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Douglas Cochran
BA, MA, MS, FSA
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Registered: The
International Register
of Arms, 31st March
2014. Registration No.
0300. (Vol.2)
Arms:
A bear rampant Sable,
armed and langued Gules,
between three boar's
heads erased Azure,
armed Argent, placed two
and one, all within a
double tressure
thistle-counter-thistle
Gules.
Crest:
A stallion forcené
Argent.
Motto:
Fortunam
Meam Facio.
Registration:
The Bureau of Heraldry,
Republic of South
Africa, Government
Notice 541 in Government
Gazette 35517 of July
20th, 2012.
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The
arms were designed by
and the Deputy Director
of the South African
Bureau of Heraldry Mr.
Marcel van Rossum, OMBB
and the armiger. The
arms follow the Scottish
tradition by
incorporating aspects of
the arms of the Chief of
the Name Cochrane.
The black bear is the
state animal of the
armiger’s native state,
as well as the bear
representing the
attributes of the
armiger’s military
career and philosophy on
family. The boars are
taken from the Chief of
Clan Cochrane’s arms but
also represent the
necessary virtues of
bravery and tenacity.
The tressure of
thistle-counter-thistle
has the double meaning
of protecting what is
important, as well as
protecting the armiger’s
Scottish heritage and
history. The colour
silver (Argent) was
chosen to represent
sincerity as well as to
match the Chief of Clan
Cochrane’s arms.
Finally, the colour red
(Gules) of the tressure
represents the military
strength and echos the
red of the Chief’s
chevron.
The crest of a stallion
forcené represents a
readiness and
willingness to be
deployed for defence of
the country. The
stallion also echoes
that of the Chief of
Clan Cochrane.
The Motto Fortunam Meam
Facio (I make my fate)
is the personal motto of
the armiger and his
spouse. It is the
family’s personal belief
that everything they
have or will have in
life will be of their
making and not given.
Additionally, this motto
answers the Chief’s
motto in Scottish
tradition. With Courage
and Effort I make my
fate. It was later
discovered by the
armiger that this saying
was also used by the
great Shawnee War Chief
Tecumseh when he stated,
“It is true I am a
Shawnee. My forefathers
were warriors. Their son
is a warrior. From them
I take only my
existence; from my tribe
I take nothing. I am the
maker of my own
fortune”. Tecumseh was
born and lived in both
the armiger and his
spouse’s native state
which made the motto
even more appropriate.
The armiger considers
himself to be a simple
soldier.
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