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TO ALL
AND SUNDRY WHOM THESE PRESENTS DO OR MAY CONCERN
We, Robin Orr Blair, Lieutenant
of the Royal Victorian Order, Writer to Her Majesty's
Signet, Lord Lyon King of Arms, send greeting: Whereas
GRAHAM NASSAU GORDON SENIOR-MILNE (formerly Graham Nassau Gordon
Milne), BARON OF MORDINGTON, in the County of
Berwick, residing at 39 Castle Street, Norham, in the
County of Northumberland, and formerly at Edrington
House, Mordington, in the County of Berwick, having by
petition unto us of date 26 May 2002 Shewn:
THAT he,
the Petitioner, born Oxford in the County of Oxford 29
September 1955 [who married Shipbourne in the County of
Kent 25 June 1983 Annabel Catherine Margaret Horsfield
and has issue by her an elder son James Nassau Gordon
Milne (born London 2 July 1985), a second son Hugh
Nicholas Milne (born Edinburgh 27 March 1991) and an only
daughter Georgina Thea Gordon Milne (born
Berwick-upon-Tweed in the County of Northumberland 23
October 1992)] is the elder son of the late Denys Gordon
Milne, Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the
British Empire, and his wife (married Oxford 5 July 1951)
Pamela Mary, daughter and co-heiress of Oliver Nassau
Senior; THAT the Petitioner's said mother
is the senior heraldic co-heiress of Ascanius William
Senior, Pylewell House, near Lymington, High Sheriff of
Hampshire who was of date 26 March 1767 granted certain
Ensigns Armorial under the hands and seals of Garter King
of Arms and Clarenceux King of Arms which Ensigns
Armorial the petitioner may now enjoy as a quartering; THAT by Disposition of
date 28 May 1998 recorded in the General Register of
Sasines for the County of Berwick of date 16 June 1998
the Petitioner and his spouse were infeft in All and
Whole the Lands and Barony of Mordington and that by
further Disposition of date 12 February 2004 the
Petitioner's said spouse disponed to the Petitioner her
interest in the dominium directum of the said Lands and
Barony and accordingly the Petitioner was infeft in the
said barony as at 11 November 2004; AND the Petitioner having
prayed (Primo) that he might be Officially
Recognised in the name Graham Nassau Gordon Senior-Milne,
Baron of Mordington and (Secundo) that he might be
granted such Ensigns Armorial as might be found suitable
according to the Laws of Arms to be borne quarterly with
the foresaid Ensigns Armorial for Senior, together with
the additaments appropriate to a feudal baron in the
baronage of Scotland; Know Ye Therefore that Conform to Our
Warrant of date 20 December 2004 We have (Primo) OFFICIALLY RECOGNISED
as We do by These Presents OFFICIALLY RECOGNISE the
Petitioner in the name of Graham Nassau Gordon
Senior-Milne, Baron of Mordington, and (Secundo) Assigned, Ratified
and Confirmed as We do by These Presents Assign, Ratify
and Confirm unto the Petitioner and his descendants with
such due and congruent differences as may hereafter be
severally matriculated for them the following Ensigns
Armorial as depicted upon the margin hereof, and
matriculated of even date with These Presents upon the
111th page of the 86th Volume of Our Public Register of
All Arms and Bearings in Scotland, VIDELICIT:-
Azure, a cross moline between four fleurs de lys Or; which Ensigns
Armorial are to be borne quarterly with the Ensigns
Armorial for Senior in the following manner, VIDELICIT:-
Quarterly, first and fourth, Azure a cross moline between
four fleur de lys Or; second and third per fess Gules and
Azure, a fess Ermine between in chief two lions' heads
erased Or and in base a dolphin naiant embowed Argent. Above the Shield is
placed a chapeau Gules furred Ermine (in respect of his
feudal barony of Mordington), thereon an Helm befitting
his degree with a Mantling Azure doubled Or, and on a
Wreath of the Liveries is set for the Crest the
head, neck and wings of a swan bearing in its beak a
Tudor rose Proper seeded Or, and in an Escrol over the
same this motto "Honore et Amore"; which
chapeau is destined to the Petitioner and his heirs in
the said barony of Mordington; by demonstration of which
Ensigns Armorial he and his successors in the same are
amongst all Nobles and in all Places of Honour to be
taken, accounted, numbered and received as Nobles in the
Noblesse of Scotland: In Testimony Whereof We have Subscribed
These Presents and the Seal of Our Office is affixed
hereto at Edinburgh, the 30th day of October in the 56th
Year of the Reign of Our Sovereign Lady Elizabeth the
Second, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and of Her Other
Realms and Territories, Queen, Head of the Commonwealth,
Defender of the Faith, and in the year of Our Lord Two
Thousand and seven.
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