Escutcheons of Science
 Baron of Largs 
 (Kelvin exhibit)

William Thomson (1824-1907) Lord Kelvin, Baron of Largs
Baron Kelvin of Netherhall, Largs
(knighted Nov. 10th 1866, raised to the peerage in 1892)

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Argent, a stag's head cabossed Gules, on a chief Azure a thunderbolt
Proper winged Or, between two spur revels of the field.
  [1866]
Crest:  A cubit arm erect vested Azure, cuffed Argent,
the hand grasping five ears of rye Proper. 
Supporters:  Dexter:  A student of the University of Glasgow, habited [Gules],
holding in the dexter hand a marine voltmeter.
Sinister:  A sailor habited [Azure], holding in the dexter hand a coil, the rope passing
through the sinister, and suspended therefrom a sinker of a sounding machine, all Proper. 
Motto (over the crest):  Honesty without fear.  Baron Kelvin Thunderbolt

Notes  [edited summary] :

New Extinct Peerage 1884-1971
by Leslie G. Pine
Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore MD (1973)

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