00. WA Auld Scots album
October 12, 2025
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The album “WA Auld Scots” has been updated and changed a bit.
The album “WA Auld Scots” has been updated and changed a bit.
We have here the magnificant hatchment for the late Duke of Edinburgh
Shield: Azure, three Boar’s Heads couped Or, armed proper, and langued Gules, within a Double-Tressure flory counter-flory interchangeably with Thistles and Fleurs-de-lis Or
Queen Elizabeth II and the 13th Earl of Airlie, David Ogilvy in 2009.
Arms: Argent a Lion passant guardant Gules crowned with an Imperial Crown and collared with an open one proper
Sir Ian Fife Campbell Anstruther, of that Ilk, 8th Baronet of Balcaskie
The Viscount of Arbuthnott is a title in the Peerage of Scotland.
Archibald Campbell born on 25 July 1658, became the 10th Earl of Argyll, and was created 1st Duke of Argyll
Lord Balfour of Burleigh, in the County of Kinross, is a title in the Peerage of Scotland.
Sir James Balfour of Denmylne and Kinnaird, Bt., Lord Lyon King of Arms 17 March 1630 until deprived by Oliver Cromwell in about 1654.
Arthur Elphinstone, 6th Lord Balmerino (1688-1746)
Dr. Patrick Barden, Dr Med Vet, Fellow HSS (1934-2001)
Sheriff David Wilson Bogie was born in Dundee, Scotland in 1946 and died in Dec 1999
When Sheriff David Wilson Bogie died in 1999, the widow requested his friend Mark D. Dennis to make a bookplate for David’s arms.
Or, three piles wavy Sable within a double tressure flory counterflory Gules, on a chief Sable three escallops Or.
Robert Boswell of St. Boswells,WS 19 Jan 1746-1 Apr 1804
William Nigel Ernle Bruce was born on 4 Feb 1895 in Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico whilst his parents were on holiday there and was their second son.
James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth was the eldest illegitimate son of King Charles II
William de Comyn, Earl of Buchan was one of the Mormaer princelings of old Scotland.
EULOGY FOR CHARLES BURNETT
Given by Gordon Casely Esq, St Vincent’s Church, EDINBURGH, on Saturday 26 October 2024
Charles John Burnett KStJ (6 November 1940 – 23 February 2024)
Image is from the portrait of Charles J. Burnett, Esq
Johnny Dumfries, the former race car driver and the 7th Marquess of Bute
John Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute (1847-1900)
John Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute (1847-1900)
Sir Duncan Campbell of Barcaldine, Bt. (1856-1926)
This hatchment of the arms of Frederick B Casely (1914-2008) was painted for him in great friendship by Mark Dennis.
Sir Thomas Sean Connery died in his sleep on 31 Oct 2020 in the Bahamas at age 90.
Arms: Argent, a saltire and chief Gules, the former charged with an escallop Or.
Arms: Argent, a saltire and chief Gules, the former charged with an escallop Or.
George Mackenzie, 3rd Earl of Cromartie born circa. 1702-1766
Blazon of Arms: Argent a shake-fork Sable between a mullet in chief Vert and two dolphins descending respectant of the last, embouchee Gules
Blazon for Crest: Issuant from a naval crown Vert a unicorn’s head Argent armed, maned and tufted Or, langued Gules.
Shield: Argent an Eagle displayed Sable.
