Goldsmid Coat of Arms / Family Crest

(St. John’s Lodge, Regent’s Park, co. Middlesex, bart.). Per saltire erminois and erm. on a chief gu. a goldfinch ppr. betw. two roses or, (being the family arms), over an escutcheon gu. charged with a tower gold, and ensigned by the coronet of a Baron of Portugal. Crests—1st: Out of the coronet of a Baron of Portugal ppr. a demi dragon, wings elevated or, holding in the claws a rose gu. slipped ppr.; 2nd: A demi lion ar. in the paws a bundle of twigs erect or, banded az. Supporters—Dexter, a lion ar. ducally crowned and charged on the shoulder with a rose gu.; sinister, a wyvern, wings elevated or, and charged on the shoulder with a rose gu. By royal licence, dated 6 June, 1846, the late Sir Isaac Lyon Goldsmid, Bart., was authorized to accept and use in this country the title of Baron de Goldsmid and Da Palmeira, conferred upon him by the Queen of Portugal, in manifestation of the important services rendered by him on various occasions to the Portuguese nation, and as a public testimony of her royal munificence, and also to bear and use certain additional armorial bearings. The arms being the escocheon of pretence and coronet over. The first crest and the supporters were added to the family arms, and appertain to the title of baron conferred upon him by the Queen of Portugal. Mottoes—Over crests: Quis similis tibi in fortibus, Domine (Exod. xv. 11); under the arms: Concordia et sedulitate.