

James Michael Payumo
James Michael Payumo is a clinical research doctor, husband and father. Description and symbolism: The motto “Faith, Service, and Humility” refers to the armiger’s upbringing and chosen life of service. Blazon: Motto: Fides Muneris Humilitas (Faith, Service and Humility). Assumed/granting authority: Unknown. Description … Continue reading James Michael Payumo

Rendell Tamaca Salgado
Traditional emblazonment from the Armiger. Emblazonment with Geneva hat and clerical stole in the Reformed tradition from the Armiger. Rendell Tamaca Salgado is a protestant minister of the Reformed tradition who was born and raised in Cavite City. Description … Continue reading Rendell Tamaca Salgado

Vincent Beswick-Escanlar
Vincent Beswick-Escanlar is a physician in the Canadian Armed Forces. Description and symbolism: Arms: The colours blue, gold, red and white reflect the national flag of the Philppines, the home of Dr Beswick-Escanlar’s ancestors. The white chevron with blue waves represent … Continue reading Vincent Beswick-Escanlar

Narciso Claveriá y Zalduá
Narciso Clavería y Zaldúa was Lieutenant General of the Royal Armies and Captain General of the Philippine Islands. He was made Conde de Manila on July 29, 1848. Description and symbolism: Argent, the Cross of the Trinitarian Order, in the … Continue reading Narciso Claveriá y Zalduá

Toribio de Cossío
Toribio de Cossío was Governor and Captain General of the Philippines. He was made Marqués de Torre Campo on August 27, 1714. Description and symbolism: Gules, a tree proper between two towers argent, the dexter surmounted by a banner argent … Continue reading Toribio de Cossío

Rodrigo de Vivero y Aberrucia
Rodrigo de Vivero y Aberrucia was Captain General of the Philippine Islands and Nueva Vizcaya. He was made Conde del Valle de Orizaba on March 29, 1627. Description and symbolism: Or, three nettles of seven leaves vert above three boulders … Continue reading Rodrigo de Vivero y Aberrucia

Coats of arms of Spanish settlers in the Philippines
As Spanish conquerors and colonists intermarried with Filipinos, those Spaniards with coats of arms would have been entitled to pass them on to their descendants in the Philippines. Several of these shields are collected in the volumes of the Heraldario español, … Continue reading Coats of arms of Spanish settlers in the Philippines

Francisco de Leandro de Viana
Francisco de Leandro de Viana was an 18th-century Spanish nobleman. According to a biography, “a former student and rector of Colegio Mayor de San Bartolomé of the University of Salamanca, able and highly educated, and a member of the royal … Continue reading Francisco de Leandro de Viana