Monday, 24 June 2019

Governor of Edinburgh Castle

A warm welcome to Major General Alastair Bruce of Crionaich, OBE KStJ DL VR who takes over today as Governor of Edinburgh Castle and is, of course, a member of the Heraldry Society of Scotland!




Speaking of the Make and Model of a modern Major-General, this coat of arms, recorded in the Public Register of Arms and Armorial Bearings of Scotland in June 1919 caught my eye:

Major General Sir Archibald Cameron Macdonnell (Canada). "Or, an eagle displayed Gules surmounted by a galley Sable, sail furled and rigged Proper, on a chief indented of the Third a dexter hand erect couped and a cross crosslet fitchée both of the First".