Sir Robert Douglas of Glenbervie, Bart.(1694-1770)
Exactly why Mr. Johnston chose to illustrate the 1st Marquess’ achievement
we don’t know
Sir Archibald Douglas, 3rd Earl of Douglas and Lord of Galloway (1328-1400)
Sir Archibald Douglas, 3rd Earl of Douglas and Lord of Galloway (1328-1400)
Sir Archibald Douglas, 3rd Earl of Douglas and Lord of Galloway (1328-1400)
Sir Archibald Douglas, 3rd Earl of Douglas and Lord of Galloway (1328-1400)
Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, Kt. Bach., born on 22 May 1859
Here we have the full achievement for the Drummond Earl of Perth
Peter (William Edward Peter Louis) Drummond-Murray of Mastrick (1929-2014)
Peter (William Edward Peter Louis) Drummond-Murray of Mastrick (1929-2014)
Peter (William Edward Peter Louis) Drummond-Murray of Mastrick (1929-2014)
Peter (William Edward Peter Louis) Drummond-Murray of Mastrick (1929-2014)
Arms: Vert a fess dancetty Ermine between a stag’s head cabossed in chief and two escallops in base Or; on a chief wavy Ermine the Trafalgar medal Or, pendant by a ribbom Azure, Argent, Azure, between wreaths of cypress and laurel with the word “Trafalgar” under the medal.
This earldom was given to Lord George Douglas along with the subsidiary title of Lord Douglas of Ettrick and the heirs-male of his body.
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.
John Duncan of Sketraw being presented to Prince Charles, Duke of Rothesay at the Gathering at Holywood Park 25 July 2009.
Here we have John Duncan of Sketraw in Edinburgh on 25 July 2009
ohn Scrymgeour, 3rd Viscount Dudhope was created in 1660 Earl of Dundee which is a title in the Peerage of Scotland.
Arms: Argent, on a chief Or three pallets gules.
Almost 116 years ago George Arnulph Montgomerie, 15th Earl of Eglinton, 3rd Earl of Winton (1848–1919). received a matriculation from Lyon Court.
A wonderful shot of Eilean Donan Castle
Lord Elibank of Ettrick Forest in the County of Selkirk, is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1643 for Sir Patrick Murray, 1st Baronet, with remainder to his heirs male whatsoever. He had already been created a Baronet, of Elibank, in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia in 1628.
The Earldom of Erroll is one of the oldest earldoms in the Peerage of Scotland. The date of creation is circa. 12 June 1452 to him and his heirs male remaining a male fief until the time of Charles II
Charles Cardinal Erskine 1739-1811 was born in Rome, Italy on 13 Feb 1739, son of Colin Erskine and Agatha Gigli of the noble Italian family of Gigli of Anagni.
Lt. Col. Henry Fairfax, was created a baronet on 14 Mar 1836 in honour of his father, Vice Admiral Sir William George Fairfax by King William IV. Fairfax got the arms awarded before he was made a baronet, as the achievement indicates the armiger’s rank is that of a gentleman.
Thomas Fairfax, 9th Lord Fairfax of Cameron was an American born Scottish peer, who along with his father, on 11 December 1799, was among the last guests at Mount Vernon before Washington died. Thomas descended from Sir Thomas Fairfax for whom Charles I created the title of Lord Fairfax of Cameron on 18 Oct 1627 in the Peerage of Scotland.
Illustration was done by Mr. Graham Johnston, the famous Heraldic Artist to the Lyon Court
Arms: Quarterly: 1st and 4th, Or a lion rampant gules; 2nd and 3rd, argent a fir tree growing out of a mount in base fructed proper and on a chief gules the Royal Banner of Scotland, and displayed on a canton of the first a hand issuing from the sinister side holding a dagger point downwards proper.
Sir James Fergusson of Kilkerran, 8th Baronet, FRSE, LLD, Chief of the Name and Arms of Fergusson & Chief of Clan Fergusson.
Motto: Dulcius Ex Asperis
Crest: On a thistle leaved and flowered proper, a bee proper
BLAZON OF ARMS:
SHIELD: Quarterly:
1st and 4th Or a lion rampant Gules (for Fife)
2nd and 3rd Vert a fess dancetty Ermine between a hart’s head cabossed in chief and two escallops in base all Or (for Duff).
