McBain
The Armorial achievement of McBain of McBain, Chief of Clan MacBean
Arms: Quarterly:
1st: Or; a lion rampant Gules,
2nd: Argent; a dexter hand couped in pale Gules,
3rd: Argent; a sword in pale Proper,
4th: Or; a lymphad Azure, sails furled Proper,
oars in saltire Gules and flagged of the last.
Helm: befitting his degree with mantling Gules doubled Argent
On the helm a wreath of the liveries Or and Azure is set for crest
Crest a grey demi-catamountain salient, on his sinister foreleg
a Highland Targe Gules
On an Escrol: over the crest this motto:
Motto: TOUCH NOT A CATT BOT A TARGE
Beneath the shield a compartment with
Supporters: two boxwood plants Proper
Along with the Slogan: KINCHYLE as the war cry
SOURCE/NOTES & CREDITS: Blazon is from the matriculation. The Illustration
is from Lyon Court from the Matriculation and Confirmation of the Arms of McBain
of McBain. Text is from the above mentioned Matriculation and the Seanachaidh of Clan MacBean.
Richard James McBain of McBain, 23rd Chief of the Clan MacBean. He succeeded his father James Hughston McBain of McBain who died on 7 Mar 2022 and who had been recognized as the 22nd chief of Clan MacBean by then Lord Lyon Sir Thomas Innes of Learney. Richard McBain was born in 1956.
The artwork is an interpretation of the Lyon Court Artist
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