The "red lion" indicates a Ross ancestor as well as representing the "Lion of Scotland" and the armiger's association with the London Scottish Football Club. The "eastern Crown" is usually reserved for those of high rank who have served in India or the Far East and commemorates the service to India of the armiger's father, Sir Duncan James Macpherson. The crown or coronets is also found in the Arms of Grant (where it is described as an Antique Crown") and is here used with reference to one of the armiger's Christian names.
