In January 1825, arms were granted to Peter Arkley of Dunninauld.
Or on a Chevron Azure a garb of the First, in chief two stars Gules.
The previous year, the armiger had commissioned from the architect James Gillespie Graham, the building of Dunninald Castle near Montrose, the site of a much older building. Sadly, Mr Arkley died in December of 1825 and is buried in near Montrose.