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GED & GEDDES ARMS

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Officially Recorded in Scotland

Arms
Armiger
Blazon
Source
1)GEDDES of Glenqvhevm

2) & 3)GEDDES of that Ilk

4) GAIDEIS

Gules an inescutcheon Argent between three geds' heads couped Argent. 1) Forman's Armorial 1563 - FAL233

2) Slains Armorial 1565 - SL328

3) Lindsay of the Mount Secundus 1599

4)Seton Armorial 1591 - SN087

GED of that IlkAzure three geds or pikes haurient Or Sir James Balfour Paul's Scottish Ordinary.

1672-7

GEDDES of Rachan Gules an escutcheon Argent between three pike-heads (or geds' heads) couped Or. Sir James Balfour Paul's Scottish Ordinary.

1672-7

Sir William Guguid GEDDES

Principal of the University of Aberdeen

Azure three geds or luces naiant Or on a chief ermine a book expanded of the second between to greek crosses of the first. Sir James Balfour Paul's Scottish Ordinary.

1894

Alexander (Alistair) Francis GEDDES Azure three geds or luces naiant in pale Or, on a chief engrailed Ermine two Greek crosses of the first. An Ordinary of Arms
Volume II 1902-1973

20th July 1914 22/47

Rt. Hon. Sir Auckland Campbell GEDDES
1879-1954

1st Lord GEDDES

Azure three geds naiant Or, on a chief of the last as many boar's heads couped Sable armed Argent langued Gules. An Ordinary of Arms
Volume II 1902-1973

9th March 1942 34/51

Rt. Hon. Ross Campbell GEDDES
1907-1975

2nd Lord GEDDES

Azure three geds naiant Or, on a chief engrailed of the last as many boars' heads couped Sable armed Argent langued Gules. An Ordinary of Arms
Volume II 1902-1973

14th May 1956 40/144

Lt. Col. the Hon. Alexander Campbell GEDDES
1911-1972
Azure three geds naiant Or, on a chief engrailed of the last as many boars' heads couped Sable armed Argent langued Gules, within a bordure Or for difference. An Ordinary of Arms
Volume II 1902-1973

12th August 1964 47/62


GEDDES ARMS

Recorded Elsewhere.


Arms
Armiger
Blazon
Source/Notes
George GEDDES

Azure(?) three geds naiant Or(?).

(6) Recumbent slab, 71J by 32 in., containing centrally a shield in low relief flanked by the initials G G and M S and bearing three geds naiant. Below are the initials IG IG MG AG and in the base is an incised skull with a bone in its jaw and the motto Memento Mori. Within lines the inscription reads: HEIR. LYIS. ANE. HONEST / MAN. CALIT. GEORG. GEDDES. SWMTYM. IN. DWELLER / IN. THE. WALKMYLNE / WHA. DEPAIRIT. THE. 12. OF. APRIL. 1632. AND. HIS. SPOWS = MARIORI. SIMSON // WHA DEPAIRIT THE 28 IAIAWARY 1628
John Di Folco's
KIRKYARDS IN THE LAICH OF MORAY: AN ILLUSTRATED SURVEY

(1966-67) p252

Euan Michael Ross
GEDDES
3rd Lord Geddes

Azure three geds naiant Or on a chief engrailed of the last as many boars' heads couped Sable armed Argent langued Gules. Debretts Perrage & Baronetage 1990