Douglas Family Mottoes
Audax et promptus |
Bold and ready |
Douglas of Castle-Douglas; |
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Do or die |
Douglases of Cavers |
Domat omnia virtus |
Virtue conquers all things |
Douglas Scotti |
Durate |
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Douglas of Earnslaw |
Extinctus orior |
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Douglases of Angus |
Fortis et aequus |
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Douglas of Whiterigs |
Fortis et fidelis |
Brave and faithful |
Douglas of Garrallan |
Fortune le veut |
Fortune so wills it |
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God for us |
God for us |
Douglas of Tilquhillie |
Honor et Amor |
Love and honour |
Douglas of Bonjedward |
In cruce glorior |
I glory in the cross |
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Jamais arrière |
Never behind |
Douglases of Angus; Douglases of Brigton
and Cruckstown; Douglases of Morton; Douglas de Monreal,
France |
Lock sicker |
Be sure* |
Douglases of Morton; Douglas-Scotti |
Meliora sperando |
By hoping better things / Better fortunes in expectancy |
Douglas of Cliftonhall |
Nunquam retrorsum |
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Douglas-Scotti |
Per varios casus |
By various fortunes |
Lord Glenbervie |
Petiti ardua virtus |
Virtue seeks difficulties |
Douglas of Bridgeford |
Pro patria |
For my country |
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Quae serata secura |
Things locked up are safe |
Douglas of Mains; Douglas of Barloch |
Que serata securi |
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Douglas of Kilhead |
Quid verisimili verius |
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Douglas-Scotti |
Sans tache |
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Viscount Belhaven
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Sapientia et veritas |
Wisdom and truth |
Douglas of Baads
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Spero meliora |
I hope for better things |
Douglases of Morton |
Sursum |
Upwards |
Probably Douglas of Garvald |
Tandem fit surculus arbor |
A shoot (or bush) at length becomes a
tree |
Douglas of Tilquhillie |
Tendre et Fidèle |
Tender and True |
Douglas in France |
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Tendir and trewe |
Douglas of Grangemuir |
Toujours en avant |
Always in front |
Douglas of Dundarrach |
Viresco |
I become green (or I flourish?) |
Monteath Douglas*** |
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What tyde |
Archibald 'the grim', Earl of Douglas |
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Forward Brave Heart as thou would ever wont**
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Forward |
Douglases of Drumlanrig, Queensberry and
Kelhead; Lord Mordington; |
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Dum vivimus
vivamus |
While we live let us live |
See below |
These details are contributed.
* My translation is 'Keep secure', and my personal motto is 'A lock
sicker', meaning 'I keep secure'
** As used by the Douglas-Pulleynes
***There are three mottoes on the
Monteath Douglas
mausoleum: Jamais Arriere, Quae serata secura and Viresco.
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A
Douglas seal with the winged heart crest has the motto
'Dum vivimus
vivamus' (While we live let us live). 'Dum vivimus
vivamus' is used by the Doddridge family. Is there a Douglas
connection?
Any contributions will be
gratefully accepted
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