B22331-Forbes

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Name of the family:

Forbes

Blason:

Quarterly, 1st grand quarter, az. on a chev. ar. betw. three bears' heads couped of the last, muzzled gu. a man's heart ppr., for Forbes, of Monymusk; 2nd grand quarter, counterquartered, Forbes and Fraser, as in the last, for Forbes, of Pitsligo; 3rd grand quarter, counterquartered, 1st and 4th, or, a bend gu. surmounted of a fess chequy az. and ar. in chief a crescent of the third, for Stuart, of Fettercairn, 2nd, or, three pallets gu. a chief voir, for Belsches, 3rd, ar. three piles in point gu., for Wishart; 4th grand quarter, counterquartered, 1st and 4th, gu. on a chev. ar. a rose betw. two lions combatant of the field, for Hepburn, 2nd and 3rd, az. a cross pattée betw. three mullets, a double treasure flory counterflory or, for Murray, of Glendoick.

Crest(s):

1st, Forbes, Issuing out of a baron's coronet a hand holding a scymitar erected all ppr.; 2nd, Stuart, A dexter hand grasping a sword ppr.; 3rd, Hepburn, A horse's head couped ar. furnished gu.

Supporters:

Two bears ppr.

Motto:

Forbes, Nec timide nec temere; Stuart, Avant; Hepburn, I keep traist.

Info about the family:

Monymusk or Pitsligo; as recorded, 1865, for Sir John Hepburn Stuart-Forbes, eighth bart.

Page in the book:

366

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