Coat of Arms
Gwynn-Jones's coat of arms was granted on 8 May 1971. The blazon for the shield is Argent goutté Gules a Fret engrailed and molined at the mascle point Sable. At the same time he was granted the crest A Coati sejant Sable collared and lined Or. This coat of arms represents the first effort at heraldic design by Gwynn-Jones. "Gwynn" is Welsh for "white" and his ancestors bettered themselves through careers in the army. Thus, the red drops on a white field are an allusion to both his name and his ancestry. The crest is derived from the fact that his paternal ancestors came from Coity, Glamorganshire. This allusion is apt because Gwynn-Jones also had a particular liking for the animal.
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