Clan Allardice Crest
Worn by all of the name and ancestry
Crest Description:
A demi-savage holding in the dexter hand a scymitar, all Proper
Clan Allardice 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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Arms: Argent, a fess waved gules between 3 boar’s heads erased sable. (Silver/white shield, with a wavy red band between 3 black boars heads)
The Official Coat of Arms of the Chief of the Allardice Family granted by the Lord Lyon on 12 March 2007. (These are Richard’s Personal Arms as Chief)
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This crest was quartered and matriculated by Mrs Margaret Barclay Allardice in 1883 as follows:
Quarterly, 1 and 4, argent, a fesse wavy gules, between three boars’ heads erased sable, armed and langued of the second (for Allardice of Allardice); 2. Azure, a chevron and in chief three crosses patee agent (for Barclay of Ury); 3. Quarterly i. and ii. argent on a chief sable, three escallops or ii. and iii. or, a fesse cheqy azure and argent, in a chief a chevronel gules (for Graham, Earls of Menteith and Airth). Mantling – gules, doubled argent. Crests – upon the dexter side, upon a wreath of the liveries, a naked man from the middle, in his dexter hand a scimitar all proper; and in an escroll over the same this Motto, “In defence of the distressed” (for Allardice),. and upon the sinister side, on a wreath of the liveries, a Bishop’s mitre or; and in an escroll over the same this Motto, “In cruce spero” (for Barclay). Livery – light blue with white facings.
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Allardice of that Ilk