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WALTER Stewart
Ancestor of Belladrum, etc.
WALTER STEWART, son of ALEXANDER, Earl of Buchan (S.) , was ancestor of the Stewarts of Belladrum and Kinchardin, Strathaven (?), Strathdown (?).
Arms: on his Seal.--A fess chequy between three open crowns (Macdonald).
Arms: of Stewart of Strathaven or Strathdown (Burke), recorded by John Stuart, King of France´s Bodyguard, 1776.-1 and 4. Gold, a fess chequy blue and silver between two red antique crowns in chief and a black boar´s head couped in base. 2 and 3. Blue, a bend between six cross crosslets fitchy gold. CREST: A derni lion rampant proper. MOTTO: "Nobilis_ira" (Lyon Register). [Plate III., fig. 47.]