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THE BLAZON
Per saltire Argent and Azure, in chief a hind's head couped at the neck Proper, in base four gouttes Sable one, two and one, in each flank an antique crown Or, an enarched chief chequy Vert and Or.
Above the Shield, behind which is draped a feudo-baronial mantle Gules doubled of silk Argent, fur-edged of miniver and collar Ermine and fastened on the right shoulder by five spherical buttons Or, is placed a chapeau Gules furred Ermine, thereon an Helm with a Mantling Azure doubled Argent, and on a Wreath of the Liveries is set for Crest a greylag goose rising wings elevated and addorsed Proper, and in an Escrol over the same this Motto "AD MELIORA INSURGO".
For the Badge (as Baron of Kilmarnock) two concentric circles, the outer having at each of the four cardinal points the horn of a trumpet pointing outwards Gules, which Badge is depicted in the first and third compartments and the said Crest in the centre compartment upon a Standard three and a half metres in length of four tracts Azure and Argent, split at the end, having the said Arms in the hoist, with the Motto "AD MELIORA INSURGO" in letters Argent upon two transverse bands Gules.
The 83rd page of the 85th volume of the Public Register of all Arms and Bearings in Scotland.
THE STANDARD
A Baron's Standard signifies that a person has a following and uses the standard in connection with that following. It is granted at Lyon’s discretion, and there is no automatic right to a Standard.
Until the Appointed Day (Nov. 2004) of the Abolition of Feudal Tenure Etc. (Scotland) Act 2000, Standards were assigned by Lyon to feudal barons in respect of a following, here the community in the Lordship & Barony of Kilmarnock.
A Baron's Standard is three and a half metres in length, split at the end into two and rounded.
The Arms of the Baron of Kilmarnock
painted by Natalie and Valery Yegorov
Artwork of the Baron's Standard
by Caberdancer Graphic Design Inc.
The motto Escrol is positioned above the crest in Scottish Armorials. The Latin motto 'AD MELIORA INSURGO' is translated as 'I RISE TO GREATER THINGS'. The basis of this motto is aspiration; to convey a sense of striving to improve.
The Crest is a wild greylag goose. Their migration to Orkney symbolises the advantages of flight and the benefits of travel. To associate the Crest with the motto, the goose is shown 'rising' ie. with wings elevated.
The Helm is a 'barrel' helm, garnished with gold as befitting a Scottish feudal Baron, and is placed on a Chapeau. Behind the Shield is draped a feudo-baronial mantle fastening on the right shoulder with five spherical buttons. These are baronial additaments.
The Shield is divided, with the upper enarched area chequered in green and gold as a reference to the original owner of the barony, Thomas Boyd of Kilmarnock. The lower area is further divided 'in saltire'.
In the top quadrant the maternal family of Hindman is represented by the hind's head. The gold antique crowns in the side quadrants emphasise the considerable historical importance of the Lordship and Barony of Kilmarnock.
In the lower quadrant the oil drops symbolise a professional engineering career in Scotland's North Sea oil & gas industry.
TRIVIA:
The Orkney Islands greylag goose census (13 December 2007) was 54,612, quite close to the record of 55,521 in 2006.