Watson Clan Crest
Watson Coats of Arms:
A note on Coats of Arms:
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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Arms of Watson, Earl of Rockingham: Argent, on a chevron azure between three martlets sable as many crescents or. Motto: “Mea Gloria Fides” (“Trust is My Renown”), which is displayed in large Roman capitals on the frieze of the classical pediment of Wentworth Woodhouse
Alan Watson.
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.
Crest: A dragon passant Vert holding an inescutcheon Gules.
Motto: Forward
Grant: The Court of the lord Lyon, Register, volume 87, folio 62.
“Leslie Hodgson is responsible for the original design of my arms following some discussions with him regarding what interested me. “