Morton


John Charles Sholto Douglas, 21st Earl of Morton and Lord Aberdour

Arms: Quarterly: 1st and 4th Argent a man’s heart Gules imperially crowned Proper on a chief Azure three stars of the field; 2nd and 3rd Argent three piles Gules the two outer ones each charged with a star of the field.

The Earldom of Morton is a Scottish peerage and was created 14 March 1457/8.

SOURCES, NOTES & CREDITS: Source for blazon: BP 107ed, vol 2, page 2786 and reworked by J.H. Gaylor. Illustration and text from same. dqw 20100209

The artwork is a rendering by John Hamilton Gaylor.

Chiefs & Peers, 017 Morton, 20100209

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