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FAMILY HOLSTON: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Holston.

Genealogy of family Holston, origin of Holston, provenance of the family name Holston.

History and meaning for Holston.

On this website we collect some interesting and useful information for the study of the history and the heraldry of the family name Holston.

The most important thing is the bibliographic information about the name Holston.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Holston:

1) The origin of the family name Holston.

2) The meaning of the family name Holston.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Holston.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Holston.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

It is known that the Holston have or have been established, among other places, in:

* England, Scotland, Wales or Ireland.

Bibliography that collects the history and the coat of arms for the family Holston:

* The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales, by Sir Bernard Burke, King of Arms.

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We put at your disposal the heraldic, the coat of arms and crest for this family name in various formats: The images that appear here are examples and none of them belong to the coat of arms for the name Holston:

Name Holston

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Burnt Parchment with the coat of arms, origin and history for the family name Holston.
heraldry coats of arms on JPG and vectorial formats

Coat of arms for Holston and the history and origin for the family name Holston in JPG or Vectorial files as Corel-Draw, AI, WMF, etc.

coat of arms sticker for Holston

Coat of arms for the name Holston in sticker, and its history in other document. Or stickers of what you want, personalized.

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The family Holston appears in the "General The Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales" written by Sir Bernard Burke appeared for the first time in the year 1842. This book contains about 60,000 names as Holston and are the most comprehensive Collection of Arms, including the Bearings Armorial of Noblemen and Gentlemen of the British Empire, and diverse coats that were seen in churches, familiar mansions, tombs, etc. This book is very valued by who investigate on its ancestors and want to conserve their memory, by means of the history of its well-known actions and the representation of its symbols. Therefore, the name Holston is from England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, or radicated in some of these countries.

One of the most distinctive qualities of heraldry is the use of a limited palette of colours and patterns, usually referred to as tinctures. These are divided into three categories, known as metals, colours, and furs.

Next we are going to see the meanings of three tinctures:

1) AZURE: Blue color that symbolizes Justice, Zeal, Truth, Loyalty, Charity and Beauty.

2) SABLE: Black color that symbolizes Prudence, Sadness, Rigor, Honesty and Obedience.

3) GULES: Red color that symbolizes Strength, Victory, Daring and Highness.

Next lets look at the characteristics of some figures that we can find in heraldry and crests:

* FLEUR-DE-LIS: The Fleur-de-lis represents the Generous Courage that, for received grievances, repeatedly returns benefits, and is a symbol of French heraldry.

* DOG: The Dog is a symbol of Faithful Vassal.

* HAWK: The Hawk symbolizes Noble and Strong chest in companies of honor, which fails to achieve them faints of shame.

* TROUT: The Trout is a symbol of Ardent Spirit in war and Calm and Serene in Peace.

* RIVER: The River symbolizes, due to its condition of increasing its flow as it advances, the Knight who leaves his house with a desire to advance and returns to it enriched with Erudition and Fortune.

* CHESS: Chess symbolizes Military Art, for which reason it is usually awarded to soldiers who have exposed their lives in combat.

* FIG: The Fig Tree or its leaves symbolize the State Benefactors.

* GYRON: The Gyron represents Favor.

* The family name Holston appears in the list of last names of Heraldry & Crests so its complete history, crest and coat of arms or heraldic shields can be known on his website: http://www.heraldrycrests.com/

Heraldry for family name Holston as well as its history is at your disposal here: Heraldry, history, origin, crest and coat of arms of the family name Holston

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Images of some books referred, with information of the family name Holston:

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Go to the main page of Heraldry & Crests | Go to the letter H index Go to the previous index of names | Go to name Holstock | Go to name Holt | Heraldry in Spanish Gabinete Heraldico

All the information about the surnames that are collected in this web site are based on verified bibliography.

Origin of family name, history and coat of arms/crests