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Supporters:
(granted to
the armiger solely for
the term of his life) Dexter:
A griffin Gules, wings
elevated, armed,
beaked and winged
Or Sinister: A raven
Sable proper.
Standard:
4 yards in length with
rounded unspoilt ends
having the Arms of
Sinclair (viz:- Argent,
a cross engrailed Sable)
in the hoist and of 4
tracts, bendy-wavy
Argent and Gules, with
the aforesaid badge
depicted and displayed 3
times, along with the
cri-de-guerre,
’HRAFNS-MERKI(L)’ in
letters Sable upon 2
transverse bands Or.
Badge:
A raven displayed and
volant Sable.
Mottoes:
Above Crest: 'Fortiter
Et Sincere'(Boldly and
sincerely)
Below Shield: 'Med Logum
Skal Land Byggja'(By law
shall the land be built
up)
Recorded:
Lyon Office Birthbrief
of Hew/Hugh Sinclair,
4th Laird-Baron of
Brough, c.1671-1714,
held within Joseph
Stacey, Ross
Herald(1663-86)'s
archival papers.
Registration:
Bureau of Heraldry,
Dept. of Arts and
Culture of South Africa,
regd. 21st June 2001
(H4/3/4/682), Govt.
Notice 446, Govt.
Gazette 23318, dated
18th April 2002 (arms),
Govt. Notice
1113,Govt.Gazette
25275,dated 8th August
2003(badge and standard)
- Certificate nos.3437
(arms, supporters and
compartment), 3438
(badge) and 3439
(standard), dated 30th
July 2004.
Further
Private
Registrations:
United States Heraldic
Registry: regd. 15th
February 2006, no.
20060215K (arms):
'Heraldische
Gemeinschaft Westfalen:
regd. May 2006, no. DEV
200006 (arms,supporters
and compartment).
Registro
Internacionale de Armas
Gentiticias (RIAG),
No.792, dated 14th
October 2015.
Registro Araldico
Italiano (RAI), no.573,
dated 13th December
2019.
The
armorial rendering (but
not standard and badge,
which were done by
Achievements Ltd.) was
originally depicted,
both in colour and
bookplate form by Max
Marnau.
The
arms are a revised
version of those of the
Shetlander
feudo-baronial Sinclair
family of Brough
(1563/87-1714), of which
the armiger (as Baron of
Brough) is the titular
representer; while the
supporters with the
lower motto and
badge/standard (in the
Norne dialect) allude to
the family's Norse
Viking heritage as cadet
descendants of the
dynastic 'Prince'-Jarls
(EARLS) of Orkney
(c.894-1470/1),
commemorating the
latter's part in the
historic Irish battle of
Clontarf (Good Friday
1014).
The armiger's maternal
line, the Jamaican-based
mercantile/planter cadet
branch of the Laing
family of
Pa(b/p)dale and Strynzi
(a/e), Orkney are
represented by the
crest's
sparrowhawk.
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