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| Aeofric
Lachlan Bryan
Nicolson of
Taransay FSA
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Registered: The
International Register
of Arms, 27th August
2008. Registration No.
0140.
Arms:
Gules an eagle displayed
Or, armed beaked and
membered Azure, holding
in the dexter and
sinister talons a star
of eight points Argent,
ensigned behind the head
of the eagle a star of
eight points of the
Last, within a bordure
company of the the Third
and Fourth thereon are
charged sixteen thistles
palewise of the Third
and Fourth
counterchanged.
Crest:
A Red Kite guardant
Proper, wings elevated
and addorsed, belled Or
jessed Gules, holding in
the dexter talons a
sprig of thistles
Proper, ensigned behind
the head of the Red Kite
(and slightly to the
dexter) a star of eight
points Argent.
Badge:
On the mast of a Lymphad
roped Sable, oars in
action Gules, sails
furled of the second, is
placed the Red Kite
Proper, holding in the
sinister talons a star
of eight points Argent,
from the topmast a
streamer flying to the
sinister per of the
second and Or, flying
from the forecastle a
flag of the second and
from the sterncastle a
flag of the fourth.
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Mottoes:
Above the crest, NIL
SISTERE CONTRA on
further escroll above,
GENEROSITATE and below
the shield, AN SPEIREAG
DEARG.
Grant:
The College of Arms,
London. July 1993.
The
central feature of the
Arms is the Eagle; which
is the ancient House
Symbol of the Nicolson’s
Norse ancestors, coming
from Norway, Sweden and
Denmark. Then at
Dubhlinn and Jorvik
(York), and latterly on
to the Outer Hebrides
and at the N.W.
Highlands, at Assynt and
Coigach. The Nicolsons
held Lewis and Harris
for over three
centuries.
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The
Red Kite, which features
as the Crest on the
Arms, is the ancient
Symbol of The Clan
Nicolson dating back to
the ninth century. The
Red Kite as a symbol
came to the Nicolsons
after the result of a
battle for territory in
the Western Isles of
Scotland with their
cousins the Vikings, who
were lead by the great
Ragnar Lodbrok, King of
Sweden and Denmark. On
that day many Nicolson
Clansmen were lost and,
upon that bloody site,
hawks were seen flying
overhead. As Ragnar
Lodbrok said of it "The
Kites were grieved for
the loss of their
friends ", after this
day the Nicolson Chiefs
would carry on their
shield three red Hawks’
Heads.
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Armorial Bearings of Aeofric Lachlan
Bryan Nicolson of Taransay
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