Author Archives: Legen Dary

Livingstone Crest & Coats of Arms

Livingstone Clan Crest Crest Description: A demi savage, wreathed about the head and middle, holding in the dexter hand a club erect, and, in the sinister, a serpent, all Proper Livingstone Coats of Arms: A note on Coats of Arms: Under Scottish heraldic law a coat of arms is awarded to an individual (with the […]

Napier Places & People

Clan Napier People Sir Alexander Napier (circa 1440) Sir Alexander Napier became Lord Provost of Edinburgh. He was wounded while rescuing the widow of James I from rebels who had captured her and her second husband. He was rewarded by James II who made his Controller of the Royal Household in 1440, and Vice Admiral […]

Heron Tartans

Heron Tartans There is no registered tartan for this name – these tartans are appropriate: Grant Ancient Grant Modern Grant Weathered MacDonald Modern MacDonald Weathered MacDonad Dress Ancient MacDonald Dress Modern MacDonald Lord off the Isles MacDonald of the Isles Hunting Ancient MacDonald of the Isles Hunting Modern Stewart Old Ancient Stewart Old Modern Stewart […]

Watson Crest & Coats of Arms

Watson Clan Crest Crest Description: Two hands holding the trunk of an oak tree sprouting and the hands issuing out of clouds 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 […]

Clan Bethune Crest & Coats of Arms

Clan Bethune Crest Worn by all of the name and ancestry Crest Description: Crest Description: An otter’s head erased, Argent Clan Bethune Coat 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 […]

Clan Ainslie People & Places

Clan Ainslie People Colonel Sir Philip Ainslie (1728-1802), KT., of Pilton Philip Ainslie, born in Edinburgh in 1728, was the second son of George Ainslie (d. 1773) and his wife Jane/Jean, daughter, of Sir Philip Anstruther, KT. Philip was educated at Westminster School before entering into the army in 1754. He served as a colonel […]