MacTavish Clan Crest
Crest Description: A boar’s head erased Or, langued Proper
MacTavish Coats of Arms
A note on Coats of Arms:
Under Scottish heraldic law a coat of arms is awarded to an individual (with the exception of civic or corporate arms) . There is no such thing as a ‘family coat of arms’ The arms represented below are personal arms (with the above exceptions). Only the individual granted these arms has the right to use them. for more information see our pages on heraldry here:
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Edward Stewart Dugald MACTAVISH OF DUNARDRY
Chief of Clan MacTavish
Quarterly, 1st and 4th, Argent, a buck’s head cabossed Gules attired Or on a chief engrailed Azure a cross crosslet fitchèe between two mullets of the first; 2nd and 3rd, Gyronny of eight Sable and Or. Lyon Court.
2003
Chief of Clan MacTavish
Quarterly, 1st and 4th, Argent, a buck’s head cabossed Gules attired Or on a chief engrailed Azure a cross crosslet fitchèe between two mullets of the first; 2nd and 3rd, Gyronny of eight Sable and Or. Lyon Court.
2003
MACTAVISH OF GARTBEG
Quarterly 1st & 4th Gyronny of eight Sable and Or 2nd & 3rd Argent a stag’s head cabossed Gules attired Or on a chief engrailed Azure a cross crosslet fitchee between two mullets of the third within a bordure Or. Sir James Balfour Paul’s Scottish Ordinary.
1793
Quarterly 1st & 4th Gyronny of eight Sable and Or 2nd & 3rd Argent a stag’s head cabossed Gules attired Or on a chief engrailed Azure a cross crosslet fitchee between two mullets of the third within a bordure Or. Sir James Balfour Paul’s Scottish Ordinary.
1793
MACTAVISH OF GARTBEG
Quarterly 1st & 4th Gyronny of eight Sable and Or 2nd & 3rd Argent a stag’s head cabossed Gules attired Or on a chief engrailed Azure a cross crosslet fitchee between two mullets of the third within a bordure Or. Sir James Balfour Paul’s Scottish Ordinary.
1793
Quarterly 1st & 4th Gyronny of eight Sable and Or 2nd & 3rd Argent a stag’s head cabossed Gules attired Or on a chief engrailed Azure a cross crosslet fitchee between two mullets of the third within a bordure Or. Sir James Balfour Paul’s Scottish Ordinary.
1793
Arms of the current Chief, Steven Edward MacTavish. He was granted new arms by the Lyon Court in 2014. The shield, crest and colors are different from his father’s arms.