SHIELD: Quarterly:
1st and 4th Gules three lions passant gardant in pale Or (for England )
2nd Or a lion rampant within a double tressure flory counter flory Gules (for Scotland)
3rd Azure a harp Or stringed Argent (for Ireland)
1st, Or a Lion rampant Gules armed and langued Azure (Dukedom of Fife)
The 22nd Lord Forbes, Premier Lord of Scotland, who has died aged 95, was an Aberdeenshire farmer who — much to his surprise — spent a year in Harold Macmillan’s government as Minister of State for Scotland.
Duncan Forbes, 5th of Culloden (10 November 1685 – 10 December 1747) was a Scottish lawyer and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1721 to 1737. As Lord President and senior Scottish legal officer, he played a major role in helping the government suppress the 1745 Jacobite Rising.
Major Sir Hamish Stewart Forbes of Newe, 7th Bt., MBE, MC, KStJ, Born 15 Feb 1916 – died 3 Sep 2007 at age 91. Born in London, he was educated at Eton, and at the Lawrenceville School in New Jersey, USA, then at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London.
Archibald Douglas, 1st Earl of Forfar (1653-1712 ) was the eldest son of the Earl of Angus by his second wife, Lady Jean Wemyss, born 3 May 1653 was created on 2 Oct 1661, Earl of Forfar, Lord Wandell and Hartsyde.
The Fraser of Ledeclune baronetcy was created for William Fraser of Ledeclune in Inverness, Scotland on 27 Nov 1806 as a Baronet of the United Kingdom. Sir William was a direct descendant of Alexander Fraser, 2nd son of Hugh, 1st Lord Lovat.
Alexander Stewart, 1st Lord Garlies, was created Earl of Gallowayin 1623.
Arms: Parted per dance Argent and Gules a dance flory parted per dance Sable and Argent.
What we have here today is the hatchment for the late Archibald Rae Gaylor who was born on 3 Apr 1910 in Lanarkshire
Arms: Or a chevron Murrey, between three falcons stooping Azure, armed, langued and beaked Murrey
SHIELD: Quarterly, 1st and 4th: or a double headed eagle displayed gules, armed and beaked azure; 2nd and 3rd: parted per bend embattled argent and gules; overall an escutcheon or, charged with three stag’s horns gules.
Here we have an illustration of the armorial achievement of the Earls of Glasgow
Or, three piles wavy Sable within a double tressure flory counterflory Gules, on a chief Sable three escallops Or.
Sir Archibald Grant of Monymoske, Bart. (1696-1778)
ARMS: Gules three antique crowns or within a bordure chequy of the last and the first charged with three crescents azure.
Sir Francis James Grant, KCVO, WS, FSA (Scot) (1863-1953)
Alexander Ivan Bedini Guthrie of Guthrie, 22nd Chief of Clan Guthrie was born on 3 Oct 1967, the son of Conte Leonardo Bedini-Jacobini by Loetitia Dawn Phillips.
Thomas Hamilton, 1st Earl of Haddington which Earldom is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1627 for the noted Scottish lawyer and judge Thomas Hamilton, then 1st Earl of Melrose.
Sir John Ramsay, Viscount of Haddington(1580-1626)
ugmentation of arms granted to Sir John Ramsay in 1600 by James VI for Ramsay’s assistance in the Gowrie House affair of 14 May 1600.
Blazon of arms: Per pale: Dexter Azure issuant from the dexter side an arm vested Vert grasping a sword erect Argent, impaling a heart Gules, the point supporting an imperial crown Proper; sinister, Or a double headed eagle displayed Sable, a crescent Or on its breast.
Arms: Or, on a bend Azure between three boars’ heads erased Sable as many lozenges of the first.
Arms: Azure three piles Argent on a chief Argent an Aesculapian rod
accompanied by two thistles slipped all Proper with in base a boar’s head
erased Argent.
ames Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell (Lord Boswell)was born circa. 1534, 3rd husband of Mary, Queen of Scots who created him Duke of Orkney and Marquess of Fife on 12 May 1567. They were married at Holyrood Palace by Adam Bothwell, the Bishop of Orkney on 15 May 1567
he Earl is also Chief of the Name and Arms of Home and heir general to the House of Douglas. The title of Lord Dunglass is used as a courtesy title by the eldest son of the Earl.
