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The arms of the former council<\/p>\n
synthesised charges found in the arms of several of the county’s prominent families. The stag’s head is\u00a0taken from the arms of the Calder family<\/p>\n one of the most ancient and important families in the region. The golden colour and the two water budgets, the items at the top of the\u00a0shield which resemble musical notes,\u00a0are taken from the arms of the Rose of Kilravock family<\/p>\n , another important local family, intermarried with the Calders. The red chevron is taken from the arms of the Brodie of Brodie family<\/p>\n , whereas the silver stars are taken from the arms of\u00a0a fourth important family, the Baillies of Lochloy,\u00a0 an illustration of which appears to be unavailable.<\/p>\n The nature of these arms, manifestly crafted to embrace\u00a0a range of locally meaningful emblems, makes them an obvious idea for use as a county flag – the armorial banner derived from them is thus\u00a0the\u00a0proposed flag for the county; the body that once bore these arms no longer being in existence. This\u00a0circumstance\u00a0is the same as that of Middlesex, Cheshire, Cumberland and Westmorland all of which now have county flags that were\u00a0once banners of\u00a0the arms of their respctive county councils.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The arms of the former council synthesised charges found in the arms of several of the county’s prominent families. The stag’s head is\u00a0taken from the arms of the Calder family one of the most ancient and important families in the region. The golden colour and … Continue reading ![\"Nairnshire](\"http:\/\/flags.abcounties.com\/files\/2014\/02\/Nairnshire-CC-Arms.jpg\")
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