In 1968, Paston-Bedingfield married Mary Kathleen, a daughter of
Brigadier Robert Ambrose CIE OBE MC, and they have two sons and two daughters; their elder son, Richard (born 1975) is
heir apparent to the
baronetcy.[1]
1. An Eagle displayed Or (Bedingfeld), 2. A Griffin sejant wings elevated Or gorged with a Collar Gules therefrom a Line held in the beak and terminating in a Ring of the Last (Paston)
Helm
That of a Knight
Escutcheon
Quarterly, 1st & 4th Ermine an Eagle displayed Gules (Bedingfeld), 2nd & 3rd Argent six Fleurs-de-lys three two and one Azure a Chief indented Or (Paston)
Motto
1.Despicio terrena, Solem contemplor ("I despise earthly things, I gaze upon the Sun"), 2.De mieulx je pense en mieulx ("I think of better and better things")