The Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 allowed life peers to be appointed to the upper house for the specific purpose of serving on the committee, and they were called Lords of Appeal in Ordinary.
The coats of arms of many law lords, along with those of other senior judicial officeholders, are displayed on the walls and windows of Lincoln's Inn.
No arms known Escutcheon: Or an oak tree Proper growing out of a mount in base Vert surmounted of a fess Ermine charged with two mullets Azure.
Supporters: Two roebucks Proper each gorged with a double chain Or pendant therefrom an escutcheon Azure charged with two fasces in saltire Or.
Motto: I Hope In God[4] Escutcheon: Ermine a fess indented Sable in base a lion rampant of the last armed and langued Gules.
Supporters: On either side a lion gorged with a double chain Gold therefrom pendent a mullet pierced Gules each holding in the paw a sword erect also Proper hilt and pommel Or.
Motto: J’Essayerai (What Will Be Will Be)[6] Escutcheon: Gules a fess Ermine between two wolves' heads erased in chief and a banner displayed in base Argent thereon a canton Azure charged with a saltire of the third.
Motto: Sis Fortis (May You Be Brave) Escutcheon: Per pale Gules and Argent an eagle displayed with two heads counterchanged on a chief engrailed Ermine a rose proper between two martlets Or.
Motto: Cave Deus Videt (Beware God Sees)[7][10] Crest: An elephant statant supporting with the trunk a fasces Or.
Motto: Aidons Nous Mutuellement[13] Escutcheon: Argent a lion rampant Gules on a chief Sable three escallops of the field the whole within a bordure engrailed Vert.
Motto: Agere Aut Pati Fortiter Romanum Est Escutcheon: Tierced in pall Azure Gules and Vert three trefoils slipped Or.
Crest: An ermine Proper resting the sinister paw upon the astronomical sign of Taurus Sable and holding in the mouth a trefoil slipped Or.
Motto: Pur Fel Dur [14] Escutcheon: Argent on a chevron engrailed Azure between three roses Gules barbed and seeded proper as many mill-rinds Or.
Escutcheon: Azure three lozenges in fess Or each charged with a mullet of the field accompanied by seven cross crosslets of the second four in chief and three in base all within bordure Ermine for difference.
Crest: Out of a cap of maintenance Gules turned up Ermine a cubit arm vested and holding in the glove Argent a roll of parchment Proper.
Escutcheon: Gules a quintain Argent garnished and with a crossbeam and targe double chained towards the base and padlocked Or a border Ermine.
Motto: Celeriter Ac Diligenter[11] Escutcheon: Sable on a cross Argent quarter pierced of the field four eagles displayed of the first.
Crest: A cock's head erased Azure combed and wattled Gules between two palm branches Vert holding in the beak two roses Argent clipped leaved barbed and seeded Proper.
Escutcheon: Per fess wavy Azure and Argent in chief two dolphins naiant Or and in base the stern of a man of war of circa 1805 Proper.
Motto: Steer A True Course[19] Escutcheon: Per pale Azure and Gules a fess raguly between a lion passant in chief and in base a fleur-de-lys bourgeonny Gold.
Crest: Upon a helm with a wreath Or and Sable a short-eared owl Proper crowned Or supporting with the dexter claw a clarion Azure.
Supporters: Two otters each holding in the mouth a trout Gold the compartment comprising a river bank with bulrushes growing therefrom Proper.
Motto: Fier Sans Tache[21] Escutcheon: Per chevron Gules and Vert in chief two crosses moline Or and in base a chaplet of olive also Or a bordure Ermine.
Supporters: On the dexter a wolf Or gorged with a plain collar attached thereto a chain reflexed over the back Sable and grasping in the interior forepaw a sword bendwise Argent hilt pommel and quillons Sable on the sinister a wolf Sable gorged with a plain collar attached thereto a chain reflexed over the back Or and grasping in the interior forepaw a sword bendwise sinister Argent hilt pommel and quillons Or.
Crest: A lamb statant guardant Argent nimbed and unguled Or supporting with the sinister forefoot over the shoulder a celtic long cross Gules.
Supporters: On both sides a sea horse Argent finned maned and gorged with plain collar attached thereto a chain reflexed over the back terminating in a ring Or.
Motto: Familia Semper Amicitia[26] Escutcheon: Or on a fess between three griffin's heads erased Gules a lion passant guardant dimidiating the hulk of an ancient ship Or.
Crest: Emerging from rosemary foliage Proper a griffin's head erased and holding in the beak Gules a key in bend sinister the ward downwards Or.
Motto: Festina Lente (Diligently But Not Hurriedly) Note: Based on a sketch by his grandson Justin, involving "white roses of Yorkshire, stars of David, piano keys and mountains".
Crest: Statant upon a balance Sable the pans Or an owl guardant also Or beaked and legged Gules holding in the dexter foot a sprig of oak Vert fructed Or.