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ADVOCATES, Dean and Faculty of (Scotland). Gules, a balance or, and a sword argent hilted and pommelled of the second placed saltirewise, surmounted of an escutcheon also of the second, charged with a lion rampant, within a double treasure flory, counterflory of the first. In an escroll above the shield is inscribed this motto, "Suum cuique," and surrounding the whole achievement is a belt azure, buckled and edged or, having thereon these words, "Sigillum facultatis juridicae."

[Matriculated in Lyon Register, 6th Feb. 1856.]

AFRICA. Refer to Union of South Africa and British West Africa and East Africa Protectorate; and see also British South Africa Company, Cape Colony, Natal, Transvaal, Orange River Colony, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Pretoria; Scotland, Company of, trading to Africa and the Indies; and see Central Africa, See of; and East Equatorial Africa, See of.

AFRICAN COMPANY, The Royal. (Incorporated 20th January 1662.) Or, an elephant azure, on his back a quadrangular castle argent, masoned proper; on the sinister tower a flag-staff and banner gules, on the dexter corner of the banner a canton argent, charged with a cross gules, on the dexter corner of the escutcheon a canton quarterly of France and England. Crest—On a ducal coronet or, an anchor erect sable, cabled of the first between two dragons' wings expanded argent, each charged with a cross gules. Supporters—Two African blacks proper, vested round the waist with a skirt argent, pearls in their ears and round their necks, banded round the temples or, thereon feathers erect of various Colours, each holding in his exterior hand an arrow or, barbed and flighted argent. Motto— "Regio floret patrocinio commercium commercioque regnum."

[Not recorded.]

AGHADOR. Refer to Limerick, Ardfert and Aghador, Bishop of

AGRAM (Hungary). Azure, behind an embattled wall argent, a mound proper, thereon a triple-towered castle in perspective, also argent between flowers on either side.

AIRDRIE (Lanarkshire). Has not matriculated any armorial bearings. Those used are for arms, argent, an eagle displayed with two heads sable, in chief a crescent . . . between two mullets pierced. Crest—A cock proper. Motto—"Vigilantibus." These arms are taken from those of Aitchison.

AIX-LA-CHAPELLE (Germany). Argent, an eagle displayed sable.