Argent, a stag's head cabossed Gules, on a chief Azure a thunderbolt
Proper
winged Or, between two spur revels of the field. [1866]
Crest: A cubit arm erect vested Azure, cuffed Argent,
the hand grasping five
ears of rye Proper.
Supporters:
Dexter: A student of the University of Glasgow, habited [Gules],
holding
in the dexter hand a marine voltmeter.
Sinister:
A sailor habited [Azure], holding in the dexter hand a coil,
the rope passing
through the sinister, and
suspended therefrom a sinker of a sounding machine, all Proper.
Motto (over the crest):
Honesty without fear.
- Exhibit: Lord of the Realm.
- A thunderbolt Proper winged Or is the crest of the Clan Carnegie. We don't know if Lord Kelvin was claiming this affiliation.
- [2004-08-07] Stephen Plowman confirms and expands our previous armorial information by providing scanned copies of Lord Kelvin's biography and the picture reproduced at right from:
New Extinct Peerage 1884-1971
by Leslie G. Pine
Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore MD (1973)
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