landowners in Fifeshire, John Christie of Pitgorno
Easter, Alexander Christie of Balchrystie, and Andrew
the county of Limerick, — bears, viz., parted per pale (baron
and femme), the dexter side being first and fourth or, a saltyr
engrailed gules, cantoned with four mullets azure; second,
argent on a cheveron between three laurel leaves vert,
as many besants argent ; third, argent, a lion rampant gules,
surmounted of a bend azure, for the name of Leslie. On the
sinister side a lion rampant between three mullets gules,
being the arms of his wife, all encircled by a ribbon, whereon
is this motto, 'Nee Aspera Terrent,' and thereto appended
the badge of a Knight Companion of the most honourable
Guelphic Order. On a compartment below the shield is this
motto, ' Sic Viresco,' and for supporters two gryphons proper.
Matriculated December 1818."
Colonel Sir Archibald Christie married Jane, only child of
George Dwyer of Singland, county Limerick (she died in
1843), and by her had three sons and three daughters. Lucy
Anu, the eldest daughter, born 1802, died unmarried in 1854;
Frances, second daughter, born 1804, is unmarried; Mary,
third daughter, born 1807, died unmarried in 1839.
George James, the eldest son, born 1801, died unmarried
in 1837; Andrew de Burgh, second son, born 1810, died
unmarried in 1839. Frederick Gordon, the third son, born
1816, entered the army in his sixteenth year. A retired
colonel, he now resides in London. He owns the family
estate of Eiddry, Lanarkshire, and is head of the house of
Stentoun.
Colonel Frederick Gordon Christie, married, in 1844,
Augusta, second daughter of Colonel Foster Lechman Coore,
of Scruton Hall, Yorkshire, without issue.
At the commencement of the century there were, as " heri-
tors " or landowners in Fifeshire, John Christie of Pitgorno
Easter, Alexander Christie of Balchrystie, and Andrew
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Description | A selection of almost 400 printed items relating to the history of Scottish families, mostly dating from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Includes memoirs, genealogies and clan histories, with a few produced by emigrant families. The earliest family history goes back to AD 916. |
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