Having a sip are from L to R: first Andrew Morrison, Viscount Dunrossil, next Scott Turner, a chieftain of Clan Lamont, High Commissioner for Clan Lamont in the US and President of the Clan Lamont Society of North America, lastly Sebastian Leslie who is a chieftain of Clan Leslie.
We have here Arms of Alliance of the 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma and her husband the 7th Baron Brabourne:
Field Marshal Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis KG, GCB, OM, GCMG, CSI, DSO, MC, CD, PC (Can), PC was a senior British Army officer who served with distinction in both the WW1 & WW2, and afterwards, as Governor General of Canada, the 17th since the Canadian Confederation.
Alfred Lord Tennyson was born as Alfred Tennyson on 6 August 1809, Somersby, Lincolnshire, England.
Historical arms of the Counts of Artois, the first of whom was Robert I of Artois,1216-1250
obert III of Artois
Alternately Robert III might have had for his arms:
Azure semi fleurs-de-lys Or (France ancient ), a label of four points Gules, charged on each point with three castles Or in pale.”
Letterhead from Balmoral castle from circa 1952.
William Maxwell Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook PC, ONB generally known as Lord Beaverbrook and (“Max” to his close circle), was born on 25 May 1879 in Maple, Ontario, Canada.
Dr. David Martin Bertie was brought up in eastern Perthshire, educated at Harris Academy, Dundee, and studied geology at Glasgow University, graduating in 1974. He gained his doctorate at Reading University in 1979 for studies into the Neoglaciation of the Arctic Circle area of Scandinavia.
Dr. Claire Boudreau, Chief Herald of Canada, since 2007 has retired. This was announced yesterday 20 May 2020. The Governor General of Canada has appointed her Margaree-Chéticamp Herald Emeritus.
Sir Francis is of interest because on Monday, 11 October 2021 he presented
Queen Elizabeth II a special memento on the occasion of her induction into the British Champions Series Hall of Fame for British Flat Racing.
The Queen became the first person to become a member of the Hall of Fame within the Special Contributor category, in recognition of her outstanding contribution to British Flat racing for something like 80 years.
Bruce Alan Cates
Arms: Per Pale Or and Gules, a cat-a-mountain sejant guardant Sable holding in its dexter paw a sprig of tobacco flowers proper, a bordure embattled Argent.
Sir Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, KG, was born on 22 September 1694 in London, educated in Cambridge and did the “Grand Tour of the continent. With the accession of George I, he went into politics first in the Commons and in 1726, Lords.
Marie de Rohan-Montbazon, duchesse de Chevreuse, 1600-1679 was an important
and tireless activist, intriguer, conspirator and troublemaker at the French court in the first half of the 17th century.
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG ( 1874-1965) was a British politician, army officer, and author, who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955.
Jon Meade,1st Earl of Clanwilliam was born 21 Apr 1744 in Ireland, educated at Trinity College, Dublin (BA), and was a Member of Paraliment for Banagher from 1764-1766. He was created Viscount Clanwilliam of County Tipperary and Baron Gillford in County Down, both titles in the Peerage of Ireland on 17 Nov 1766.
Hon. Sir William Cornwallis GCB, 1744-1819 Admiral of the Red and Commander in Chief of the Channel Fleet during the Napoleonic Wars…and a friend of Lord Nelson.
Liam Navarro Cromartie was born in 2008 the elder son of Alexander Ian Cromartie of Urquhart on Spey, Younger and Shirley Lalangan Navarro who married on 18 December 2003. He is also the grandson of Robert Allen Cromartie of Urquhart on Spey, Baron of Urquhart and Lillian Eugenia Baird. He lives with his parents and younger brother Clay Navarro Cromartie in Clermont Florida.
Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland (15 April 1721 – 31 October 1765), was the third and youngest son of George II of Great Britain and Ireland and his wife, Caroline of Ansbach. He was Duke of Cumberland from 1726.
The Declaration of Arbroath is seen by many persons as the most famous document in Scottish history. The only surviving copy is a fragile sheepskin parchment, preserved by the National Records of Scotland.
Mark Donald Dennis, OStJ, BA, JD, LLM (Cantab.), FSA Scot, FHSS, born in California, USA in 1950 with dual citizenship in the US and the UK.
Rodney Onslow Dennys, CVO, OBE, FSA was born 16 July 1911 in Malaya where his father was employed.
Born in 1948, the armiger is a Commander in the Venerable Order, a successful and hard working attorney-at-law, and an old & valued friend.
