William McCammond explained

Sir William McCammond was an Irish Unionist politician who served as Lord Mayor of Belfast between 1894 and 1896.[1] He was knighted in 1895[2] and died in 1898.[3] McCammond was active in trying to resolve the Belfast and Clyde shipbuilders' crisis of 1895 .[4] [5]

Arms

Escutcheon:Or a fess Vair between three sea horses Proper.
Crest:Out of a mural crown a lion's head Gules charged on the neck with a bell Argent.
Motto:Justus Ac Tenax
Notes:Granted by Sir John Bernard Burke, Ulster King of Arms, on 20 December 1895.[6]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Former Mayors and Lord Mayors. 2014-07-01. Belfast City Council. Anon.
  2. Book: The Knights of England. Genealogical Publishing Com. 978-0-8063-0443-4. 396. 1906.
  3. News: . subscription . BELFAST MAGNATE DEAD. Cheltenham Chronicle. 5 March 1898.
  4. Anon. THE CRISIS IN THE SHIPBUILDING TRADE. The Engineer. 1895. 545.
  5. Anon. THE CRISIS IN THE SHIPBUILDING TRADE. The Engineer. 1895. 621.
  6. Web site: Grants and Confirmations of Arms, Vol. H . 347 . National Library of Ireland.