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The Duncan
Armorial Roll (Scotland) |
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From
the Hague Roll and The Lyon Court of Scotland
by Martin Goldstraw of
Whitecairns, FSA Scot and John Duncan of Sketraw, FSA Scot |
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Illustrated below are the Duncan armorial bearings (Coats of Arms) as
recorded in the Register of all Armorial Bearings in Scotland (the Lyon
Register) along with other armorial bearing listed in other sources for
those whose arms are not of Scottish origin. On this page it is only the
shields which are illustrated; the full achievement (including the crest
etc.) will eventually be shown along with perhaps a short biography on
individual pages dedicated to each armiger. For the list of Duncan Crests
from the Lyon Court Register please click
here.
These
arms are a perfect illustration of the way in which all new grants and
matriculations of Scottish arms try to follow and reflect the “chiefly” or
“stem” arms. We can see that the Scottish Duncan arms are predominately
based upon a red shield and in the main have a number of common charges such
as the cinquefoils and the hunting horn. Once familiar with the composition
of one Duncan coat of arms, it is possible to recognise others.
One
important point to note is that once aware of this common Scottish practice
it becomes even more apparent that those bearing the name of Duncan and its
variants did not follow Robertson of Struan in the design of their arms when
he changed his name and abandoned the name of Duncan. Please also see
The Duncan - Donnachaidh
-Robertson, Scenario.
Note: The Lord Lyon of Scotland is a
Minister of State and member of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II Royal
Household. He is Head of the Heraldic Executive and the Judge of the Court
of the Lord Lyon, which has jurisdiction over all heraldic business in
Scotland and maintains the Scottish Public Registers of Arms and
Genealogies. The position of lord Lyon in Scotland dates from around 1437
with the present 'Register of Arms' at Lyon Court dating from 1672.
A Scottish Armiger is a person who has a coat of arms granted & recorded in
the Public Register of All Arms and Bearings in Scotland in the Court of the
Lord Lyon in Edinburgh.
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[To date the only Duncan
armiger we have found with arms based on those of Robertson are the arms
of Gordon Stewart Duncan matriculated in the Lyon Register on
25 June 1933 30/64] For the purposes of comparison we have illustrated
the arms of Robertson of Struan (Strowan). |
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If you have
information on any of the 'Ancestors' or 'Descendents' of the arimigers
listed, please contact the society. |
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1592 |
Duncane:
Argent, a chevron Sable between two stars
Gules and a hunting-horn Sable, stringed Gules. 1592 [Hague Roll]
Crest:
none known
Motto:
none known
View the original Arms as
drawn in the
Hague Roll of 1592 |
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1594 |
William Duncan Impaling
Katherine Wedderburn Gules, a
chevron Or between two cinquefoils in chief Argent and a hunting-horn
stringed in base of the same, tipped and garnished Azure. Argent, on a
chevron between three roses Gules barbed Vert seeded Or, a fleur-de-lis of
the field. [Wedderburn]
Crest:
none known
Motto:
none known
Information:
Surgeon William Duncan & Katherine
Wedderburn |
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1624 |
Duncan of Mott:
Gules on a chevron Or three buckles Azure
between two Cinquefoils in chief and hunting horn in base of the second.
1624 [Pont's Manuscripts]
Crest:
none known
Motto:
none known |
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1672 |
William Duncan of Seaside:
Gules, a chevron Or between two cinquefoils
in chief and a hunting-horn in base Argent garnished Azure [1672 – 7]
Crest:
A ship dismasted
(Ancient User) Not registered in Lyon Register
(Crest Badge)
Motto:
Disce pati
Matriculated:
Lord Lyon King of Arms, Scotland, 1672 |
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1673 |
Alexander Duncan of Seaside (Provost of Dundee) impaling Anna Drummond
of Megginch:
Gules, a chevron between two cinquefoils in chief Argent and a
hunting-horn in base of the same, tipped and garnished Azure
Or, three bars wavy [Drummond]
Crest:
A ship dismasted
(Ancient User) Not registered in Lyon Register
(Crest Badge)
Motto:
Disce pati
Matriculated:
Lord Lyon King of Arms, Scotland 1673
The Arms on the
Duncan of Seaside Tomb, The Howff Dundee |
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1673 |
John Duncan,
Bailzie of Aberdein:
Gules, a chevron between a saltire inter two
talbots’ heads collared in chief and a sinister hand in base couped
Argent, a mullet for difference.