Here we have the arms simplicitor of the Earls of Home
B&W illustration for the achievement of the Marquis of Huntly.
George Gordon, 1st Marquis of Huntly born circa. 1562
Sir Thomas Innes of Learney, GCVO, WS, Advocate, FSA Scot.(1893-1971)
The original of this portrait of Sir Thomas Innes of Learney, GCVO, (1893-1971) painted around 1949 we believe by Don Pottinger, LVO, and hangs today in the offices of the Court of the Lord Lyon.
The original of this photo portrait of Sir Thomas Innes of Learney, GCVO, (1893-1971)
Sir William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, OM, GCVO, PC, FRS, FRSE, born in Belfast Ireland, on 16 June 1824
Archibald Angus Charles Kennedy, Marquess of Ailsa, born 13 Sep. 1956 – died 15 Jan 2015, age 58, . Lord Charles died suddenly while in Florida, USA, attending the Central Florida Highland Games.
Mrs. Margaret Kerr widow of William Kerr, lately of Melbourne, Victoria. He was the son of Robert Kerr from Forres and his wife Jane Watson.
William Boyd was born in 12 May 1705 the only son of the 3rd Earl of Kilmarnock
William Boyd, 4th Earl of Kilmarnock (1705-1746)
Sir John Keith, Earl of Kintorewas given this title in 1677 in the Peerage of Scotland
Sir Harry ( Henry ) Lauder was born on 4 August 1870 the eldest son of John Lauder and Isabella Urquhart McLennan in Edinburgh. John was the grandson of George Lauder of Inverleith Mains and the St. Bernard’s Well estate, Edinburgh, descendants of the feudal baron Lauders of the Bass.
Sir Harry Lauder with HRH the Duke and Duchess of York and Princess Elizabeth 22 Sep 1931
The title was created in 1624 for John Maitland, 2nd Lord Maitland of Thirlestane.
Lt. Col. Harold Andrew Balvaird Lawson, CVO, 1899-1985
Earl of Leven is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1641 for Alexander Leslie.
ohn Adrian Louis Hope, 1st Marquess of Linlithgow, 7th Earl of Hopetoun, KT, GCMG, GCVO, PC was born on 25 Sep 1860
Sir Thomas Johnstone Lipton, KCVO, 1st Bt. born 10 May 1848 in Glasgow, Scotland
The Marquess of Lothian is a title created in the Peerage of Scotland in 1701 for Robert Kerr, 4th Earl of Lothian.
Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat, the 18th MacShimidh, Chief of the Highland Frasers, known as “the Fox” was born circa. 1667
Brigadier Simon Christopher Joseph Fraser, de jure 17th Lord Lovat, DSO. MC,TD,JP,DL, Chief of Clan Fraser of Lovat was born on 9 July 1911 received an MA from Magdalen College, Oxford.
Brigadier Simon Christopher Joseph Fraser, 1911-1995
David Lumsden of Cushnie ( 1933-2008 )
David Gordon Allen d’Aldecamb Lumsden of Cushnie, KM, KCN
Born 25 May 2933 – died 30 Aug 2008 age 75.
This bookplate is from a copy of “Heraldic Exhibition Edinburgh” a Catalogue
compiled by Francis James Grant, then Carrick Pursuivant, 1891.
