Crest: A dexter cubit arm, the hand
grasping a crescent argent
Motto
Sans tache (Without stain)[1]
Profile
District
Central Belt
Plant badge
Heather[1]
Chief
The Rt. Hon. Francis David Charles Napier
The 15th Lord Napier & 6th Baron Ettrick
Historic seat
Merchiston Tower Kilmahew Castle
Clan Napier is a Lowland Scottish clan.[2]
^ abClan Napier Profile scotclans.com. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
^Way, George and Squire, Romily. Collins Scottish Clan & Family Encyclopedia. (Foreword by The Rt Hon. The Earl of Elgin KT, Convenor, The Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs). Published in 1994. pp. 288–289.
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