Clan Chisholm Crest
Worn by all of the name and ancestry
A dexter hand holding a dagger erect, Proper, the point thereof transfixing a boar’s head erased, Or
Clan Chisholm Coat of Arms
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CHISHOLM
Gules a boar’s head couped Argent. Alexander Nisbet’s A System of Heraldry 1722
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1) CHISHOLM OF CHISHOLM
2) Mrs Mary CHISHOLM or GOODEN
3) Mrs CHISHOLM BATTEN
4) James Chisholm GOODEN-CHISHOLM
Gules a boar’s head couped Or. Sir James Balfour Paul’s Scottish Ordinary;
1a) 1st matric 1816
1b) 2nd matric 1831
2) 1827
3) 1860
4) 1887
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1) CHISHOLM OF COMER
2) Capt Roderick CHISHOLM OF CHISHOLM
3) Andrew Francis Hamish CHISHOLM OF CHISHOLM
Gules a boar’s head couped Or langued Azure. 1) Sir James Balfour Paul’s Scottish Ordinary;
1760
2) An Ordinary of Arms Volume II 1902-1973
29th March 1938 33/12 *
3) Lyon Register 12 Dec 1998 (BLG Scotland)
* also Alistair Hamish Wiland Andre Fraser Chisholm of Chilsholm yrg – Debruised of three point label during his father’s lifetime
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William CHISHOLM
Writer, Edinburgh Gules a boar’s head couped Or within a bordure nebuly of the second. Sir James Balfour Paul’s Scottish Ordinary
1672-7
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SCOTT CHISHOLM OF STIRCHES Quarterly 1st & 4th Gules a boar’s head and neck couped Argent 2nd & 3rd Or on a bend Azure a mullet Argent between two crescents of the first within a bordure of the second charged with two crescents in chief and a mullet in base as of the former. Sir James Balfour Paul’s Scottish Ordinary
1853
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Aeneas CHISHOLM
Roman Catholic Bishop in Aberdeen Gules a boar’s head couped Or langued Azure within a bordure engrailed Vert charged with three mitres Argent. An Ordinary of Arms Volume II 1902-1973
6th March 1902 16/78
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Ruari Ian Lambert CHISHOLM Gules a boar’s head couped Or langued Azure within a bordure Argent for difference. An Ordinary of Arms Volume II 1902-1973
19th April 1939 33/60
[brother of Alistair Hamish Wiland Andre Fraser Chisholm]
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Henry John CHISHOLM
Australia Gules a boar’s head erased Or armed proper langued Azure within a bordure invected Vert charged with three estoiles of eight points of the second. An Ordinary of Arms Volume II 1902-1973
30th November 1961 46/89
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CHISHOLM OF CROMLIX Gules a boar’s head couped Argent langued Azure accompanied by a mitre in dexter chief and an open book in base both Or. An Ordinary of Arms Volume II 1902-1973
20th December 1954 40/71
Described as Arms of affection for Chisholm of Cromlix (3rd quarter) of Hon. Evelyn Vane DRUMMOND OF CROMLIX or EDEN
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