INTRODUCTION
The material in this document is drawn from an unusually large number of sources, including Family history records, Lodge minutes, internet and personal correspondence. Unfortunately due to the lack of any written information and the passage of some one hundred and four years all information to do with our lodge crest had been lost. We know from our Lodge history sheets who named us Deramore’ but as to why the name Deramore was chosen and are association to the name is as yet unknown…
The following account represents the Story of our Lodge crest as accurately as I have been able to establish it.
THE HOUSE OF DERAMORE
The Batesons or Deramores, as they become known after taking the title in 1885, lived at Belvoir until the latter years of the 19th century, they came to Ulster from Yorkshire. One branch of the family established itself at Orangefield in the early 18th Century. Thomas Bateson, father of Robert who became the owner of the Belvoir Estates, died at Orangefield in 1811.Robert Bateson, founder of the house of Deramore, was born in 1782 and died in 1863. He was created a Baronet in 1818. His eldest son, Robert, was an MP for County Londonderry and died at Jerusalem, aged 27, on 24 December 1847; his second son, Thomas was born on 4 June 1819, he was raised to the peerage as Baron Deramore in 1885 after 34 years of service in Parliament and died on 1 December 1890.
There is a plaque in Moira Parish Church to Sir Robert Bateson and also a family vault is under the obelisk in the Churchyard. Incidentally there is also a plaque to the first Lady Deramore in Moira Parish Church, and an identical plaque is also found in Knockbreda Parish Church in Belfast with which the family were also connected.
The Bateson family name changed to de yarburgh-Bateson through married. The present Lord Deramore is Arthur de Yarburgh-Bateson of Heslington Hall, co. York, England.
DERAMORE LODGE CREST
v de YARBURGH-BATESON FAMILY CREST
ARMS:..Quarterly, 1st and 4th, per pale Argent (silver) and Azure (blue), a chevron between three chaplets counterchanged, and, for distinction, a cross crosslet in the centre chief point counterchanged, for YARBURGH; 2nd and 3rd, Argent (silver), three bats' wings Sable (black), on a chief Gules (red), a lion passant Or (gold), for BATESON.
CRESTS:..1st - A falcon close Or (gold), belled gold, preying upon a duck Proper (natural colour), and, for distinction, the falcon charged on the breast with a cross crosslet Azure (blue), for YARBURGH; 2nd - A bat's wing Sable (black), for BATESON.
v YARBURGH FAMILY CREST
The Yarbrough crest has on the top of the helmet ( a golden falcon ), which is belled (closed wings). The falcon also has bells on its legs and is preying, or more correctly 'trussing', on a mallard 'proper'. This means its colour is natural. The helm, which sits atop the crest, is shown in profile with the visor closed. This indicates that the family were warriors. The seam where the helm meets the torse is covered with a silk scarf that has 6 twists in it. The shield itself is pale argent (silver) and azure (blue), with a chevron between three chaplets counterchallenged. The mantling is sable and argent.
Beneath this is the family motto--Nocte Volamus (Who dares wins)....
v BEATSON FAMILY CREST
BATESON … Possibly a modern form of the ancient Irish name "MacPartholain".
The Bateson crest has 2nd and 3rd, Argent (silver), three ( bats' wings ) Sable (black), on a chief Gules (red), a lion passant Or (gold), for BATESON.
CONCLUTION
Deramore Masonic Lodge No 290 crest is the de Yarburgh-Bateson family crest, which is the family name of Lord Deramore.
A Golden Folcon - A Bats Wing
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