(Ingmire Hall and Middleton, co. Westmoreland; Sir John Otway, Knt., of Ingmire, 6. 1618; a Bencher of Gray’s Inn, Vice-Chancellor and Attorney General of the co. Palatine of Lancaster, was knighted at Whitehall 20 June, 1673, and d. without surviving male issue 1697; his elder dau. Anne Otway, m. 1st, John Warden, Esq., of Bumchurch, co. Kilkenny; and 2nd, Agmondesham Cuffe, Esq., of Desart, same co., by whom she had John, first Lord Desart; the youngest dau. Katherine Otway, m. William Upton, Esq., of Upton, ancestor of Upton of Ingmire Hall). Ar. a pile sa. over all a chev. counterchanged. Crest—Out of a ducal coronet or, two wings expanded sa.
(Cloghonan, afterwards Castle Otway, co. Tipperary; John Otway, Esq., had a grant of that place 1665, and m. Phœbe, dau. of Nicholas Loftus, Esq., of Fethard, co. Wexford; his eldest surviving son, Thomas Otway, Esq., of Lisson Hall, co. Tipperary, was grandfather of Cooke Otway, Esq., of Castle Otway, whose son and heir, Henry Otway, Esq., of Castle Otway, m. Sarah, dau. and heiress of Sir Thomas Cave, 6th bart., of Stamford, afterwards Baroness Brayt in her own right, and was father of Hon. Robert Otway-Cave, M.P., co. Tipperary, who d. s. p. 1844). Ar. a pile az. over all a chev. sa. counterchanged of the field. Crest—Out of a ducal coronet or, two wings expanded sa. Motto—Si Deus noblscum quis contra nos.
(Brighthelmatone, co. Sussex, bart.; heir male of Otway, of Castle Otway. Admiral Sir Robert Otway, G.C.B., second son of Cooke Otway, Esq., of Castle Otway, was created a bart. 1831). Ar. a plie sa. a chev. counterchanged. Crest—Out of a ducal coronet or, two wings erect sa. Supporters—granted to the first bart. by royal licence 16 June, 1845, to descend with the baronetcy). On either side a triton blowing his shell ppr. navally crowned or, across the shoulder a wreath of red coral, and holding in the exterior hand a trident points downwards sa Motto—St. Deus nobiscum quis contra nos.
(Castle Otway; Robert Jocelyn Otway, Capt. R.N., second aon of Rev. Samuel Jocelyn Otway, who was third son of Cooke Otway, Esq., of Castle Otway, s. to that estate under the will of the widow of Hon. Robert Otway-Cave, 1849). Ar. a pile az. over all a chev. sa. counterchanged of the field. Crest and Motto same as the last.
(Kilnacarr, Rapla, and Nenagh, co. Tipperary; descended from James Otway, Esq., of Kilnacarr, youngest son of John Otway, Esq., of Cloghonan, by Phoebe Otway his wife, now represented by John Hastings Otway, Esq., Q.C., Chairman of Quarter Sessions, co. Antrim, and Recorder of Belfast, eldest son of the late Rev. Caesar Otway by Frances Hastings, his wife, sister, and in her issue heiress of Rev. Anthony Hastings, of Lurgvall, co. Donegal, J.P.). Same Arms, Crest, and Motto, quartering, Ar. a maunch sa., for Hastings.
(Otway Towers, co. Herts; exemplified to William John Majoribanks Hughes, Esq., of Cumberland Street, London, who m. 1837, Georgiana Frances, only dau. of Gen. Sir Loftus William Otway, K.C.B., and who assumed by royal licence, 1873, the surname of Otway). Quarterly, 1st and 4th, ar. a pile sa. over all a chev. counterchanged and for distinction in the centre chief point a cross crosslet of the first, for Otway; 2nd and 3rd, gu. a chev. or, betw. in chief two morions and in base as many swords saltirewise points upwards ppr. pomels and hilts gold, for Hughes. Crests— 1st, Otway: Out of a ducal coronet a passion cross or, betw. two wings sa. each charged for distinction with a cross crosslet ar.; 2nd, Hughes: Upon the battlements of a tower an arm in armour fesswise couped holding in the hand a sword erect betw. two branches of oak all ppr. Motto—Semper viligans.
(confirmed by Fortescue, Ulster, to Capt. William ALBANY OTWAY, R.N.). Ar. on a pile az. charged with a naval crown or, a chev. counterchanged ar. and sa. Crest—Out of a ducal coronet or, two wings expanded sa. Motto—Si Deus nobiscum quis contra nos.
Sussex – (Baronet, 15 sept. 1831) – D’argent à une pile de sable au chevron brochant de l’un en l’autre Casque couronné Cimier un vol de sable Tenants deux tritons au naturel chacun donnant dans une conque marine sommés chacun d’une couronne navale d’or portant un collier de corail rouge passé sur l’épaule en manière de baudrier et tenant chacun un trident de sable les pointes en bas Devise SI DEUS NOBISCUM QUIS CONTRA NOS?
