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'''LOTHIAN''' (Regional Council) | '''LOTHIAN''' (Regional Council) | ||
Additions : 1975 [[East Lothian]], [[Midlothian]] and [[West Lothian]] County Councils, [[Edinburgh]] city <br> | Additions: 1975 [[East Lothian]], [[Midlothian]] and [[West Lothian]] County Councils, [[Edinburgh]] city <br> | ||
Incorporated into : 1996 [[East Lothian]], [[Midlothian]], [[West Lothian]] Area Councils, [[Edinburgh]] city <br/> | Incorporated into : 1996 [[East Lothian]], [[Midlothian]], [[West Lothian]] Area Councils, [[Edinburgh]] city <br/> | ||
[[File:lothian.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | [[File:lothian.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
===Official blazon=== | |||
Azure, a saltire Argent, surmounted at the fess point by an inescutcheon Gules, fimbriated Or, and charged with a sun in splendour Or, a bordure counter-compony of the First and Second. | Azure, a saltire Argent, surmounted at the fess point by an inescutcheon Gules, fimbriated Or, and charged with a sun in splendour Or, a bordure counter-compony of the First and Second. | ||
Above the Shield is placed a coronet appropriate to a statutory Region, videlicet:- a circlet richly chased, from which are issuant four thistles leaved (one and two halves visible) Or; and on a Compartment below the Shield are set for Supporters, dexter, a lion rampant Vert, armed and langued Gules, and sinister, a unicorn Argent, armed, maned and unguled Or, and gorged with a collar Gules, from which is pendant an oval badge Azure, fimbriated Or, charged with a saltire Argent. | Above the Shield is placed a coronet appropriate to a statutory Region, videlicet:- a circlet richly chased, from which are issuant four thistles leaved (one and two halves visible) Or; and on a Compartment below the Shield are set for Supporters, dexter, a lion rampant Vert, armed and langued Gules, and sinister, a unicorn Argent, armed, maned and unguled Or, and gorged with a collar Gules, from which is pendant an oval badge Azure, fimbriated Or, charged with a saltire Argent. | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms are granted on May 7, 1976. | The arms are granted on May 7, 1976. | ||
The arms shows a St. Andrew's cross for Scotland within a bordure and a red esutcheon. The sun on the escutcheon is the ancient symbol of the Earldom of Lothian. The supporters are the unicorn common to all Regional Councils, and a green lion, taken from the arms of Midlothian County Council. The Lothian Region was divided into four districts : East Lothian, Midlothian, West Lothian, Edinburgh city | The arms shows a St. Andrew's cross for Scotland within a bordure and a red esutcheon. The sun on the escutcheon is the ancient symbol of the Earldom of Lothian. The supporters are the unicorn common to all Regional Councils, and a green lion, taken from the arms of Midlothian County Council. The Lothian Region was divided into four districts : East Lothian, Midlothian, West Lothian, Edinburgh city | ||
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{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Literature]] : Urquhart, 1979 | [[Civic Heraldry Literature - United Kingdom|'''Literature''']]: | ||
Urquhart, 1979 | |||
[[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities L]] | [[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities L]] | ||
[[Category:Scotland]] | [[Category:Scotland]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1976]] | [[Category:Granted 1976]] | ||