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Aeofric Lachlan Bryan Nicolson of
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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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