A System of Heraldry - Clan Strachan Society

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ter argent, three bars gemels gules, surmounted of a lion sable, armed and meinbered
azure, the paternal bearing of his lady, daughter and sole heir of Henry
Fairfax of Hurst, Esq. whose father was second son of the Viscount Fairfax in
England; and overall the quarters, by way of .surtout, an escutcheon, charged with
his father's coat of augmentation for the lordship of Cardross, the whole adorned
and for crest, issuing out
with crown, helmet, and manthngs befitting his quality ;
of a wreath, or and azure, a dexter hand holding a club, or batton, raguled proper;
supported on the right side by an ostrich proper, one of the supporters of the
ancient earls of Buchan, and on the left by a griffin gules, one of those of the earis
of Marr : motto, that of his predecessors the earls of Buchan, Judge nought,
the Plates of Achievements.
as in
The younger sons of David Lord Cardross, father of the above Henry Lord Car-
thus :
dross, carry the arms of their father, as in the Lyon Register,
WILLIAM ERSKINE, sometime governor of Blackness Castle, and second son to
David Lord Cardross, his father's arms within a bordure or.
JOHN ERSKINE of Camock, third son, and some time governor of Stirling Castle,
the same arms within a bordure, parted per pale, or and argent.
CHARLES ERSKINE, fourth son to the said David Lord Cardross, the same within
a bordure tierced in fesse, or, argent, and gules; crest and motto to all of them the
same with that of the Lord Cardross, as above.
CHARLES ERSKINE, Advocate, and one of the Commissioners of the Court o, Po-
lice, brother-german to David now Earl of Buchan, and second son to Henry late
Lord Cardross, carries the arms of his father Henry Lord Cardross, within a bor-
dure ermine for difference ;
crest and motto the same as his father.
Sir WILLIAM ERSKINE of Brechin, who was Secretary to King James V. descended
of Erskine of Dun, carried quarterly, as by his seals which I have seen, first and
fourth Erskine of Dun, second and third argent, three piles issuing from the chief
gules, for Brechin, but upon what account I know not : His representative is
Erskine of Pittodrie.
The Right Honourable ALEXANDER ERSKINE Earl of Kelly carries quarterly, first
and fourth \gules, an imperial crown within a double tressure, flowered and coun-
ter-flowered with flower-de-luces or, as a coat of concession, second and third ar-
geqt, a pale sable for Erskine ; and for crest, a demi-lion gardant gules ; supporters
two griffins or, armed gules, and on their breasts a crescent sable : with this
motto, Decori decus addit avito. He is lineally descended of Sir Thomas Erskine,
second son to the Earl of Marr, who, with Sir John Ramsay, rescued King James
VI. from the Farl of Cowrie's bad attempts anno 1600, for which he was honoured
with the foresaid coat of augmentation, and created Lord Baron of Dirleton, then
Viscount of Fenton, and afterwards Earl of Kelly, anno 1619.
Sir JOHN ERSKINE of Alva, as a cadet of Erskine Earl of Marr, carries that earl's
quartered arms as before, within a bordure quartered, or and vert ; and for crest, a
dexter arm from the shoulder, in armour, grasping a sword, proper : with this motto,
Je pense plus ; so matriculated L. R.
Sir ALEXANDER ERSKINE of Cambo, Lord Lyon King at Arms, \vhose father Sir
Charles, also Lyon King at Arms, was a second brother ol" the Earl of Kelly, car-
ries that earl's quartered arms as before, with a crescent for a brotherly difference.
More of which family afterwards.
JOHN ERSKINE of Balgounie, descended of a second son of the Earl of Marr,
quarterly, first and fourth azure, a bend between six cross croslets fitched or,
Mar ; second and third argent, a pale within a bordure sable. L. R.
for
Captain PATRICK ERSKINE, in Colonel George Hamilton's regiment, third lawful
son to David Erskine of Kirkbudclo, lineally descended of the family of Dun, quar-
terly, first and fourth argent, a pale sable, for Erskine ; second and third gules, ;;
sword pale-ways argent, hiked and pommelled or, for the name of Dun,
all within
a bordure embattled azure ; crest, a griffin issuing out of the wreath, holding in
his dexter talon a sword, proper : motto, Ausim i$ confido.
L. R. These letters
stand for the present Lyon Register, where the arms of our nobility and gentry
have been recorded since the year 1662.
JOHN ERSKINE of Sheeltield, descended of the family of Balgounie, bears ar^i
on a pale sable, a cross croslet fitched or, within a bordure azure ; for crest, a
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