Many of the members of the Heraldry Society are armigerous, ie. they have a coat of arms. This gives us an opportunity to introduce you to the wide range of designs and styles that are used for modern, and ancient, heraldry. The arms are organised by the member’s surname.
Assumed in Denmark by the member, 1979.
Artist: Sunil Saigal.
Registro Internacional de Armas Gentilicias (RIAG), Spain. number: 860, 6th October 2017 / The International Register of Arms, 14th April 2021. Registration No. 0595
Artist: Ignacio Koblischek (RIAG). Designed by Miguel Ángel Salgado Fuentes.
| The College of Arms = Granted 17th March 2026 (Saint Patrick’s Day) |
Artist: Doctor Dominic Ingram, Chester Herald
Badge: A wake knot compony Or and Sable each end terminating in a Dragon’s head Gules
The Arms include references to the Armigers Father and Grandfather. Vair was chosen as a reference to Red Squirrels which appeared in the Arms of the Samuel family in the sixteenth century. The three pigs heads represent the Armigers children and are included as the pig is an intelligent but under-regarded animal. The colours in chief are indicative of Glyn’s Father who worked with precious metals and his Grandfather who worked in the oil industry. The engrailing appears like postage stamp perforations as the Armiger’s Father was a well-known philatelist.
The dragons wings in the crest allude to a Welsh heritage. The Badge of a Carrick bend (Wake knot) references Irish lineage on his Mother’s side.
The Armiger is the Worshipful Chancellor and Vicar-General of the Diocese of Coventry, Deputy Chancellor of the Diocese of Leeds and Deputy Chancellor of the Diocese of Birmingham.
College of Arms, 16 May 2005 Volume 170, Page 315.
Warrant signed by the Lord Lyon, Scotland
Feudal Baron of Blantyre
Arms assumed (USA) 27 September 1997.
Artist: Andrew Jamieson.
Assumed 28 July 2021 in the United States of America; Armorial Register International Register of Arms, 4th August 2021, Registration No. 0605 (Vol.4).
Artist: John Duncan of Sketraw.
The arms communicate the faith of the armiger, her participation in music, particularly vocal, and a love of art and writing. Azure and Argent are the armiger’s favourite colours and symbolize spirituality and purity. The voice of the bluebird symbolizes vocal music, and its feathers symbolize quills for art and writing. The bordure Sable symbolizes safe space.
By the Herald of Arms of Castille- Leon, Don Alfonso de Ceballos- Escalera y De Gila, Spain, 2019. Archivo del Cronista de Armas de Castilla y Leon, registrada al numero 17 del minutario del ano 2019
The International Register of Arms, 6th March 2006. Registration No. 0033
Artist: George Lasecki
The College of Arms, 2008.
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