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In British heraldry, are stillborn sons considered to have inherited the family coat of arms?

• Per my understanding, in Gallo-British heraldry, a father's coat of arms can be inherited by all of his sons, and in the case of a father who has no sons, it can be inherited by his daughter (being thereafter combined with the coat of arms of the man whom the daughter marries). In the case at hand, a man bears a stillborn son (a child who dies at birth). His only other child, born later, is a daughter. Is the stillborn son considered to have inherited the arms even though there is no chance of them being carried on (since he died at birth)? In this case, the man's daughter would not inherit the arms, instead acquiring the arms of her husband. Or, on the other hand, is the stillborn son, having died at birth, not considered to have inherited the arms? In this case, the daughter would carry on the arms, and when she marries, the arms of her father will be combined with the arms of her husband.

• Answer:

  Don't think so. See links below from the College of Arms on how arms are inherited http://www.college-of-arms.gov.uk/About/12.htm#a http://www.college-of-arms.gov.uk/About/12.htm#b http://www.college-of-arms.gov.uk/About/12.htm#c