Jacques Nompar de Caumont, Duc de la Force 30 Oct 1558 – 10 May 1652
Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, Marquess of Dufferin and Ava was born on 21 June 1826 an Anglo-Irish aristocratic family from Ulster of Scottish extraction who lightly settled in Ireland, as a part of the Protestant ascendancy.
John Timothy Dunlap, Prince Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta was born in 1957 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Ottawa and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Western Ontario.
John Timothy Dunlap, Prince Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta born in 1957 was admitted as a Knight of Magistral Grace of the Order of Malta in 1996.
Ellisland Farm was where Robert Burns wrote Auld Lang Syne and Tam o Shanter while he lived there from 1788 to 1791.
Douglas Elton Fairbanks, Jr., KBE, DSC, Silver Star, KStJ born 9 Dec 1909 was an American actor, producer, and decorated naval officer of World War II
Remains of the fallen unicorn on the grounds of Buckingham Palace.
Sir Robert Fellowes, Baron Fellowes GCB, GCVO, QSO, PC, born on 11 Dec 1941
Fra Robert Matthew Festing, OBE former Grand Master of the Order of Malta died on Friday, 12 Nov 2021. He was born 30 Nov 1949, a English Roman Catholic who was the Prince and Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta from 2008 until his resignation on 28 January 2017, following a dispute with the Vatican.
David Charles Carnegie, 4th Duke of Fife born on 3 Mar1961, is a peer of the United Kingdom and businessman.
Alex Findlater is the Chairman of the Heraldry Society of Scotland
The map shows the location for the three famous Firth of Forth Bridges.
Recent colour photo of the famous Firth of Forth Railway Bridge which was completed in 1889
John Arbuthnot Fisher, GCB, OM, GCVO, Admiral of the Fleet, The Lord Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher of Kilverstone.
This Scottish journal cover is a spoof of course, created by Martin Peter Kielty, a Scot, who is the author of an historical novel “Simon the Fox” about the 11th Lord Lovat of Fraser written about the same time as “The Last Highlander” by Sarah Fraser. In fact the two authors knew each other and communicated about Lord Lovat in the period of 2011-14.
Engineer Edvin Hampus Campbell Furuhjelm who died in East Karelia
( Ă–stkarelen ) on 30 Sep 1941 in the service of his country.
Dr. Duane L. C. M. Galles, KM, PhD, JCD, JD is a well known attorney and canon lawyer in the Midwest of the US.
Michael Grade, CBE, Baron Grade ( life peer ) of Yarmouth; born in London, England in 1943, is an English television executive and businessman and is the son of Leslie Grade (1916-1979) also born in London, England as part of a show business family. Leslie was a theatrical agent and the youngest of the three ( Grade brothers )
Sir Lew Grade, Lord Grade is of interest to us from when we first saw his name in the credits of one of The Muppet Shows. It was he who got Jim Henson and the Muppets
to come to England as the location for The Muppet Show to be produced. This worked out well and the show then came to the US with great success.
The Earldom of Halifax is one that has been created four times in British history—once in the Peerage of England, twice in the Peerage of Great Britain, and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The name of the peerage refers to the town of Halifax in West Yorkshire. The first and fourth creations were elevations for the holders of the first and second creations of the title Viscount Halifax.
Holyroodhouse Palace the official residence of HM the Queen in Scotland
L. to R. The Hon. Callum Morrison, heir to Viscount Dunrossil with R. Alasdair Morrison, Chief of the Clan and Name of Morrison.
Sir Horatio Hornblower, GCB and Lord Hornblower of Smallbridge in the county of Kent, is a wonderful fictional British naval hero of the Royal Navy in the Napoleonic era, the creation of C. S. Forester in 1937 with the series continuing up until his death in 1966. Then C. Northcote Parkinson came out with a delightful sequel in 1970 to complete the picture.
Shown here is a splendid illustration of Captain Hornblower’s ship HMS Sutherland
ir Hastings (Pug) Lionel Ismay, KG 1957, PC 1951, GCB, CH 1945, DSO 1920
( Dispatches twice, DSO with Clasp ), DL Gloucester 1950, CB 1931, KCB 1940, GCB 1946, Cmdr L of Merit (US). Grand Officer L of Honor (France)
Created Baron Ismay of Wormington Co., Co. Gloucester, 14 Jan 1947
Matthew Alexander Mitchell Lathrop, elder son of Alexander Mitchell Lathrop, SSA Charter Member, the son and heir of Capt. Mitchell Lee Lathrop, USN (Ret.), JD
The shield of the 16th Earl of Lindsay, James Randolph Lindesay-Bethune, 1955-date. He is a Scottish businessman an
John Amos Logan, the younger. is the elder son of John Amos Logan, BA, who also has a younger son and daughter both of whom have issue.
