The arms are those of a lady of the Gunning family of Castle Coote, co. Roscommon. The last male representative in the direct line, General John Gunning, left a daughter and heiress who married Major James Plunkett. General Gunning's three sisters were celebrated court beauties of the court of George III; they were Mary, Countess of Coventry; Elizabeth, Baroness Hamilton, wife, successively of the Dukes of Hamilton and Argyll, and Catherine, who married Robert Travis.