Keble College (Oxford University)

KEBLE COLLEGE (OXFORD UNIVERSITY)

Country: United Kingdom
Campus/location : Oxford

Official blazon

Argent, a chevron engrailed gules; on a chief azure three pierced mullets Or.

Origin/meaning

These arms are not officially granted.

In 1866 at a meeting at Lambeth Palace it was decided to erect a college at Oxford in memory of the great churchman and poet John Keble. Three years later Keble College was opened. The arms of the College are those of John Keble, namely, argent, a chevron engrailed gules, on a chief azure, three mullets pierced or.

Image gallery

The arms on an 1880s stamp
The arms on a tobacco card, (1922)
The arms on an 1970 stamp

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