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The late John Alexander Duncan of Sketraw, KCN, FSA Scot. 1953 - 2022

Registered: The International Register of Arms, 8th October 2006. Registration No. 0067.

Arms: Gules a chevronel Or in chief two cinquefoils and in base a dragon’s head couped holding between its teeth a sword in bend sinister hilt upward Argent hilt Or pommel Argent.

Crest: On waves of the sea Argent a lymphad proper under sail Or flagged Gules the sail charged with a clarion Gules.

Motto: Savour the Moment

Pennon: Upon a Pennon of 120 centimetres long to these Liveries Or and Gules Arms in the hoist bearing the motto 'Savour The Moment' in two lines counterchanged.

Grant: The Court of the Lord Lyon, 14th December 2007. Register, volume 88, folio 7.

Conferral: by S. A. R. Don Carlos de Borbón-Dos Sicilias y de Borbón-Parma, Duque de Calabria, Conde de Caserta, Infante de España as a Knight Jure Sanguinis, Motu Proprio, Sacred Military Constantinian Order of St George. 28th November 2006, Book 4, Folio 56, No. 3002

The Arms of John A.
                                                Duncan of Sketraw

The armiger was a member of The Royal Celtic Society established in 1820 in Edinburgh Scotland.

Duncan is one of the oldest names in Scotland dating back to the early Celtic Scots infiltration of Scotland from Ireland c500AD and the creation of the Kingdom of Dalriada in South West Scotland.  One of the first early records of the name was King Dunchad (Duncan) mac Conaing who co-ruled Dalriada with Conall II (c650 – 654AD). Other early accounts of the name are Dunchad (Duncan) the 11th Abbot of Iona c707 – 717AD; King Duncan I (c1034 – 1040AD); Duncan II (1093- 1094AD) and Donnchad in the 11c. Celtic Book of Deer. 

Arms - Duncan of
                                                          Sketraw
                                                          impaled with
                                                          The Armorial
                                                          Register

The first known record of a Duncan armiger was Duncane, Hague Roll 1592. Argent, a chevron Sable between two stars Gules and a hunting-horn Sable, stringed Gules.  

The armiger kept his arms primarily recognisable as Duncan and based his grant of arms on that of Alexander Duncan of Seaside; Gules, a chevron Or between two cinquefoils in chief and a hunting-horn in base Argent garnished Azure. Register of all Armorial Bearings, Scotland (The Lyon Register) 1672. 

left: Duncan of Sketraw impaled with The Armorial Register Ltd.

The Pennon of John A,
                                                      Duncan of Sketraw

The dragon’s head with a sword in its mouth represents the Armiger’s 13 year service in the Royal Army Dental Corps and his choice of Crest illustrates his love of sailing and his Scots origins. The clarion shows the armigers participation as a musician in Scottish Music for over 30 years. 

John Duncan of Sketraw’s ancestors have worked the land for over 300 years in the North East of Scotland with the earliest known ancestor so far found being James Duncan, Huntly, Aberdeenshire around 1695.

The Armiger has three sons Gavin George Duncan of Sketraw, ygr No.0068, Euan Michael Duncan No.0221 and Angus James Duncan. His wife Susan Teresa Duncan of Sketraw uses the armigers arms as a courtesy.

 

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