THE CREST AND CORONET ARE THOSE OF JOHN JAMES, 9TH EARL AND FIRST MARQUESS OF ABERCORN, BORN IN 1766. HE WAS MADE MARQUESS OF ABERCORN IN 1794 AND A KNIGHT OF THE GARTER IN 1805. HE MARRIED THREE TIMES, HIS SECOND MARRIAGE ENDING IN DIVORCE ON ACCOUNT OF HIS WIFE'S ADULTERY WITH THE BROTHER OF HIS FIRST WIFE WHO HAD DIED IN 1791. HE "IS STATED TO HAVE ALWAYS GONE OUT SHOOTING IN HIS BLUE RIBBON AND TO HAVE REQUIRED HIS HOUSEMAIDS TO WEAR WHITE KID GLOVES WHEN THEY MADE HIS BED. IT IS ALSO ALLEGED THAT HAVING LEARNT OF HIS SECOND WIFE'S ELOPEMENT, HE SENT HER A MESSAGE BEGGING HER TO TAKE THE FAMILY COACH, AS IT OUGHT NEVER TO BE SAID THAT LADY ABERCORN LEFT HER HUSBAND'S ROOF IN A HACK CHAISE." [G.E. RUSSELL, COLLECTIONS AND RECOLLECTIONS, 1898]