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Peter Jones from Dragons Den issued with a coat of arms.
On February 10th, 2009 myfamilysilver wrote on the subject of Press and Media.
The Daily Telegraph reported this week that the College of Arms has issued serial entrepreneur and star of BBC’s “Dragon’s Den” Peter Jones with a coat of arms (to go with the CBE he received last year). Appropriately, Jones has adopted a dragon as his crest in tribute to the show which made his name.
Or was it to stop his fellow panellists grabbing the distinctive crest? Jones loves to provoke and challenge the other dragons when presented with a business opportunity in the den. But maybe he has a rival in Duncan Bannatyne ? One version of the Bannatyne family crest is a griffin, a fearsome part-eagle, part-lion beast and a good match against a dragon in a punch-up.
None of the remaining dragons (Deborah Meadan, Theo Paphitis and James Caan) has a crest listed (yet). But the last laugh must go to amiable show presenter Evan Davis.
Among the twenty five varieties of Davis crest is a sleeping lamb. No surprise there. But another is a leaping wolf. Is Evan the original lamb in sheep’s clothing? Bannatyne and Jones had better watch out!
John Culme, who for many years has been connected with Sotheby's Silver Department, is author of several books and articles, including The Directory of Gold and Silversmiths, 1838-1914, published in 1987, and co-author with Nicholas Rayner of The Jewels of the Duchess of Windsor. He is also a Liveryman of the Goldsmiths' Company, London.
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