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The
arms were designed by
the Armiger himself; the
image shown here was
created by Valery P.
Yegorov, St. Andrew
Principal Herald Master
of the Collegium
Heraldicum Russiae. The
shield is based on the
historic flag of
Valencia, Spain, which
city is the source of
the Armiger's toponymic
surname. Each charge is
separately symbolic of
the Armiger’s given
name, middle name,
confirmation name and
surname. The crest
reflects the Armiger's
greatest intellectual
passion, Augustan
poetry. The Latin motto,
from an elegy by the
Roman poet, Sextus
Propertius, conveys a
heavenly promise for the
pure in heart.
Born, raised and
residing in Baltimore,
Maryland, the Armiger is
a magna cum laude
graduate of Duke
University and of the
Vanderbilt University
School of Law. While at
Duke University, the
Armiger was a member of
the Delta Kappa Epsilon
social fraternity and
the Alpha Phi Omega
national service
fraternity. While at the
Vanderbilt University
School of Law, the
Armiger was an intern to
United States District
Court Judge John T.
Nixon and to United
States Sixth Circuit
Court of Appeals Judge
Gilbert S. Merritt, Jr.
The Armiger is also the
author of two published
law review articles and
is a member of the bars
of Maryland and of the
District of Columbia.
Currently a Senior Vice
President and the
General Counsel for an
international security
firm, the Armiger is
married to Elizabeth
Augusta Winter Valencia,
née Wiedmann, a fifth
generation direct lineal
granddaughter of United
States Supreme Court
Chief Justice John
Marshall and his wife,
Mary Willis Ambler
Marshall. The Armiger
and his wife are the
parents of Cornelia
Ambler Valencia and
Nicholas Marshall
Valencia, each of whom
is rightfully eligible
to usage of the arms set
forth here. A member of
the St. Thomas More
Society and of the
Circle of Maecenas, the
Armiger is also a Life
Member of the Society of
the War of 1812 in the
State of Maryland and of
the Order of Lafayette.
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