[Bookplate for Ditton Park]

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Description

This heraldic bookplate consists of an escutcheon, argent (silver), divided per pale. The left armorial is charged with three fusils, gules (red). The right armorial has a chief, azure (blue), the charged with three mullets. The lower half is charged with a crowned heart, possibly a preperesentation of a Claddagh.

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Title	[Bookplate for Ditton Park]
Date Created	[unknown]
Description	This heraldic bookplate consists of an escutcheon, argent (silver), divided per pale. The left armorial is charged with three fusils, gules (red). The right armorial has a chief, azure (blue), the charged with three mullets. The lower half is charged with a crowned heart, possibly a preperesentation of a Claddagh.
Extent	1 bookplate : burin engraving ; 3.3 x 3.6 cm
Subject	Heraldry
Person Or Corporation	Ditton Park
Genre	Prints
Type	Still Image
File Format	image/jpeg
Notes	An estate located in Slough, Buckinghamshire , England. Though date of ownership of bookplate is unknown, Ditton Park has been the residence of several notable figures in British history. Winwood, Sir Ralph (1562/3'1617), diplomat and secretary of state, held offices in the last years of his life, and after his death his son Richard, an MP for New Windsor intermittently between 1641 and 1681, eventually purchased the estate. At one time, Ditton Park also belonged to the family of John Walter Edward Douglas-Scott-Montagu, second Baron Montagu of Beaulieu (1866'1929), was a noted "promoter of motoring." (It remained in the Montagu family until purchased in 1917 to house the Admiratly Compass Observatory). It was also used for radio research, and eventually the Radio Research Station was established ; notable physisist Sir (William John) Granville Beynon (1914'1996) worked there. It was again sold to Computer Associates International Inc. in the early 1990s). References: 1) "Ditton Park." (2007 August 9) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ditton_Park, 24 Oct 2007. 2) M. Greengrass, "Winwood, Sir Ralph (1562/3-1617)." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press, online ed. Oct 2006 [ http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/29783 , accessed 23 Oct 2007] 3) Richard A. Storey, 'Montagu, John Walter Edward Douglas-Scott-, second Baron Montagu of Beaulieu (1866-1929)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [ http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/32879, accessed 23 Oct 2007] 4) John Meurig Thomas, 'Beynon, Sir (William John) Granville (1914-1996)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [ http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/62020, accessed 23 Oct 2007]
Identifier	BP MUR SL I D588; BP_MUR_SL_I_D588
Collection	RBSC Bookplates
Source	Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. Thomas Murray Bookplates Collection. BP MUR SL I D588
Date Available	2026-04-09
Provider	Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights	Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from Rare Books and Special Collections: http://rbsc.library.ubc.ca
DOI	10.14288/1.0215308
Aggregated Source Repository	CONTENTdm

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Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from Rare Books and Special Collections: http://rbsc.library.ubc.ca