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Margaret Hamilton of Rockhall,
Baroness of Lag |
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Registered:
The
International Register of Arms, 13th November 2009. Registration No.
0166.
Arms:
Per fess enhanced Gules and Azure, a barrulet enhanced Argent, in base
a pair of tailor's shears points upwards expanded Argent and in chief
two cinquefoils Ermine.
Crest: A monkey proper
habited in a sleeveless jacket Azure and a fez Gules and playing a
flute Argent.
Motto: Family Secure
Granted: 26th October 2009, 53rd Page; 88th Volume of The Public Register of All
Armorial Bearings in Scotland |
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The arms depict much of
what is important in the armiger’s life. The silver tailor’s shears in
memory of her father, a tailor, and alluding to the maternal family
name of Silver; the two cinquefoils for the family name of Hamilton,
one each for her son and daughter; the helm to mark her Scottish
feudal barony.
The crest is an allusion to the tale of the Grierson of Lag who kept a
monkey with a silver whistle and every time the monkey blew on the
whistle the servants were expected to attend on the monkey, when
Grierson died it was reported that the servants cut the monkey’s
throat and thus Rockhall is reputed to be haunted by the ghost of the
monkey.
The motto ‘Family Secure’ answers the Grierson motto of ‘Hoc Securior’
(All Secure). The armiger is the first to receive baronial recognition
from the Lord Lyon since the abolition of feudalism in Scotland. |
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