B47239-Robertson

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Name of the family:

Robertson

Blason:

Gu. three wolves' heads erased ar.

Crest(s):

A dexter hand erect, holding an imperial crown all ppr. Duncan, son of Robert, Chief of the Clan, having with great courage and intrepidity apprehended the murderers of James I. of Scotland, James II. granted to his family for crest, the hand supporting the regal crown, and for motto, "Virtutis gloria merces." The man in chains, lying under the escutcheon of the arms, was also adopted in commemoration of this event.

Motto:

Virtutis gloria merces; and on a compartment under the arms, a wild man chained ppr.

Info about the family:

Strowan, co. Perth, Chief of the Clan Donno-cbie; descended from the ancient Saris of At hot, sprung from Duncan, King of Scotland, son of Malcolm Canmore. Of this ancient and distinguished Clan was Alexander Robertson, of Strowan, alike distinguished as a poet and as the partisan of the Stuarts in the risings of 1690, 1715, and 1745

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861

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