Crest:
none
Motto:
Quod
Tibine Alteri
Matriculated: Lord Lyon King of Arms, Scotland 1673 Vol. 1
Folio 287 |
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1692 |
Major Robert Duncanson,
Argyll’s Foot:
Argent, a chevron Sable
between two sheaves of arrows in chief Gules, banded of the field and a
hunting-horn in base of the second, stringed and garnished Or. [1692]
Crest: A dextor hand appaumes
(Crest Badge)
Motto: Mens et Manus.
Information: Maj Duncanson (Glencoe
Massacre) |
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1698 |
Duncan of Ardownie:
Gules, on a chevron
between three cinquefoils in chief Argent and a hunting-horn in base of
the same, tipped and garnished Azure, three buckles of the third.
Crest:
A grey-hound issuing from the wreath, proper, collared Or.
(Crest Badge)
Motto:
Vivat Veritas |
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1786 |
George Duncan, Comptroller of Taxes:
Gules, on a chevron Argent between two
cinquefoils in chief of the second and a hunting-horn in base Or, stringed
and viroled Vert, three escutcheons of the field [1786]
Crest:
A dexter hand
grasping a scymitar ppr. hilted and pommelled Or.
(Crest Badge)
Motto: Deo Juvante Vinco
Grant:
Lord Lyon King of Arms, Scotland, 1786 |
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1809 |
Alexander Duncan of Parkhill:
Gules, a chevron engrailed Or between two
cinquefoils in chief Argent, and a hunting-horn in base of the last,
garnished Azure. [1809]
Crest: A ship in Distress on the Sea.
(Crest Badge)
Motto: Disce Pati
Grant:
Lord Lyon King of Arms, Scotland, 1809. |
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1817 |
Beveridge-Duncan of
Damside:
Quarterly -
1st & 4th Gules, a chevron Erminois between two cinquefoils in chief and a
hunting-horn in base Argent, stringed Azure [Duncan (1817)]
2nd & 3rd Vert, two beavers combatant Or, the base wavy Argent and Azure [Beveridge
(1813)]
Crest: 1st A Ship under sail in the sea
ppr. the main top sail and the fore top sail charged with a sinquefoil gu.
and the fore tack with a hunting hornof the last stringed az, for Duncan:
2nd out of a mural crown or. a demi beaver ppr. for Beveridge
(Crest Badge)
Motto:
Disce Pati :
Perseverando
Grant:
Lord Lyon King of Arms, Scotland. 1817 |
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1853 |
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Alexander Duncan-Morison of Naughton:
Quarterly –
1st & 4th Quarters – Argent, on a saltire couped Sable between three
moors’ heads couped of the second, banded Or, a heart of the last.
[1853]
2nd Quarter: Gules, a chevron Or between two cinquefoils in chief and a
hunting-horn in base Argent, garnished Azure, within a bordure of the
second [1853]
3rd Quarter -Grand Quarterly – |
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1st and 4th Quarters:
Argent, a saltire engrailed Sable,
2nd Quarter; Argent, a saltire engrailed between four roses Gules
3rd Quarter; Or, a bend chequy Argent and Sable. All within a bordure
Gules [1853] |
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Crest Dexter:
Three Saracens heads conjoined in one neck erased and wreathed about the
temples with Laurel all proper. One looking upwards, the others to the
dexter and sinister sides.
Motto:
Prætio Prudentia Præstat
Crest Centre:
A ship in distress in the sea proper.
(Crest Badge)
Motto:
Disce Pati
Crest
Sinister: An Eagles head erased Or.
