The hand holding the "letter Argent" commemorates an ancestor who was Prince Charlies's courier between Perth and the Palace of Holyrood House in 1745. The stars are taken from the Arms of Sutherland to suggest the district in which the armiger's ancestors settled. his paternal grandmother was also a Sutherland.Crest: the cat is also holding a letter.
Motto: Na Bean; Gaelic for "Touch Not".
