Hepburn Clan Crest
Hepburn 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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HEPBURN of Hailes
Gules, on a chevron, Argent, two lions, counter-passant, pulling at a rose, of the first.
HEPBURN, Earl of Bothwell
Quarterly, 1st and 4th, Or, a bend, Azure (for Vaux of Dirleton); 2nd and 3rd, Gules, on a chevron, Argent, two lions, counter-passant, pulling at a rose, of the first (for Hepburn).
James HEPBURN, 4th Earl of Bothwell, Duke of Orkney (c.1535-1578)
Quarterly, 1st, Gules, on a chevron, Argent, two lions, counter-passant, pulling at a rose, of the first (for Hepburn); 2nd, Azure, a lymphad (ship), Or, sails furled, Argent, within a double tressure, flory, counterflory, Or (for the Dukedom of Orkney); 3rd, Ermine, three chevronels, Gules (for the Lordship of Liddesdale); 4th, Or, a bend, Azure (for Vaux of Dirleton).