William Rae MacDonald, F.F.A.(1843-1923)
When Sir George Mackenzie published his book in 1680, he included an illustration of “marital arms”
Michael Maclagan, CVO, FSA, FRFistS, born on 14 April 1914
Here we have the bookplate used by Michael Maclagan
Fitzroy Hew Maclean of Dunconnel was born on 11 Mar 1911 in Cairo, Egypt
Sir Fitzroy Maclean of Dunconnel, 1st Bt., KT, CBE, 1911-1996
Sir William Alan Macpherson of Cluny and Blairgowrie, TD, born 1 April 1926 he died on the 14 February 2021 age 94. He was the 27th hereditary chief of the Clan Macpherson of Cluny (Cluny-Macpherson)
Blazon: Shield: Azure, a lymphad, sails furled, oars in action Or, flagged Argent with a saltire of the first, the masthead pennant Gules, on a
Here is a scan of Eilean Donan Castle on a lovely day, the completed masterwork of Lt. Col John Macrae-Gilstap in his restoration of 1920-1932.
Lt.Col John MacRae-Gilstrap. is/was important to Scotland as the rebuilder/restorer of Eilean Donan Castle between 1920-1932.
The Earldom of Mar is one of the oldest earldoms in the Peerage of Scotland
Arms: Parted per fess vert and sable a barrulet wavy between two lions’ faces in chief and an escallop in base Or.
Arms: Barry wavy of six Argent and Azure
or, if you prefer, Argent three bars wavy Azure.
Sir Rupert Iain Kay Moncrieffe of that Ilk, Bt., CVO, DL, QC, FSA Scot., FSA, PhD.
Arms: Quarterly: 1st and 4th, Or on a chief Sable three escallops Or (for the name of Graham ) 2nd and 3rd , Argent, three roses Gules barbed and seeded proper ( for the title of Montrose ).
Arms: Vert, on a chevron Argent between three dirks erect Argent, the handles Or, as many roses Gules, barbed and seeded proper.
BLAZON OF ARMS:
SHIELD: Argent a double headed eagle displayed Sable armed and langued Gules with an
inescutcheon Argent charged of a saltire Sable bearing at its centre point an urcheon Or
Arms: Quarterly, 1st and 4th Or an eagle displayed Azure and charged on the breast with a naval crown Or. ( For Carnegie ), 2nd and 3rd Argent a pale Gules ( for the Earldom of Northesk ).
Sir George Hamilton, KT, 1st Earl of Orkney
Sir James Balfour Paul, KCVO, Advocate, F.S.A. (Scot) ( Lord Lyon 1890-1927 )
Charles Harry Clinton Pirie-Gordon of Buthlaw, OBE, DSC (1883-1969)
A hatchment for Queen Elizabeth II born 21 April 1926
Here a smiling Queen Elizabeth II greets construction workers at Queensferry Crossing
Today, 8 September 2022, Queen Elizabeth II has died, we believe around 1:30PM EDT. She was the longest-reigning monarch in the history of the British Isles.
BLAZON OF ARMS:
SHIELD: Quarterly: 1st & 4th Argent a man’s heart Gules imperially crowned Or on a chief Azure three mullets Argent (for Douglas); 2nd & 3rd Azure a bend between six crosses-crosslet fitchée Or (for Mar); for augmentation the escutcheon within a bordure Or charged with a double tressure flory counterflory Gules.
Arms: Argent an eagle displayed Sable and charged on the breast with a rose Argent.
Crest: A demi-eagle displayed Sable.
Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay, KCB, KBE, MVO, DL
Arms: Gules Three wolf”s heads erased two and one armed and langued Azure
Arms: Gules a fess ermine, between two wolf”s heads erased in chief, and a banner displayed bendwise in base Argent, thereon a canton Azure charged with a saltire Argent
BLAZON OF ARMS:
SHIELD: Quarterly, first and fourth vert, three primroses within a double tressure flory-counter-flory Or (for Primrose); second and third argent, a lion rampant double queued sable (for Cressy).
Here we have an illustration of the armorial achievement of the Earls of Rosebery
BLAZON OF ARMS:
SHIELD: Quarterly:1st and 4th Argent, on a bend Azure three buckles Or, (for Leslie); 2nd and 3rd Or a lion rampant Gules surmounted of a ribbon Sable, (for Abernethy).