Motto:
Suffer
Grant:
Lord Lyon King of Arms, Scotland 1853 Vol5 Folio 45. |
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1876 |
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Catherine Henrietta Adamina Morison-Duncan of Naughton:
Quarterly –
1st and 4th Quarters -Gules, a chevron Or between two cinquefoils in
chief Argent and a hunting-horn in base of the third, garnished and
stringed Azure, within a bordure of the second [1876]
2nd Quarter – Argent, on a saltire couped Sable between three moors’
heads couped of the second banded Or, a heart of the third [1875] |
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3rd Quarter;
Grand Quarterly [all within a bordure Gules] -
1st and 4th Quarters; Argent, a saltire engrailed Sable [Haldane1875]
2nd Quarter; Argent, a saltire between four roses Gules [Haldane1875]
3rd Quarter; Or, a bend chequy Sable and Argent [1875] |
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Crest: |
none |
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Motto: |
none |
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Grant: |
Lord Lyon King
of Arms, Scotland 1876 Vol. 9 Folio
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1882 |
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Dandas Haldane-Duncan, Baron of Lundie,
Earl of
Camperdown:
1st and 4th quarters: Gules, two cinquefoils in chief and a hunting-horn
in base Argent, stringed Azure, in the centre pendant by a ribbon Argent
and Azure from a naval crown Or a gold medal, thereon two figures, the
emblems of Victory and Britannia, with a wreath of laurel, below the
medal the word “Camperdown” [1882]
[The above arms are now borne in the third quarter by Hon. Hew.
A.D.H.H.D. Mercer Henderson (1882)] |
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2nd and 3rd grand quarters
in the centre a crescent Azure[1882];
1st and 4th quarters; Argent, a saltire engrailed Sable
2nd quarter; Argent, a saltire between four roses Gules
3rd quarter; Or, a bend chequy Sable, and Argent |
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Crest:
on waves of the
Sea a Dismasted Ship proper.
(Crest Badge)
Motto: Disce Pati
Supporters: On the Dexter side an Angel Mantle parpure on the head a
Celestral Crown the right hand supporting an anchor proper on the feet a
Palm Brach Gold, on the sinister a sailor habited and armed proper his
lefthand supporting a staff thereon hoisted a flag Azure the Dutch
colours wreathed about the middle of the staff.
Motto Beneath:
Secundis dubiisque
rectus
Grant:
Lord Lyon King of Arms, Scotland
1882. |
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1897 |
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Lieut. Col. Alexander
W. Anstruther-Duncan:
Quarterly –
1st and 4th quarters; Argent, three piles Sable [Anstruther]
2nd and 3rd quarters grand quarterly; |
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1st and 4th quarters;
Gules, a chevron Or between two cinquefoils in chief Argent and a
hunting-horn on base of the third, garnished Azure and stringed of the
second a bordure of the same for difference [Duncan1897]
2nd quarter; Argent, three moors’ heads couped Sable, banded Or, in the
centre a saltire couped of the second charged with a man’s heart of the
third [Morison]
3rd quarter grand quarterly; |
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1st and 4th quarter of the
3rd grand quarter; Argent, a saltire engrailed Sable
2nd quarter of the 3rd grand quarter; Argent, a saltire between four
roses Gules
3rd quarter of the 3rd grand quarter; Or, a bend chequy Sable and Argent |
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Crest:
two Arms
in Armour holding in the gauntlets a Battle axe proper.
(Crest Badge)
Motto:
Periisem
ni Periisem
Grant:
Lord Lyon King of Arms, Scotland
1897 |
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1904 |
William McDougall Duncan:
Gules, a chevron between two buckles in
chief, and a bugle horn in base Argent viroled Sable stringed of the
second.
Crest:
a demi grey
hound proper collared Gules
(Crest
Badge)
Motto:
Vivat Veritas
Grant:
Lord Lyon King of Arms, Scotland 13th July
1904. |
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1933 |
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Stewart Duncan:
1st and 4th quarters;
Gules, three wolves’ heads erased Argent langued Azure, on a chief
second a man’s hand and wrist couped holding a dagger point downwards
proper between two mullets of the field – for Duncan
2nd and 3rd grand quarters all within a bordure Argent charged with
three wolves’ heads erased Gules – for Stewart of Wester Cluny and
Fothergil; |
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1st and 4th quarters; Or a
fess chequay Azure and Argent, surmounted by a lion rampant Gules armed
and langued of the second.
