Blazon of arms: Quarterly counterquartered:
1st grand quarter: quarterly 1st and 4th, Azure three fleurs de lis Or, quartered with Gules three lions passant gardant in pale Or; 2nd Or a lion rampant within a double tressure flory counterflory Gules; 3rd Azure a harp Or stringed Argent; the quarters debruised by a baton sinister Argent
2nd grand quarter: quarterly 1st and 4th gyronny of eight Or and Sable; 2nd and 3rd Argent a lymphad sails furled and oars in action Sable
3rd grand quarter: quarterly 1st and 4th Argent a heart Gules crowned Or, on a chief Azure three stars Argent; 2nd and 3rd Azure a bend between six crosses crosslet Or; the quarters within a bordure Or charged with a double tressure flory counterflory Gules
4th grand quarter: quarterly 1st Argent three lozenges conjoined in fess Gules within a bordure Sable; 2nd Or an eagle displayed Vert armed Gules; 3rd Sable a lion rampant Argent armed Gules, a canton Argent charged with a cross Gules; 4th Argent a chevron Gules between three chapeaux Azure turned up Ermine
En surtout: Or on a bend Azure a star of six points between two crescents Or
SOURCE/NOTES & CREDITS: Illustration for background, the blazon and text developed from the Wikipedia Article on the Dukes of Buccleuch. The arms illustrated here are the Buccleuch great arms of the Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry.
The artwork is an interpretation of John Hamilton Gaylor
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