Rev. Canon Dr. Joseph J. Morrow, CBE, KStJ, QC, DL, PhD, LLD, FRSE
Right Honourable Lord Lyon King of Arms
The armorial achievement of Dr. Joseph J. Morrow, CBE, QC, LLD, FRSE
Right Honourable Lord Lyon King of Arms.
nterestingly, the cathedral has a Scottish connection. Some 461 years ago, Francis de Valois, the eldest son of Henri II, King of France, and who was the Dauphin, married at age 14, Mary Queen of Scots, age 15. The marriage was celebrated in the Cathedral of Notre Dame on 24 April 1558.
What we have here are the arms of alliance of a dynastic couple married, 461 years ago today, on 24 April 1558 in the Cathedral de Notre Dame in Paris. Francis, was the eldest son of King Henry II of France and Catherine de Medici and Mary was the daughter and only legitimate child of King James V of Scotland and Mary de Guise.
A living armiger, Major Randal Ray Massey of Dunham, USAR Ret., is a Founder Member of the Society of Scottish Armigers (SSA) and its first Chairman. He is now a Fellow and Chairman Emeritus of this organization.
Antti Matikkala, the well known Finnish heraldist born in 1979, he died suddenly
on 14 January 2019 at age 40, leaving a young family behind.
Stylistic designer of 21st century heraldry
Born 17 January 1954, in Scarborough, Yorkshire;
Died: 16 January 2021, in Edinburgh.
William Thomas Lewis, 1st Baron Merthyr GCVO JP DL, known as Sir William Lewis, 1st Baronet, from 1896 to 1911, was a Welsh coal mining magnate.
Dermot Michael Macgregor Morrah born in 1896, he became a journalist, author and herald. He was appointed Arundel Herald Extraordinary on 27 Apr 1953.
Morrow, Dr. Joseph, Lord Lyon
Motto: DEO VOLENTE (If God Be Willing)
Crest: A dexter hand Or holding a dagger erect Purpure hilted and pomelled Or
Arms : Per fess enhanced Or and Purpure overall all three piles conjoined in point counter-changed, the centre pile charged with a maunch (mauche) and the other two with passion crosses of the first.
dmiral of the Fleet Lord Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma KG, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCIE, DSO, PC, FRS. (born Prince Louis of Battenberg); born on 25 June 1900 he was a Royal Navy officer and statesman, an uncle of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and second cousin once removed of Queen Elizabeth II.
0003 Eldest Child Victoria Alberta Elisabeth Mathilde Marie of Hesse Princess Alice of the United Kingdom was born Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine, (5 Apr 1863-24 Sep 1950) later Victoria Mountbatten, Marchioness of Milford Haven married Prince Louis Alexander of Battenberg (24 May 1854-11 Sep 1921) Later Admiral of the Fleet Louis Alexander Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Milford Haven, they had four children:
The Hon. Nancy Mitford, CBE, 28 Nov 1904 – 30 Jun 1973 ( married to the Hon. Peter Rodd. ) Authoress of many books including: “The Pursuit of Love”, 1945, “The Blessing”, 1951, “Noblesse Oblige”, 1956 and “The Sun King”, 1966. She was known for teasing and the comic in her books.
Jameson Riley McShane Johnson of Tyrone, LM, KM was born in Helena, Montana in 1966. A graduate of The Citadel, Charleston, South Carolina, he received graduate degrees from Princeton, Harvard, and Virginia Polytechnic.
These are the arms of the Earls of Rosse ( Peerage of Ireland ) differenced for the Hon. Sir Charles Algernon Parsons, OM, KCB, FRS. He was born in London on 13 Jun 1854 the fourth and youngest son of the famous astronomer William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse.
Overall a sinister canton Gules is used for a baron, with a sword palewise point upward Argent for a military officer (in Napoleonic heraldry.)
The Cap or beret is called a Toque: it is used to indicate the rank of baron
( in place of the more conventional coronet ) in Napoleonic heraldry.
Here we have the arms of Sir Walter Raleigh which arms struck us in their resemblance to the Winslow arms.
The late David John Ramsay, born 17 April 1931, was a retired US Army Colonel and a former Commandant of the Veteran Corps of Artillery, State of New York
Xavier I. F. Rippon, a living armiger and French citizen, was the contest winner of
the first “Name that Laird”
James Charles Risk, CVO, FSA, born on 13 May 1913, served as a US Naval Officer in WW2, became a specialist in coins, orders and medals and worked at Coin Galleries on 57th Street in New York City for many years.
