Clan Blackadder Crest
Worn by all of the name and ancestry
Crest Description:
A dexter hand issuing from a Wreath grasping and brandishing aloft a sword, Proper
Clan Blackadder Coat of Arms
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Under Scottish heraldic law a coat of arms is awarded to an individual (with the exception of civic or corporate arms) . There is no such thing as a ‘family coat of arms’ The arms represented below are personal arms (with the above exceptions). Only the individual granted these arms has the right to use them. for more information see our pages on heraldry here:
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BLACKADDER of that Ilk
Azure, on a chevron, Argent, three roses, Gules
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Seal of Robert Blackadder, first Archbishop of Glasgow. St Kentigern is shown dressed as a monk, holding a book. The legendary salmon with the ring is beside him, and belowthem is a shield bearing the arms of Blackadder. Blackadder had used a different seal in his early years as bishop.