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Hansard
The Hansard family tree is complex with many of Luke Hansard's descendants having large families and with a continued use of the name 'Luke'. Luke Gerald Hansard (1885- recalled that '...most of the relics' of the printer Luke Hansard descended to Arddyn de Lembeke (nee Hansard, b.1891) Luke Hansard's great great granddaughter through his elder son Luke Graves Hansard (1783-1841). Arddyn inherited the estates of her parents in 1927 having lost her father, mother and brother all within the year. Arddyn and her Peruvian husband were by the 1920s living in America and it is possible that at this point further Hansard heirlooms were dispersed amongst family members. The Hansard family presented the portrait of Luke Hansard by Samuel Lane to The House of Commons in 1942.
Luke Hansard was the Norwich born printer who gave his name to Hansard, the record of debates in Parliament which his firm printed. Hansard completed his apprenticeship in Norwich and came to London and began working as a compositor in the office of John Hughs (1703-1771) who was printer to the House of Commons. Hansard was to become a partner in the firm in 1774 and by 1780 had taken control of the business taking ownership in 1800. Hansard was praised as the most accurate printer of Greek and moved in esteemed circles counting Robert Orme, Burke and Dr Johnson amongst his friends. He was eventually to be joined in the business by several of his sons and the business became known at Luke Hansard & Sons and operated from premises in Parker Street off Drury Lane. It was the union with Ireland in 1801 and the increase in parliamentary printing that this generated that was to necessitate Hansard giving up most of his private printing work and he devised numerous expedients for reducing the expense of publishing the parliamentary reports. The company was to become known as the Hansard Publishing Union. Luke's son Thomas Curson Hansard was to take over the firm in 1809 and the publication was referred to as' Hansard' from 1829.
Hansard was granted the crest and coat of arms that appear on the pietre dure top offered here on 17th November 1809. The description of the crest does differ slightly from the description in the grant in that the cuff of the sleeve in the grant is yellow while it is red on the table top and it has been suggested considering the language of the grant that Luke Hansard may have been using the crest prior to the grant. The granting of the crest and arms coincides with the date of Luke Hansard standing down and letting his son Thomas take the reins of the family business.
'HANSARD Second and Third Or two bars Pean; on a bend engrailed Azure three Martlet's of the field for NORFOLKE ; And for crest of Hansard, on a wreath of the colours a Cubit Arm erect, vested azure, cupp Or, the arm charged with a fesse Argent, thereon a bee valant proper in the hand, also proper, a Mullet gold, with the motto "PROBITAS VERUS HOROS", as the same are in the margin here of more plainly depicted to be borne & held for ever heareafter by him the said Luke Hansard & his descendants according to the laws of Arms. In witness whereof we the said Garter & Clarenceux King of Arms have to these present subscribed our names & affixed the seals of our several Offices this 17 day of November in this year (of) our Sovereign Lord, George the Third, by the Grace of God of (this Sainted King) & of Great Britain and Ireland King defender of the Faith, etc. & in the year of our Lord 1809'
(signed)
Isaac Heard
George Denison Clarenceux
17th November 1809