Fitzwilliam Coat of Arms / Family Crest

(Viscount Fitzwilliam; extinct 1833). Gu. on a bend cotised ar. three popinjays vert, beaked and legged gu. (These arms appear from various entries in Ulster’s Office to have been the family arms of Fitz-Willlam, of Merrion, co. Dublin, but it appears from an entry in the Lords’ Entries that the second Viscount Fitz-William, when created Earl of Tyrconnel, adopted the arms of Fitz-William, of Sprotborough, which were used by the subsequent viscounts who succeeded after the earldom expired). Crest—In front of a peacock’s tail ppr. a greyhound’s head erased ar. spotted gu. plain collared or. Supporters—Two ostriches ar. each holding in the beak a horseshoe or. Motto—Deo adjuvante, non timendum.