Nisbet / Nesbitt Crest & Coats of Arms

Nisbet Clan Crest

Nisbet Coats of Arms

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Under Scottish heraldic law a coat of arms is awarded to an individual (with the exception of civic or corporate arms) . There is no such thing as a ‘family coat of arms’ The arms represented below are personal arms (with the above exceptions). Only the individual granted these arms has the right to use them. for more information see our pages on heraldry here:
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NISBET of that Ilk, argent, three boars’ heads erased sable; crest, a boar passant of the last; motto, I byde it; as in Plate of Achievements.

The most eminent families of the name, now standing, are Nisbet of Dean, Nisbet of Craigintinnie, and Nisbet of Dirleton, being all come of three sons of one Hary Nisbet, merchant in Edinburgh, descended from Nisbet of that Ilk.
The present Sir JOHN NISBET of Dean, Baronet, lineally descended of the eldest son James, carries argent, a cheveron gules, between three boars’ heads erased sable; crest, a boar’s head sable : motto, I byde it. The family has been in use to carry their arms supported on the right side by a savage wreathed about the head and middle, all proper, holding a batton on his shoulder, and, on the left, by a greyhound, proper; which are to be seen cut on the frontispiece of their aisle of the West-church, and in Plate of Achievements

NISBET Of Greenholm, a family of a good old standing in the shire of Ayr, descended of Nisbet of that Ilk, carries argent, three boars’ heads erased within a bordure sable; crest, a boar’s head as the former; with this motto, Vis fortibus arma, as in Plate of Achievements. Of this family is NISBET Of Carphin, and Mr ALEXANDER NISBET, Chirurgeon in Edinburgh, who carries argent, three boars’ heads erased sable, within a bordure invected gules, for his difference; crest and motto, as Greenholm. Plate of Achievements.

Mark Nesbitt of that Ilk
Arms: Argent three boars heads erased Sable, armed Argent and langued Gules
Crest: a boar passant Sable, armed Argent and langued Gules
Motto: I BYD IT
Supporters: Two boars Sable rampant, armed Argent and langued Gules on a compartment Vert embellished with acorns Proper.
Badge: a boar passant Sable, armed Argent and langued Gules
Matriculated: The Court of the Lord Lyon 2nd March 1995. Lyon Register, volume 78, folio 1.

1) NISBETof Dean
2) Sir Patrick NISBETof Dean Argent a chevron Gules between three boars’ heads erased Sable. 1)Sir James Balfour Paul’s Scottish Ordinary.1672-7
2) Alexander Nisbet’s A System of Heraldry 1722

1) NISBETof Dirleton
2) Sir John NISBETof Dirleton 1) Argent on a chevron Gules between three boars’ heads erased Sable as many cinquefoils of the field in the honour point a thistle slipped Vert.
2) Argent, on a chevron Gules ensigned with a thistle Proper between three boars’ heads erased Sable, three cinquefoils Argent Sir James Balfour Paul’s Scottish Ordinary.
1st Matric 1680-7
2) Alexander Nisbet’s A System of Heraldry 1722

NISBET
of Greenholm Argent three boars’ heads erased within a bordure Sable. Alexander Nisbet’s A System of Heraldry 1722

HAMILTON-NISBET
of Dirleton 1st & 4th Argent on a chevron Gules ensigned on top with a thistle proper between three boars’ heads erased Sable as many cinquefoils of the first 2nd & 3rd Gules a sword paleways Argent between three cinquefoils of the second. Sir James Balfour Paul’s Scottish Ordinary.
1801

Elias NISBET
Merchant, Bourdeaux Argent on a chevron indented Gules between three goats’ heads erased Sable as many cinquefoils of the first. Sir James Balfour Paul’s Scottish Ordinary.
1861 Stacie

Robert Chancellor NESBITT
Argent three boars’ heads erased Sable a bordure Or for difference. An Ordinary of Arms
Volume II 1902-1973
4th October 1933 30/73

North More NISBET
of the Drum 1st & 4th Argent three boars’ heads erased within a bordure Sable an annulet of the last for difference 2nd Argent on a fess engrailed Azure three mullets of the field within a bordure engrailed of the second (More) 3rd Azure a hare salient Argent with a hunting horn about his neck Gules garnished and stringed Or on a chief of the second a sword fessways of the first hilted and pommelled of the fourth. An Ordinary of Arms
Volume II 1902-1973
8th November 1935 31/72

Lady Mary Christopher Nisbet-Hamilton
Quarterly 1st & 4th Gules a sword paleways Argent between three cinquefoils of the last 2nd Argent on a chevron Gules ensigned with a thistle proper between three boars’ heads erased Sable as many cinquefoils of the first 3rd Argent a chevron Gules between three pine apples proper a chief Sable. Sir James Balfour Paul’s Scottish Ordinary.
1885

Nisbet-Hamilton-Ogilvy
of Biel 1st & 4th Argent a lion passant guardant Gules gorged with an open crown and crowned with a close imperial one Or (for Ogilvy) 2nd & 3rd Argent an eagle displayed Sable beaked and membered Gules (for Ramsay) in chief on the quarters a crescent Gules over all an escutcheon of pretence quarterly i & iv Gules a sword paleways Argent between three cinquefoils of the second (for Hamilton) ii Argent on a chevron Gules ensigned on the top with a thistle proper between three boars’ heads erased Sable as many cinquefoils of the first (for Nisbet) iii Argent a lion rampant Gules within a bordure Ermine (for Dundas). Sir James Balfour Paul’s Scottish Ordinary.
1888

Richard John Peter NESBITT
of the City of Duncan, British Columbia Per fess rayonne Azure and Or on a pale counterchanged between two garbs Or in chief a Thistle flowered Purpure slipped and leaved Vert and in base a sword point upwards Argent hilt and pommel Or. Canadian Heraldic Authority, Ottawa, 22nd November 1993. Volume II, page 267

Eric Robert James NISBET-BROWN
of the City of Toronto Purpure a tree eradicated composed per pale to the dexter of a sugar maple and to the sinister of an apple tree fructed all Copper. Canadian Heraldic Authority, Ottawa, 28th October 1996. Volume III, page 144