2nd and 3rd quarters; Azure, three garbs Or |
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Crest:
a man’s
hand erect holding the Scottish Crown proper
(Crest
Badge)
Motto:
Gloir
Duais Cruadail
Grant:
Lord Lyon King of Arms, Scotland 25
June 1933 30/64 |
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1954 |
Sir James
Alexander Lawson Duncan of Jordanstone, Baronet:
Gules, on a chevron between two cinquefoils
in chief Argent pierced Vert, and in base a hunting-horn of the second
lines of the third garnished Or and stringed Azure, three buckles of the
last their tongues fessways in bend sinister and bend dexter respectively.
1958 recognised as baronet of UK and inescucheon Argent charged with a
sinister hand couped Gules in centre chief added to the above arms. Bt.
1954 [extinct]
Crest: A demi Greyhound proper, about its neck a collar Gules
embordured Or.
(Crest Badge)
Motto:
Vivat Veritas
Grant:
Lord Lyon King of Arms, Scotland, 1954
Information:
The Duncans of Jordanstone & Drumfork |
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1955 |
Sir John McLean Duncanson:
Argent, on a chevron Sable between two
sheaves each of three arrows points upwards Gules banded Sable in chief
and a galley in base Vert under full sail Gules oars in action Sable, a
mascle between two Lochaber axes blades upwards Or.
Crest: A couped arm naked proper grasping a galley vert, sail
furled gules, flagged with a pennant Azure charged with a Saltire Argent.
(Crest Badge)
Motto: For Ever
Hopeful
Grant:
Lord Lyon King of Arms, Scotland,
17th May 1955. |
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1955 |
Thomas McLean Duncanson:
Argent, on a chevron Sable between two
sheaves each of three arrows points upwards Gules banded Sable in chief
and a galley in base Vert under full sail Gules oars in action Sable, a
mascle between two Lochaber axes blades upwards Or. Differenced by label
of three points Vert during his apparency.
Crest: A cubit arm naked proper grasping a galley vert, sail
furled gules, flagged with a pennant Azure charged with a Saltire Argent.
(Crest Badge)
Motto: For Ever Hopeful
Matriculation: Lord Lyon King of
Arms, Scotland, 17th May 1955. |
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Col. Sir Alan Gomme Gomme-Duncan of Dunbarney:
1st and 4th quarters;
Per bend Gules and Or, a wolf’s head erased Argent, langued Azure in chief
and a hunting-horn of the first stringed of the fourth in base, on a
canton of the third a round buckle of the fourth [Duncan of Dunbarney]
2nd and 3rd quarters;
Argent, a lion rampant Sable, on a chief Gules two sea axes of the first
hilted Or surmounted of a pale of the fourth charged with a talbot’s head
couped of the second langued Azure – as arms of affection for Gomme.
Impaled with Bourne.
Mary Bourne or Gomme-Duncan of Dunbarney
Per fess wavy Vert and barry wavy of four Argent and Azure, in chief a
hurdle Or. Impaled by Gomme-Duncan of Dunbarney
Crest Dexter: A couped arm naked proper grasping a barrulet
couped and embellished of three fleurs-de-lis Or.
(Crest Badge)
Motto: Animus Facit Nobilem
Crest Sinister: Two Couped arms naked proper saltireways each
hand grasping a sea-axe Argent, hilted Or, in pale.
Motto: Per Constanza E Speranza
Grant:
Lord Lyon King of Arms, Scotland,
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1957 |
Charles Freeman Duncan
(USA): Gules, a
pallet Argent between a wolf’s head erased Argent langued Azure and a
boar’s head erased Or armed proper and langued Sable, on a chief Argent
two round buckles Azure.
Crest: An ancient
boat Gules planked and nailed Argent and issuant there from a couped arm
attired Sable, the hand naked and proper holding a book Argent, bindings
and edges Sable. (Crest Badge)
Motto: Veritas Vivens
Grant: Lord Lyon King of Arms, Scotland, 24th May 1957 Vol. 42
Folio 61. |
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Capt. Andrew Charles Duncan:
Quarterly -
1st grand quarter Gules a chevron Or between two cinquefoils in chief
Argent and in base a hunting horn of the third garnished Azure
accompanied by four otters’ heads erased alternately with as many
cushion all in orle of the third.
