Saturday, 27 July 2019

Supporters of the Day: Savage, serpent and dove

Supporters of the Day: Robertson of Struan Matriculated July 1954 when Nora Mary Gordon was Herald Painter.

"On a compartment embellished with bracken, being his proper badge-plant of the Clan Robertson, along with a monstrous man chained proper uniformly regarded as an honourable additament granted in commemoration of his ancestor having captured the murderer of King James I, are set for supporters dexter a serpent Vert gorged with a ribband bow-tied Gules, sinister a dove Proper beaked and membered Azure collared Gules on its head a chapeau Azure furred Ermine."

This is a splendid achievement and has not only a tenant in the form of the monstrous man but also two supports in the form of the serpent and the dove. This thus provides a good bridge to the next week of Supporters of the Day which will look at supports - animals, birds and mythical beasts.