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EUR
ING David Ayre, BA BSc
BSc(Hons) MSc DMS,
Baron of Kilmarnock
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Registered: The
International Register
of Arms, 27th March
2007. Registration No.
0100. (Lordship
& Barony Register)
Arms:
Per saltire Argent and
Azure, in chief a hind's
head couped at the neck
Proper, in base four
gouttes Sable one, two
and one, in each flank
an antique crown Or, an
enarched chief chequy
Vert and Or.
Crest:
On a Wreath of the
Liveries is set for
Crest a greylag goose
rising wings elevated
and addorsed Proper.
Motto:
AD MELIORA INSURGO
Badge: As Baron of
Kilmarnock, two
concentric circles,
the outer having at
each of the four
cardinal points the
horn of a trumpet
pointing outwards
Gules.
Standard: The Badge is
depicted in the first
and third compartments
and the crest in the
centre compartment
upon a Standard three
and a half metres in
length of four tracts
Azure and Argent,
split at the end,
having the said Arms
in the hoist, with the
Motto in letters
Argent upon transverse
bands Gules.
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Granted:
Court of the Lord Lyon,
83rd page of the 85th
Volume of the Public
Register of All Arms and
Bearings in Scotland.
Academic
Qualifications: BA, BSc,
BSc (Hons), MSc, DMS.
The armiger’s forebears
are Ulster-Scots
(Hindman, Gordon, Reid,
McMath, McKeag,
Alexander). His paternal
family - many of whom
are registered Ayr - are
formerly 'de Ayr' and of
Ayrshire territorial
origin. The Baron of
Kilmarnock is the first
of the Ayre name to be
graciously granted
Armorials in Scotland by
the Lord Lyon, King of
Arms.
The Arms were devised to
associate the Ayre
family with the feudal
Lordship & Barony of
Kilmarnock for all time.
The Vert and Or chequy
is taken from the shield
of the old Burgh of
Kilmarnock and is a
reference to the Arms of
Thomas Boyd of
Kilmarnock, the original
owner of the Barony. The
antique crowns emphasise
its great historical
importance.
The hind's head (from
Hindman) is a reference
to the armiger’s
maternal family. The
four gouttes represent
crude oil and the
owner's career (over a
quarter of a century) in
the Scottish oil &
gas industry.
Greylag geese are
residents and visitors
to Scotland. The armiger
and his wife watch their
great flight formations
as they migrate every
year. They symbolise the
adventure and benefits
of travel, and the
spending of winter
months abroad. A greylag
goose shown rising to
complement the motto 'I
rise to greater things'
was chosen by the
Baroness for the Crest.
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