2nd grand quarter quarterly over all dividing the quarters a cross
engrailed quarterly Argent and Sable charged at the fess point of a
sunflower Or [for difference for Sinclair] ; |
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1st quarter; Azure, a
lymphad at anchor Or flagged Gules sails furled Argent oars erect in
saltire sable within a double tressure flory counter flory of the
second. [Sinclair]
2nd and 3rd quarters; Or, a lion rampant Gules armed and langued Azure
4th quarter; Azure, a three masted ship Or under full sail Argent
[Sinclair] |
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quarterly all within a bordure quarterly Azure and Gules; |
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1st and 4th quarters;
Gules, a lion rampant Argent, within a bordure of the second charged
with eight roses of the first. [Dunbar of Northfield]
2nd and 3rd quarters; Or, three cushions Gules within a double tressure
flory counter flory of the second. |
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4th grand quarter;
Argent, three lions’ heads erased Sable langued Gules [Buchan of
Auchmacoy] |
Crest:
Ship under full sail per pale Gules & Or, sails and rigging Argent.
(Crest Badge)
Motto:
Disce Pati
Grant:
Lord Lyon King of Arms, Scotland, June 1963 |
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1981 |
Andrew
A. Duncanson
Argent a chevron Sable in
chief two sheaves each of three arrows points upwards Gules banded Sable
and in base a maple leaf of the third.
Crest: A dexter hand appaumé Or proper charged with an arrow
head point upward Gules.
(Crest Badge)
Motto: Mens and Manus
Grant:
Lord Lyon King of Arms, Scotland,
March 2nd 1981. |
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1992 |
Robert Hugh Duncan:
Per chevron gules and azure, on a chevron sable fimbrated Or between two
cinquefoils argent in chief, and a book expanded argent, binding and fore
edges Or, in base a maltise cross argent.
Crest: Dexter hand proper holding an
antique crown Or all within two fronds of fern argent.
(Crest Badge)
Motto: Tempore beu uti
Grant:
Lord Lyon King of Arms, Scotland,
73/77 New Zealand 22 Feb 1992 |
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1995 |
Andrew
Aitken Duncan:
Per chevron, in chief
tierced per pale gules, Azure and gules and in base gules, on a chevron
between a bear’s head couped argent, muzzled gules, accompanied by two
cinquefoils argent in chief and a hunting horn of the last viroled and
stringed azure in base, an oak tree eradicated between two salmon proper.
Crest: lymphad flagged sable the sail Or charged with a lion
rampant gules and on a canton argent a dexter hand couped fessways holding
a cross crosslet fitchee in pale gules.
(Crest Badge)
Motto: Fear nane but God.
Grant:
Lord Lyon King of Arms, Scotland,
4th Oct 1995 77/78 |
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2005 |
Pearl Rose Duncan (USA):
Per chevron
Gules and Vert, on a chevron Argent between in chief two plates each
charged with a flower of the Tree of Life (lignum vitae) Bleu Celeste and
in base a lion rampant of the Third, three inkwells Sable.
Crest:
None
Motto: None
Grant:
Lord Lyon King of Arms, Scotland 2006
Vol. 87 Folio 72 |
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2006 |
John
Alexander Duncan of Sketraw, KCN, FSA Scot:
Arms:
Gules a chevronel Or in chief two
cinquefoils and in base a dragon’s head couped holding between its teeth a
sword in bend sinister hilt upward Argent hilt Or pommel Argent.
Crest:
On waves of the sea Argent a lymphad proper
under sail Or flagged Gules the sail charged with a clarion Gules.
(Crest Badge)
Motto:
Savour the Moment
Pennon: Upon a Pennon of 120
centimetres long to these Liveries Or and Gules Arms in the hoist bearing
the motto 'Savour The Moment' in two lines counterchanged.
Grant:
The Court of the Lord Lyon, 14th
December 2007. Register, volume 88, folio 7..
Conferral: by S. A. R. Don
Carlos de Borbón-Dos Sicilias y de Borbón-Parma, Duque de Calabria, Conde
de Caserta, Infante de España as a Knight Jure Sanguinis, Motto
Proprio, Sacred Military Constantinian Order of St George. 28th November
2006, Book 4, Folio 56, No. 3002.
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