Grampian

Arms (crest) of Grampian
GRAMPIAN

Country :

  • United Kingdom
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    • Scotland

Incorporated into:

Status:

  • 1975-1996 Regional Council

Districts :

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Official blazon
English Azure, a saltire Argent, sur­ mounted at the fess point by an inescutcheon Gules, fimbriated Or, and charged with a cross­ crosslet fitchee Or, a bordure counter-compony of the First and Second. Above the Shield is placed a coronet appropriate to a statutory Region, videlicet:- a circlet richly chased, from which are issuant four thistles leaved (one and two halves visible) Or; and on a Com­partment below the Shield are set for Supporters, dexter, a ptarmigan Proper, and sinister, a unicorn Argent, armed, maned and un­ guled Or, and gorged with a collar Gules, from which is pendant an oval badge Azure, fimbriated Or, charged with a saltire Argent.

Origin/meaning

The arms are granted in March 1975.

The arms shows a St. Andrew's cross for Scotland within a bordure and a red esutcheon. The cross on the escutcheon is taken from the arms of the ancient Earldom of Mar. The supporters are the unicorn common to all Regional Councils, and a ptarmigan, a typical bird in the region.

Literature: Urquhart, 1979

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