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Brady
Brim-DeForest of
Balvaird &
Blairlogie, FSA
(Scot), FRAI, FRGS
OStJ Baron of Balvaird
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Registered: The
International Register
of Arms, 10th February
2020. Registration No.
0532. (Lordship
& Barony Register)
Arms:
Parted per chevron Gules
and Argent, two acorns
slipped Or and in base a
fleur-de-lys Azure.
Crest:
A demi lion rampant Or
armed and langued Azure
holding in its paws a
swallow tailed Pennon
Azure charged with a
cross pattée Argent.
Motto:
Un Cran Plus Loin (“One
Step Further")
Grant:
The Court of the Lord
Lyon, Scotland, 14th
January 2020, (Page 97,
Volume 93) “Public
Register of All Arms and
Bearings in Scotland”.
Arms
designed by Anthony
Maxwell, with advice and
consent of Lord Lyon.
Emblazonment by Carlos
Navarro.
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The
armiger became
Baron of
Balvaird by deed
of assignation
on November 8,
2017, and was
acknowledged in
the name and
territorial
designation
“Brim-DeForest
of Balvaird
Castle” by the
Lord Lyon, for
the family seat
of the same name
in the Ochil
Hills of
Perthshire. The
arms follow the
name as
represented by
the acorns in
chief, which
allude to both
the ‘Forest' of
the armiger’s
surname and the
ancient oak that
sits in the
inner courtyard
of Balvaird
Castle. The oak
symbolises
honour, wisdom
and strength,
while the
fleur-de-lis in
base remembers
the Auld
alliance between
the Scots and
the French, as
well as the
Baron's French
ancestry.
The crest of a
demi-lion
holding a pennon
is in honor of
the armiger’s
fore-bearer in
France, de
Forest of
Quartdeville,
whose arms are
charged with a
demi-lion in
base. The Croix
pattée in the
hoist of the
pennon
represents the
armiger’s
Scottish
ancestors in
Clan Barclay who
once held the
lands of
Balvaird,
Arngosk, and
Kippo. The crest
sits atop a helm
appropriate to
the Dignity of a
Baron in the
Baronage of
Scotland. The
motto in French
“Un Cran Plus
Loin" translates
roughly as "One
Step Further”.
The Lordship
& Barony of
Balvaird is a
Scottish feudal
Crown Barony
(1624),
originally
granted to Sir
Andrew Murray in
March of 1624
and held by his
descendants, the
Earls of
Mansfield and
Mansfield, until
2017, when it
passed by
assignation to
the present
Baron. The name
is most likely
derived from the
Gaelic “Baile a'
Bhàird,” which
means ‘place of
the bard’. The
caput of the
Barony is
Balvaird Castle,
a 16th century
L-plan tower
house. Nearby
the caput is the
ancient rocking
Stone of
Balvaird that
was pushed off
its axis by
Oliver
Cromwell's men
during the
invasion of
Scotland in
1650. Historians
believe the
stone may have
been used to
render judgment
in Druidic
times.
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By Certificate
recorded in the
Land Register of
Scotland of date
November 8, 2017
the armiger is
infeft in All
and Whole the
lands of
Balvaird,
including its
caput, Balvaird
Castle. The
Lordship &
Barony of
Balvaird is
registered in
Volume 4 of the
Scottish Barony
Register of date
10 November
2017. Balvaird
is situated near
the Northern end
of the Ochil
Hills.
When in
Scotland, the
Brim-DeForest
family resides
at their family
seat, Blairlogie
Castle, at the
opposite end of
the Ochils
outside of
Stirling.
The Baron is a
Fellow of the
Society of
Antiquaries of
Scotland, an
elected Life
Fellow of the
Royal
Anthropological
Institute, an
elected Life
Fellow of the
Royal Asiatic
Society, an
elected Life
Fellow of the
Royal
Geographical
Society, a Life
Fellow of the
Royal Society of
Arts, a Fellow
of the
International
Napoleonic
Society, and a
Lifetime Member
of the Spalding
Gentlemen’s
Society,
Britain’s oldest
surviving
provincial
learned society.
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He
is the first
Lifetime Member
of the White
Lion Society, a
Lifetime Member
of the Royal
Celtic Society,
a Lifetime
Member of the
Royal Society of
St. George, a
Lifetime Member
of the Royal
Stuart Society,
and a member of
the Scottish
Heraldry
Society. He can
be called upon
at the Royal
Scots Club in
Edinburgh or the
National Liberal
Club in London.
The Baron is an
Officer of the
Order of Saint
John, Knight
Commander of the
Order of the
Immaculate
Conception of
Vila Viçosa, and
Knight Grand
Cross of the
Order of Prince
Danilo I. He is
Lord of the
Manor of West
Dereham in
Norfolk
(England), Lord
of the Manor of
Bowland, and is
a Life Member of
the Manorial
Society of Great
Britain. He is a
Burgess of
Glasgow, a
Member of the
Incorporation of
Maltmen, a
Burgess of
Edinburgh, and
holds the
Freedom of the
City of London.
He is a member
of Clan
Forrester, an
armigerous clan
whose seat was
once at Torwood
Castle, in
Stirling &
Falkirk.
The
armiger’s son,
heir to the
arms, is Huxley
Byron
Brim-DeForest
of Balvaird
Castle, ygr.
(0533) and
his daughter is
Hypatia
Brim-DeForest,
Maid of
Balvaird
(0534).
Illustrated
above left: The
Baron’s
sigillum,
designed by
heraldic artist
Tudor-Radu
Tiron, includes
the north
profile of
Balvaird Castle,
the Baron's
arms, and
several heraldic
devices
including the
Baron's oak
plant badge in
base. The
armiger has
recorded a
tartan in the
Scottish Tartan
Register:
Brim-DeForest of
Balvaird Castle
(Scottish Tartan
Register
#12457).
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Armorial Bearings of Brady
Brim-DeForest of Balvaird Castle, FSA
(Scot), FRAI, Baron of Balvaird
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