DAVID DREW DULANY HOWE



Lord of the Manor of Welbourn Hall



COAT OF ARMS AND BLAZON



Arms: Gules, a sword point downwards Or surmounted by three legs in armour flexed at the knee and conjoined at the thigh of the same, between in chief a Tudor rose in dexter and a daisy in sinister, both Or, Chaussé Ermine

Crest: Issuant from a feudal crown Or a court jester proper, bearded, habited Gules and Or, sejant on a demi-Pegasus rampant Argent winged of the same, gorged with a chain Or, from which is suspended an escutcheon of the arms of George Washington (Argent, two bars Gules, in chief three mullets of the second)​

Supporters: To the dexter a lion rampant guardant Proper, to the sinister a peregrine falcon close Proper, both standing upon a grassy mound Vert semé of four-leaf clovers proper

Motto: ER MOOIR AS ER CHEER (Manx: “By Sea and By Land”)

​Registration: 8 June 2025, Page 8, Volume 1 Public Register of All Arms and Bearings, Heraldry Society of Africa

Heraldic Artist: David Drew Dulany Howe​ ​​



A former television personality, the armiger created and starred, alongside his family, in the comedic docuseries called "Suddenly Royal" produced by Warner Bros. Discovery. The armiger serves as the Clan Herald to the Chief of the Clann MacAodhagain of Tethbae - Ireland, and Clan Herald to the Chief of the Clan Bailey - Ireland. He also serves as a heraldic advisor to the Chief of the Clan Poole - Ireland. In June 2025, he was granted the title of Ridire an Oileán Ceo (Knight of the Misty Isles) by the Chiefs of the Clans Poole, MacAodhagain and Bailey.


The armiger is the hereditary Lord of the Manor of Welbourn Hall. The armiger's 2nd great-grandfather, American-born John Peyton Dulany deButts, Esq., inherited Welbourn Hall, located in North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England, in 1840 at the age of 3 from his great-grandaunt, Millicent (Welby) Ridghill. The manorial lordship of Welbourn Hall, originally Sapperton of Welbourn, dates back to before 1086 and has been held by the Welby family and their descendants for over 400 years.


Escutcheon: Representing the armiger's ancestral ties to the British Isles.


Crest: The armiger’s crest offers both whimsy and family history, featuring a court jester and honouring his family's ties to the First President of the United States, George Washington, with a representation of Washington's warhorse, the half-Arabian stallion called "Blueskin", as a Pegasus displaying a pendant of Washington's escutcheon.​ Blueskin is featured in many notable paintings of Washington and was a gift to Washington from the armiger's 5th great-grandparents, Ben and Elizabeth Dulany. The armiger's matrilineal family is the de Butts / Dulany family of Virginia and Maryland. Colonel Benjamin Tasker Dulany, was an aide-de-camp to General George Washington during the American Revolutionary War. His wife, Elizabeth (née French), was Washington's goddaughter and ward after her father's passing. Washington gave Elizabeth away at the couple's wedding.


Honours: 1) Ridire an Oileán Ceo (Hereditary Knighthood), granted by the Chiefs of the Clans MacAodhagain, Poole, and Bailey; 2) Lieutenant General, Royal Honour Guard, commissioned by His Majesy, The Omukama (King) Solomon Iguru I, Kingdom of Bunyoro-Kitara, Republic of Uganda; 3) Goodwill Ambassador - Diplomat, The Kingdom of Bunyoro-Kitara, Republic of Uganda; 4) Kentucky Colonel, commissioned by Governor Matt Bevin


​Alma mater: 1. National Louis University, BA, Chicago, Illinois; 2. University of Oxford, Visiting Student Programme, Oxford, England



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