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 The arms were granted on April 27, 1927.
-Campbeltown was created a Burgh of Barony in 1667 in favour of Archibald, 9th Earl of Argyll, and was raised to a Royal Burgh by King William III in 1700.
+Inveraray, erected into a Burgh or Barony in 1474 in favour of Colin, 1st Earl of Argyll and Lord High Chancellor of Scotland, was made a Royal Burgh in 1648 by King Charles 1.
-The quartered arms show :
+The arms are most unusual in that the blazon is "all Proper". They follow the device on the Burgh seal known from 1684.
-*I the Castle of Kilkerane in Kintyre said to have been built by King James IV; the colours chosen combine the Royal colours with Thistle green which was much used by King James IV as a livery colour; the use of green and gold is doubly appropriate as these are the ancient colours of Dalriada, and Campbeltown is built on the site of its capital Dalruadhain.
-*II The gold and black gyronny of the Campbell Earls and Dukes of Argyll, first borne by their forebears, the Campbells of Lochow.
-*III The black galley of Lorn, with the flaming beacon at its masthead, the Lordship of Lorn being now held by the Dukes of Argyll.
-*IV A black fret on a silver field, taken from the arms ofTollemache of Helmingham in Suffolk, to commemorate the long association with the town of Elizabeth Tollemache, wife of Archibald, 1st Duke of Argyll; she lived at Limecraigs House nearby, died there in
-and is buried in Campbeltown.
-The crest of a herring refers to the local fishing industry and also commemorates the time of the Herring Bounty when hundreds of herring "busses" used to assemble at Campbeltown to receive the Bounty.
+The herrings swimming into the net recall the famous herring fishing industry of Loch Fyne on which the town stands.
-The Latin motto has been freely translated as "Fortune helps those who help themselves".
+The Latin motto is something of a mystery; one suggestion is that it means "May the fish sauce always be ready for you".
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 |align="center"|[[File:Inveraray2.jpg|350 px|center]] <br/>The arms as used in the town ([http://www.lesleyburr.co.uk/images/commissions/pages/21-Coat%20of%20Arms%20Entr%2330022.html source])
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 [[Literature]] : Urquhart, 1974
-[[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities C]]
+[[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities I]]
 [[Category:Scotland]]
 [[Category:Granted 1927]]