Earl of Cranbrook
| Earldom of Cranbrook | |
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Arms of the Earl of Cranbrook Arms: Quarterly: 1st & 4th, Argent, on a Bend invected, plain cotised Gules, three Catherine Wheels Or, on a Chief Gules, three Leopard’s Faces Or (Hardy); 2nd & 3rd, Per pale Argent and Or, a Bend compony Azure and Gules, between two Pellets, each within an Annulet Sable (Gathorne). Crests: 1st: a Dexter Arm embowed in armour proper, garnished Or, entwined with a Branch of Oak Vert, charged with two Catherine Wheels Gules, one above and one below the elbow, the hand grasping a Dragon’s Head erased proper (Hardy); 2nd: in front of a Wolf’s Head erased Argent, a Staff raguly fesswise Or (Gathorne). Supporters: On either side a Leopard guardant proper, gorged with a Collar Gules, pendant therefrom an Escutcheon Gules charged with a Catherine Wheel Or. | |
| Creation date | 22 August 1892 |
| Created by | Queen Victoria |
| Peerage | Peerage of the United Kingdom |
| First holder | Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 1st Viscount Cranbrook |
| Present holder | Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 5th Earl of Cranbrook |
| Heir apparent | John Gathorne-Hardy, Lord Medway |
| Remainder to | the 1st Earl's heirs male of the body |
| Subsidiary titles | Viscount Cranbrook Baron Medway |
| Status | Extant |
| Motto | ARMÉ DE FOI HARDI (Armed with hardy faith) |
Earl of Cranbrook, in the County of Kent, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1892 for the Conservative politician Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, Viscount Cranbrook. The family seat was Hemsted Park, near Benenden, Kent.