Clan Buchanan Society International Inc.
CBSI Coat of Arms
The Clan Buchanan Society International uses the coat of arms granted by the Lyon Court in 2002 [123] on its official correspondence. However, it uses a self-assumed coat of arms on its flag, called the Black Lion Banner, which predates the official arms.
The Arms:
Or a lion rampant Sable, armed and langued Gules between three boars heads erased Gules all within a double tressure flory counterflory Sable.
The Crest:
Above the shield is placed an helmet befitting an Incorporated Society with mantling Sable doubled Or, on a wreath of the liveries is set for crest a phoenix rising Azure, flames Proper, on his head a cap of honour Gules turned up Ermine, tufted on top by a rose Gules all within two laurel branches disposed orleways proper.
The Black Lion Banner has a field of gold/yellow charged with a black lion rampant with red claws and tongue shedding five silver tears all within a black double tressure flory-counter-flory. (This might be described in heraldic language as, "Or, a lion rampant Sable, armed and langued Gules charged with five goutte Argent all within a double tressure flory-counter-flory of the second.") The lion rampant on the field of gold within the double tressure flory-counter-flory alludes to the arms of the Clan chief and is the charge and tressure of most Buchanan arms. The silver tears refer to the sadness [124] of the Clan at not having a chief. A variation of the Black Lion Banner is used on some CBSI apparel. The CBSI has received permission of the newly confirmed Chief of the Clan, John Michael Baillie-Hamilton Buchanan to continue the use of the Black Lion Banner by its members.
The Motto:
In an escroll above the crest is set the motto,
“COLLIGITE FRAGMENTA NE PEREANT”
(Collect the fragments lest they perish).
Recorded in Lyon Register Volume 81, page 65, 6 July 2002.
The Clan Buchanan Society International ( CBSI ) was established at the Grandfather Mountain Highland Games and Gathering, North Carolina, in the United States of America in July 1970, and was formally established as a corporation in the City of Columbia on 3 September 1974.
The Society was established to foster and promote understanding and good fellowship among descendants of Scotsman around the world; to study, preserve and promote the culture, customs and traditions of the people of Scotland and the Isles, especially with regard to the Clan Buchanan.
To foster and promote the organization by initiating goals consistent with our heritage and the desires of the membership.
The Blazon and Motto have been registered in the Public Register of All Arms and Bearings in Scotland.