Brisbane Coat of Arms / Family Crest

(John Brisbane, Judge Advocate to H.M. Navy, 1672). The same Arms within a bordure vaire. Crest—A serpent wreathed about an anchor in pale ppr. Motto—Animum prudentia firmat.

(Dr. Matthew Brisbane, 1672). The same Arms within a bordure chequy ar. and sa. Crest—A hillock, semee of ants ppr. Motto—Virtuti damnosa quies.

(Milton, descended of Bishoptown, 1793). As Bishoptown, within a bordure gu. Crest—As Bishoptown. Motto—Certamine summo.

(paternally Shaw, borne by the late Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane, Bart., G.C.B., &c., &c., of Brisbane and Makeretoun). Quarterly, 1st and 4th, sa. a chev. chequy or and gu. betw. three cushions of the second, in the collar. point a representation of one of the gold medals conferred on General Sir Thomas Brisbane, by his late Majesty, for Brisbane; 2nd and 3rd, az. a lion ramp. ar. crowned with an antique crown or, armed and langued gu. within a bordure of the second, charged with six fraisers of the first, for Makdougal. Crests—1st: A stork’s head erased, holding in her beak a serpent wavy ppr., for Brisbane; 2nd: A lion issuing guard, ppr. holding in his dexter paw a cross crosslet fitchee gu., for Makdougal. Supporters —Two talbots ppr. Mottoes—Over the Brisbane Crest, Certamine summo; over the Makdougal Crest—Fear God.

(Brisbane, co. Ayr). Sa. a chev. chequy or and gu. betw. three cushions pendent by the corners of the second, a chief of honorable augmentation embattled ar. thereon on waves of the sea a ship of war under sail betw. two forts, the guns firing and on the battlements the Dutch flag all ppr. Crests—Dexter out of a naval crown or, a dexter arm embowed in the uniform of a captain of the Royal Navy, the hand grasping a cutlass ppr. hilted and pomelled or, and from the hand pendent by a ribbon ar. fimbriated az. a gold medal; Sinister a stork’s head erased holding in the beak a serpent writhing ppr. Mottoes— Curacao; and Certamine summo.

Voir Makdougall-Brisbane.