A System of Heraldry - Clan Strachan Society

IN ARMORIES. .
'jighf, or and sable ; by the mistake of the engraver, in the Plate of the Achievements,
it is sable and or, and so in several blazons in the Register of Arms.
I here give the blazon of the achievement of his Grace JOHN Duke of ARGYLE,
Earl of GREENWICH, &-c. chief of the ancient and honourable surname of CAMP-
BELL, quarterly, first and fourth gironne of eight pieces, or- and sable, second and
third argent, a galley or lymphad, sable; sails furled up, flag and pinnets Hying,
and oars in action, for the lordship of Lorn ; surrounded with the principal ensign
of the most noble Order of the Garter, with the George pendant, as one of thr
Knights Companions of the said Order ; timbred with crown, helmet, and mamv
lings, befitting his quality ; and on a wreath of his tinctures, for crest, a boar's
head couped, or; with the motto on an escrol, Ne obliviscaris ; and for supporters,
two lions gardant gules, armed and langued azure, standing on a compartment,
whereon are these words, Vix ea nostra voco; and behind the shield are placed a
batton and sword accolle saltierways, the one being gules seme of thistles, or, and
ensigned with an imperial crown, and the crest of Scotland ; and the other, a
sword proper, hilled and pommelled or, being the two badges of the Great Master
of the Household, and High Justiciar of the Kingdom of Scotland ; as in the
Plate of Achievements.
The Right Honourable HUGH CAMPBELL, Earl of LOUDON, descended of old of
the ancient family of LOCHOW, afterwards Earls and Dukes of Argyle, carried the
same gironal segments of different tinctures as his progenitors have done. The
first of them, Duncan Campbell, in the reign of King Robert the Bruce, married
Susanna Crawfurd, heiress of Loudon, as is evident by that king's charters ; upon
which account, in place of the tinctures or and sable, the family has ever since
been in use to have, for their tinctures, gules and ermine, being these in the bearing
of Crawfurd of Loudon, viz. gules, a fesse. ermine. The achievement of the present
Earl of Loudon, is gironne of eight gules and ermine, surrounded with a collar of
the most ancient and noble Order of the Thistle, or that of St Andrew, with the
badges thereat pendant : Which arms are timbred with crown, helmet, and mantlings,
agreeable to his quality ; and, on a wreath of his tinctures, for crest, an
eagle displayed with two heads within a flame of fire, and on an escrol for ; motto,
/ bide my time ; supported on the dexter by a man armed at all points, holding a
spear, proper ; and, on the sinister, by a lady richly apparelled, holding in her
hand a missive letter as in the Plate ;
of Achievements..
The Right Honourable JOHN Earl of BREADALBANE, Lord GLENORCHY, quarterly,
first, the paternal coat of Campbell, as descended of a younger son of the family
of Lochow, now dignified with the title of Duke of Argyle. Secondly, argent, a
lymphad sable, and oars in action. Thirdly, or, a fesse cheque, azure and argent,
as being descended of one of the co-heiresses of Stewart of Lorn ; and the fourtli
as the first : Which arms are adorned with crown, helmet, and mantlings, befitting
his quality, and on a wreath of the tinctures of his paternal bearing : For crest, a
boar's head erased, proper ; supporters, two stags, proper ; attired and unguled or ;
motto, Follow me.
The other cadets of the noble family of Argyle, I add here, as they stand recorded
in our Modern Register : Sir HUGH CAMPBELL of Calder, quarterly, or, a hart's
head cabossed, sable, attired gules, for the name of Calder, the heiress of which
name and lands, one of his progenitors married. Secondly, gironne of eight, or
and sable, for Campbell. Thirdly, argent, a galley with her oars in action, sable,
for Lorn. Fourthly, or, on a fesse, azure, three buckles of the first ; crest, a swan,
proper ; crowned, or ; motto, Be mindful : Supported on the dexter by a lion rampant,
gardant gules, armed or; and on the sinister, by a hart, proper.
Sir JAMES CAMPBELL of Lawers, gironne of eight, sable and or, within a bordure
vair; crest, a boar's head erected and erased, azure; motto, Fac fc? spera.
Sir GEORGE CAMPBELL of Cesnock, as descended of the family of Argyle and
Loudon, carried both their arms thus, recorded in the Lion Register 1672 ; gironne
of eight pieces, or and sable, for Argyle, within a bordure gules, charged with eight
escalops of the first ; and a canton, also gironne of eight pieces, ermine and gules,
"for Loudon; crest, a phoenix head erased, or; with thjs motto, Constanter fc? pru-
denter.
Sir COLIN CAMPBELL of Aberuchill, Baronet, and one of the Senators of the
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