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Registered: The
International Register
of Arms, 27th April
2026. Registration No.
0793 (Vol.5).
Arms:
Gules, a chevron Argent,
between in chief two
Pisan crosses of the
Second and in base a
boar’s head cabossed Or,
armed and langued of the
Second.
Crest:
Above the shield is
placed an Helm befitting
his degree with a Mantling
Gules doubled Argent
and on a Wreath of the
Liveries is set
for Crest issuant
from a bell tower
Proper, a demi-unicorn
unchained forcene
reguardant Argent,
armed, crined and
unguled Or.
Motto:
Pro Deo Et Familia.
Grant:
Court
of the Lord Lyon.
Entered in the
Public Register of
All Arms and
Bearings in Scotland
on the 3rd
of September 2025 on
the 119th page of the
94th Volume.
Illustrated
by Kevin Greig.
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The
armiger can
trace his name
as far back as
the birth of his
great, great
grandfather (a
foundling) in
Pisa, Grand
Duchy of
Tuscany, between
1831 and 1832,
but no further.
The Pisan
crosses Argent
on a background
Gules symbolise
the city of
Pisa, with both
these tinctures
plus Or also
from the arms of
the Grand Duchy
of Tuscany.
Wild boars are
native to
Tuscany,
particularly the
mountainous
north, from
where the
armiger's family
originates. They
also feature in
Scottish
heraldry,
including the
crest of Clan
Campbell, his
maternal
grandmother’s
clan. Cabossed
adds symmetry to
the shield,
albeit that this
form of heraldic
decapitation is
unusual for
boars.
By 1834 the
armiger's great,
great
grandfather
(aged 2) was
living with his
adoptive parents
(neither of whom
bore his
surname) in
Barga, Grand
Duchy of
Tuscany. In
1910, it was
from Barga (by
then in the
Kingdom of
Italy) that his
grandson (the
armiger's
grandfather)
emigrated to
Scotland,
becoming
naturalised in
1949. The bell
tower is from
the Collegiate
Church of St
Christopher in
Barga, the
town’s most
prominent
landmark. The
unicorn,
quintessentially
Scottish, is
escaping but
looks back to
where he came
from. No chains,
of course, or he
wouldn’t have
made it all the
way to Scotland.
The motto
translates to
For God and
Family.
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