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Floyd
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Prof. James D. Floyd BSc., PhD., CGeol., FGS., FSAScot.
Arms: Azure, on a chevron Argent, between two wolves' heads erased Or langued Gules in chief, and a pheon point uppermost Or in base, a crescent Gules.
Crest: A wyvern Or, winged Vert with a collar of edock leaves of the last.
Motto: EX ARCA (Out of the Ark)
These arms are based on those of the Irish FLOOD family (Vert, a chevron Argent, between three wolves' heads erased argent, langued gules) with the main tincture changed from Vert to Azure (for Scotland) and the addition of a crescent for Arms granted to a second son.
The pheon derives from a charge commonly depicted in the arms of LLOYD (though really the head of a spear), from which line several FLOYD families are derived. It also relates to the Government 'broad arrow', alluding to the long history of service to the Crown of the grantee and his forebears.
The family name was originally FLOOD, only the branch from which the grantee descends having the name changed to FLOYD. Hence the canting Motto, which alludes to the 'FLOOD' connection (Noah's Ark etc!).
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