Blazon of Arms:
Shield: Azure three fraises (cinquefoils) argent
Scott of Redland
Arms: Or; on a bend Azure, between a rose slipped Gules leaves barbed and seeded Vert in sinister chief and a mullet Gules in dexter base, a six pointed mullet between two crescents Or.
Scott of Redland
Arms: Or; on a bend Azure, between a rose slipped Gules leaves barbed and seeded Vert in sinister chief and a mullet Gules in dexter base, a six pointed mullet between two crescents Or.
Arms: Azure a boar’s head couped Argent armed and langued Or, and on a chief engrailed Argent a cross crosslet fitchy Sable between two stars Gules.
Sir James Spens of Wormiston circa. 1571-1632, son of David Spens of Wormiston by his wife Margaret Learmouth.
Arms: quarterly: 1st Or, a lion rampant Gules surmounted of a bendlet Sable charged with three mascles Argent ( ancient paternal arms of Spens )2nd
Arms: Quarterly: 1st and 4th Or a rose Sable seeded Or and on a chief Sable a swan’s head and neck erased between two stars Or; 2nd and 3rd Ermine three papingoes paleways in bend sinister proper and in dexter chief a crescent Gules.
Arms; Argent on a bend Sable three buckles Or and in Sinister chief a star of six points Azure.
Lt. Col. Sir David Stirling, DSO, OBE. Founder of the SAS.
Official Special Air Service Insignia.
Sir Donald Alexander Smith, GCMG, Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal (1820-1914)
Sir Donald Smith, GCMG, Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal (1820-1914)
Arms blazon: Quarterly 1st and 4th Argent a lion rampant Azure, armed and langued Gules within a double tressure flory counterflory Azure ( for Lyon )
2nd and 3rd ermine three bows stringed palewise in fess Proper ( for Bowes)
A romantic view of Glamis Castle home of the Earls of Strathmore & Kinghorne
and the Bowes-Lyon family.
Arms blazon: Quarterly 1st and 4th Argent a lion rampant Azure, armed and langued Gules within a double tressure flory counterflory Azure ( for Lyon )
2nd and 3rd ermine three bows stringed palewise in fess Proper ( for Bowes)
Arms: Gules, three mullets Or on a bordure Or a double tressure
flory-counterflory Gules.
Blazon: Issuant from an astral crown Or a lion sejant guardant Sable armed and langued Or holding in the sinister forepaw a sword enflamed as in the arms.
Arms: Sable a sword enflamed palewise all Proper in chief an eagle affrontée volant head to sinister Or.
Blazon: shield of arms: 1st & 4th Argent, three escutcheons Gules ( for Hay ); 2nd Gules three bars Ermine (for Gifford); 3rd Azure three cinquefoils Argent (for Fraser).
Blazon of the Shield of Arms: 1st & 4th Argent, three escutcheons Gules ( for Hay ); 2nd Gules three bars Ermine (for Gifford); 3rd Azure three cinquefoils Argent (for Fraser).
Blazon: Gules a lion rampant argent within a bordure counter-compony argent and azure.
Here we have the personal seal of Sir William Wallace only discovered in 1999
Arms: Argent, an oak tree Proper fructed Or growing out of a mound in base Vert, surmounted of a fess brettessed the crenelles semicircular, Purpure, charged with an hourglass Or.
Blazon:
Shield: Quarterly: 1st & 4th: Or, a lion rampant Gules (for Wemyss), 2nd & 3rd : Argent, a lion rampant Sable (for Glen); at the fess point of the escutcheon a mullet Gules for difference.
Admiral Sir Rosslyn Erskine Wemyss in a painting by William Orpen.
Blazon of arms: Quarterly: 1st and 4th, gules, a chevron within a double tressure counter-flowered Argent (for Fleming); 2nd and 3rd, Azure, three frases (cinquefoils) Argent (for Fraser)
Arms: Azure three broad or wright’s axes palewise Argent 2 and 1.
Blazon of arms: Argent, a lion rampant within a Double Tressure flory counterflory Gules, all within a bordure Azure.