Talk:Leveson-Gower family

Scottish?
What exactly makes them Scottish? The Leveson Gowers' seat was Trentham in Staffordshire for centuries. Before that, the Levesons were Merchants of the Staple based in Wolverhampton. The duchy of Sutherland doesn't make its bearers Scottish, any more than being Viscount Galway made the Moncktons Irish, for example. I'm not saying they aren't Scottish. Just asking. Sjwells53 (talk) 12:24, 28 April 2012 (UTC)


 * You are right. I have changed it to British. Zacwill16 (talk) 12:05, 27 May 2015 (UTC)

John Gower poet
John Gower is included in category Leveson-Gower. Is there any citation which supports this? I am contemplating deleting this category from John Gower article.Rdmoore6 (talk) 02:02, 13 June 2018 (UTC)

Slight error in illustration
The illustration's fourth quarter isn't a black (sable) flory cross on top of barry-of-eight silver/white (argent) and red (gules). It's the black cross on top of "argent, four bars gules" for a total of nine stripes, not eight. At some number it might be correct to change "bars" to "barrulets", but I think common practice is that four or fewer are "bars" and five or more are "barrulets". I must acknowledge that MAYBE this illustration comes from the College of Heraldry and, if so, there's weight behind it, even if it is in error (which has happened with such documents where the artist makes a slight goof vs. the text blazon), but then please document that. Also, there may be some really hyper-obscure rule that very few people know about, pertaining to the count near the narrower (bottom) end of a shield, and if so please cite. I'm not adamant that the drawing is incorrect, but if it's correct then it is correct in spite of readers' reasonable objections as to what they would EXPECT to find, and those objections should I think be explained away.2600:8804:8800:11F:1C64:8308:33BC:E2D6 (talk) 06:58, 19 February 2022 (UTC)Christopher L. Simpson