Barns Coat of Arms / Family Crest

(Col. Jas. Stevenson-Barnes, of Kirkhill, C.B., 1813). Quarterly, 1st and 4th, as the last; 2nd and 3rd, ar. a chev. betw. three fleurs-de-lis ar. on a chief of the second three mul­lets of the first, for Stevenson; a chief of augmentation az. charged with the representation of the curtain of a fortification, and above it the word “St. Sebastian,” a canton ar. charged with representations of the gold cross presented to Col. Stevenson Barns, and of the Portuguese order of the Tower and Sword, pendent from their ppr. ribbons. Crest—A garb ppr. banded gu., for Barns; a dexter hand issuing out of a cloud, holding a laurel garland all ppr., for Stevenson; and for a crest of augmentation a dexter arm in armour, issuing from a broken battlement, the hand holding a banner inscribed “St. Sebastian.” Supporters—Dexter, a soldier of the 1st or Royal Scots fully accoutred; sinister, a horse ar. fully comparisoned, both ppr. Mottos—Peace and plenty, for Barns; Coelum non Solum, for Stevenson.