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Scotland

KINCARDINE (County Council)

Incorporated into : 1975 Grampian (Area Council)

Motto : Laus Deo (Praise to God)

Origin/meaning :
The arms were granted in 1927.

The arms show in the upper part the sword, crown and sceptre of Scotland, and in the base Dunottar Castle. The arms refer to a very important event in Scottish history. In 1651 William Keith, the 6th Earl Marischal, took the Scottosh regalia to Dunottar Castle for safekeeping against the army of Oliver Cromwell. The castle was subsequently besieged and the changes of holding the castle were slim. The castle governor, George Ogilvy of Barras and the minister of nearby Kinneff parish, James Granger, mananged to smuggle the regalia out of the castle and buried them under the floor of th eparish church. They remaine dthere safely until restoration of the monarchy in 1660.

The motto is taken from the arms of the Viscount of Arbuthnott, as the 14th Viscount was Lord Lieutenant of the county.

Literature : Urquhart, 1979


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