Sir Arthur Balfour, 1st Baron Riverdale, GCB, JP, Bt. born on 9 Jan 1873 was a British steel manufacturer.
ield Marshal Sir William Robert Robertson, 1st Bt. GCB, etc. (1860-1933) a senior British Army officer, who served as Chief of the Imperial General Staff (CGIS) for much of WW1 (Dec 1915-Feb 1918).
George Islay MacNeill Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen, KT, GCMG, PC, FRSA, FRSE (born 12 April 1946), is a British politician of the Labour Party who served as the 10th Secretary General of NATO from 1999 to 2004.
Sir William Edward Rootes, GBE(17 Aug 1894 – 12 Dec 1964) 1st Baron Rootes, was a British motor manufacturer.
Guy Sainty, born in England in 1950, is an art dealer living in France and is the author of numbers of books, amongst which are: “The Orders of Saint John”, Venerable Order, New York 1991
Don Narciso Salvo, Marchese di Pietraganzili, Knight Grand Cross of Justice of the Constantinian Order of St. George (Madrid) was born in 1946 the son of son of Don Francesco, Marchese di Pietraganzili and Liliana of the Counts d’Amelio.
Admiral Sir James Saumarez, 1st Bt., GCB, 1st Baron de Saumarez is considered one of the great British admirals of the Royal Navy in Napoleonic times.
Arms of the late Sir Conrad Swan, KCVO born on 13 May 1924 and who died on 10 Jan 2019, age 94. He was also a Knight of the Venerable Order of St John and a Knight of Honour and Devotion in the Order of Malta.
Mary Spencer-Churchill Soames, LG, DBE, FRSL was born on 15 Sep 1922 as the fifth and youngest child of Sir Winston and Clementine Churchill.
The Earldom of Stockton is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 24 February 1984 for Harold Macmillan, the former Conservative prime minister (from 1957 to 1963), less than three years before his death in 1986.
Emanuel Swedenborg (8 Feb 1688- 29 Mar 1772) was the son of a Swedish Lutheran bishop, Jesper Swedberg (1653-1735). The son Emanuel became a Swedish scientist, philosopher, author and at age 56 became a Christian mystic and theologian founding what became Swedenborgism.
Katherine Matilda Swinton known as Tilda Swinton was born in 1960 to Sir John Swinton of Kimmerghame (1925-2018) and Judth Balfour Killen (1929-2012 in London.
John Tunesi of Liongam is a well known genealogist and heraldist in the United kingdom.
On 1 October 2019 a contract delivery truck struck the unicorn from the Royal Arms on the Gate of Buckingham Palace which had been in place for over 100 years.
Left to right: Viscount Dunrossil with his son and heir the Hon. Callum Alasdair Brundage Morrison
Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS , was a British statesman, soldier, and Tory politician. He was one of the leading British military and political figures of 19th-century Britain. He was born Arthur Wesley on 1 May 1769 in Dublin, into the Protestant Ascendancy in Ireland.
David Vines White, Garter Principle King of Arms was born 27 October 1961 in Glasgow, Scotland. He is the younger son of Peter Vines White and Sheila (née Chatterton).
Note: Lord Peter D. B. Wimsey, DSO, is a fictional character, as were his Arms, created by the late Dorothy L. Sayers and added to by the late C. W. Scott-Giles, OBE, Fitzalan Pursuivant of Arms Extraordinary.
Edward Winslow (18 October 1595 – 8 May 1655) was a Separatist and New England political leader who traveled on the Mayflower in 1620. He was one of several senior leaders on the ship and also later at Plymouth Colony. He served as governor several times.
Edward Winslow, Mayflower leader and Plymouth Colony Governor. His portrait from 1639
Fra’ Richard Joseph Wolf took his Solemn Religion Profession Vows before the Prince Grand Master Fra’ Matthew Festing thereby becoming a Professed Knight and a Monk of the Order on Sunday 13 November 2016 at The Queen of Peace Church, North Arlington, New Jersey, USA.
Sir Thomas Woodcock KCVO OStJ DL FSA (born 20 May 1951), was Garter Principal King of Arms, and was a member of the Royal Household and the senior herald and genealogist at the College of Arms in London.
Sir Solly Zuckerman, Baron Zuckerman, OM, KCB, FRS was born on 30 May 1904 in Cape Town, was educated in South Africa, attended Yale University in the United States and completed his studies in medicine in London.
