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Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2007 06:01:14 EDT

_CIVIC HERALDRY OF ENGLAND AND WALES-DORSET_
(http://www.civicheraldry.co.uk/dorset.html)
The ermine lion is that of the Cecils, Marquesses of Salisbury and Viscounts
Cranborne. The lion wears the gold crown and and holds the cap of
maintenance from the crest of the Ashley-Coopers, Earls of Shaftesbury, of Wimbome St.
Giles. The crown from which the lion emerges is composed of two fleurs-de-lys
of gold from the arms of the Bankes family of Kingston Lacy, while the two
red roses (of which only one is visible) are from the Sturts, Earls Arlington
of Crichel



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