DALKEITH (Edinburghshire).

DALKEITH (Edinburghshire). Has not matriculated any armorial bearings. Those in use are. Quarterly: i, the arms of Graham (or, on a chief sable, three escallops) ; 2, the arms of Douglas (argent, a man's heart imperially crowned all proper, on a chief azure three mullets of the field) ; 3, the arms of Scott (or, on a bend azure, a star of six points between three crescents of the field); 4, a representation of the old Church of Dalkeith, over all on an inescutcheon a representation of the Palace of Dalkeith with two crowns in chief. Supporters — Two armour-clad warriors each holding a Lochaber axe. Motto — " Olim custodes semper defensores."

[This coat about i860 was selected after public competition by the local Volunteers, then the Town Trustees "jumped" it, so did the Police Commissioners, and now the Burgh has appropriated it, and from beginning to end it is bogus and nobody has a right to it. What a place Dalkeith must be.]

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