page_title: Walter Palk
hierarchical_section_title: Walter Palk
caption_attribution_description: English: Arms of Palk of Haldon House, Devon: Sable, an eagle displayed argent beaked and legged or a bordure engrailed of the second. On 14 November 1760 Robert Palk (later Sir Robert Palk, 1st Baronet) received a grant of arms and adopted as his coat of arms: Sable, an eagle displayed argent beaked and legged or a bordure engrailed of the second with crest: A semi-terrestrial globe of the northern hemisphere with an eagle rising from it supported by two Asian Indians in loincloths and turbans.(Berry, William, Encyclopaedia Heraldica, Or Complete Dictionary of Heraldry, Volume 2 [1]) His motto was: Deo Ducente ("With God Guiding")
context_page_description: Walter Palk, of Marley House in the parish of Rattery, Devon, England, was a Member of Parliament for his family's Pocket Borough of Ashburton in Devon from 1796 to 1811. He served as Sheriff of Devon and in 1798 was a Captain in the Ashburton Volunteer Militia, one of many such units formed across Devon to counter a possible invasion by Napoleon.
context_section_description: Walter Palk (1742-1819), of Marley House (later renamed Syon Abbey) in the parish of Rattery, Devon, England, was a Member of Parliament for his family's Pocket Borough of Ashburton in Devon from 1796 to 1811. He served as Sheriff of Devon (1791-2) and in 1798 was a Captain in the  Ashburton Volunteer Militia, one of many such units formed across Devon to counter a possible invasion by Napoleon.
caption: Arms granted in 1760 to "Robert Palk of Headborough in the county of Devon" (later Sir Robert Palk, 1st Baronet), uncle of Walter Palk (1742-1819): Sable, an eagle displayed argent beaked and legged or a bordure engrailed of the second[1]
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