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EUR ING David Ayre, BA BSc BSc(Hons) MSc DMS, Baron of Kilmarnock

Registered: The International Register of Arms, 27th March 2007. Registration No. 0100. (Lordship & Barony Register)

Arms: Per saltire Argent and Azure, in chief a hind's head couped at the neck Proper, in base four gouttes Sable one, two and one, in each flank an antique crown Or, an enarched chief chequy Vert and Or.

Crest: On a Wreath of the Liveries is set for Crest a greylag goose rising wings elevated and addorsed Proper.

Motto: AD MELIORA INSURGO

Badge: As Baron of Kilmarnock, two concentric circles, the outer having at each of the four cardinal points the horn of a trumpet pointing outwards Gules.

Standard: The Badge is depicted in the first and third compartments and the crest in the centre compartment upon a Standard three and a half metres in length of four tracts Azure and Argent, split at the end, having the said Arms in the hoist, with the Motto in letters Argent upon transverse bands Gules.

The Arms of David
                                                Ayre of Kilmarnoch,
                                                Baron of Kilmarnock

Granted: Court of the Lord Lyon, 83rd page of the 85th Volume of the Public Register of All Arms and Bearings in Scotland.

Academic Qualifications: BA, BSc, BSc (Hons), MSc, DMS.

The armiger’s forebears are Ulster-Scots (Hindman, Gordon, Reid, McMath, McKeag, Alexander). His paternal family - many of whom are registered Ayr - are formerly 'de Ayr' and of Ayrshire territorial origin. The Baron of Kilmarnock is the first of the Ayre name to be graciously granted Armorials in Scotland by the Lord Lyon, King of Arms.

The Arms were devised to associate the Ayre family with the feudal Lordship & Barony of Kilmarnock for all time. The Vert and Or chequy is taken from the shield of the old Burgh of Kilmarnock and is a reference to the Arms of Thomas Boyd of Kilmarnock, the original owner of the Barony. The antique crowns emphasise its great historical importance.

The hind's head (from Hindman) is a reference to the armiger’s maternal family. The four gouttes represent crude oil and the owner's career (over a quarter of a century) in the Scottish oil & gas industry.

Greylag geese are residents and visitors to Scotland. The armiger and his wife watch their great flight formations as they migrate every year. They symbolise the adventure and benefits of travel, and the spending of winter months abroad. A greylag goose shown rising to complement the motto 'I rise to greater things' was chosen by the Baroness for the Crest.

The Standard of Eur
                                                Ing David Ayre of
                                                Kilmarnock, Baron of
                                                Kilmarnock

 

 
 

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