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Daniel David Cooper McGeachie

Registered: The International Register of Arms, 6th June 2007. Registration No. 0107.

Arms: Sable, a chevron Argent between in chief 2 Gillyflowers each of five petals, and in base a Chrysanthemum of twelve petals Vert fimbriated Or.

Crest: A Leopard Sejant Rampant proper grasping with the fore paws a weaver’s Ell-Measure Sable

Motto:
PERITIA ET HONORE.

Grant: Warrant granted to David J. McGeachie - Court of the Lord Lyon - 25 May 2007.

The Arms of Daniel
                                                David Cooper McGeachie

When the armiger’s father, David James McGeachie, created these arms he was faced with the difficulty of a blank canvas, as no McGeachie had ever been granted Arms in either Scotland or Ireland.
After many hours of discussion with the family, it was decided that the basic layout for the shield would be a chevron with three charges. The reasoning behind this was that the armiger’s mother’s maiden name was Cooper and they had a rendition of Cooper arms which has the same layout (a chevron with three charges) which they all liked.  

The base colours of black and white were chosen to signify the armiger’s father’s thirty years as a martial artist taking part in Karate and Iaido. The charges are; two gillyflowers and a chrysanthemum.  The gillyflowers were taken from the armiger’s residence in Livingston and are similar to the charges used on the Livingston Development Corporation arms. The chrysanthemum is a reference to the armiger’s my father’s love of all things Japanese, including his martial arts and a particular brand of motorcycle manufacturer whose bikes he prefers to ride - their colour scheme usually being green, black and white. The number of petals in the chrysanthemum is also significant, as each petal represents a generation traced back so far on the McGeachie lineage.  The green (Vert) of the charges are another reference to the family roots going back to Ireland.  The fimbriation was necessary due to the rules of heraldry, having to place a metal between two colours.

The crest of the leopard and the ell-measure, is to represent the McGeachie family origins as weavers in Glasgow, Lanark in the 18th & 19th century and earlier back to Ireland. The leopard’s head is a charge on the Incorporation of Weavers arms from Glasgow which had been in existence from 1514 – 1905 (again as above, the same shield layout of a chevron and three charges). The Scottish ell-measure (usually 37 inches long) was once used by weavers to measure cloth in the marketplace.

The motto of "Peritia Et Honore" is another reference to the armiger’s father’s martial arts days and translates as: By Skill and Honour.

The Arms of the armiger's father are registered under David James McGeachie No 106.

 
 

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