Kings College Hospital - Coat of Arms - London, Great Britain.[
N 51° 28.165 W 000° 05.559
30U E 701922 N 5706037
The Kings College Hospital is very proud of its substantial local, national and international standing. The building features a relief of the Kings College Hospital Coat of Arms and the additional support Relief figures.
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Location: London, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 02/23/2013
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The Kings College Hospital coat of Arms features the Latin motto 'Sancte Et Sapienter' the Motto in English 'With Holiness and Wisdom'
"The coat of arms displayed on the College Charter is that of George IV. The shield depicts the royal coat of arms together with an inescutcheon of the House of Hanover, while the supporters embody the College motto of sancte et sapienter. No correspondence is believed to have survived regarding the choice of this coat of arms, either in the College Archives or at the College of Arms, and a wide variety of unofficial adaptations have been used during the history of the College. The current coat of arms was developed following the mergers with Queen Elizabeth College and Chelsea College in 1985, and incorporates aspects of their heraldry. The College's coat of arms, in heraldic terminology, The arms:
Or on a Pale Azure between two Lions rampant respectant Gules an Anchor Gold ensigned by a Royal Crown proper on a Chief Argent an Ancient Lamp proper inflamed Gold between two Blazing Hearths also proper.
The crest and supporters on each side of the coat of arms:
On a Helm with a Wreath Or and Azure Upon a Book proper rising from a Coronet Or the rim set with jewels two Azure (one manifest) four Vert (two manifest) and two Gules a demi Lion Gules holding a Rod of Dexter a female figure habited Azure the cloak lined coif and sleeves Argent holding in the exterior hand a Lond Cross botony Gold and sinister a male figure the Long Coat Azure trimmed with Sable proper shirt Argent holding in the interior hand a Book proper." Text source: (
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King's College London web site.