Aberdeenshire County flag to be raised in Huntly
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The new Aberdeenshire County flag which was unveiled at a special dedication ceremony at The National Trust for Scotland’s Castle Fraser in April, is set to be flown in Huntly this week.
Initiated back in March 2022, the project idea was sparked when the Lord-Lieutenant Sandy Manson discovered that while Aberdeenshire had a long-standing coat of arms, it did not have a county flag.
Two Deputy Lieutenants, Mrs Jean Haslam and the late Mrs Miranda McHardy took this historic project forward, running an open competition to design a flag for Aberdeenshire.
Workshops were run by Philip Tibbetts (Lyon Court Vexillologist for Scotland) and with the help of the Lord Lyon and Mr Tibbetts, a judging panel examined over 820 entries.
The winning designers, Eliana Irwin (12), Zara Sim (12), Meryn Wilson (11) and Iris Main (11) from Newtonhill School and Tristan Davidson (11) from Elrick School participated in the flag raising ceremony.
Commenting Mr Manson said: “It is wonderful to see this splendid County flag now unveiled for all to see and, I hope, the communities of Aberdeenshire, will be very proud as it flies over the
county and will represent us at many prestigious national and international occasions in the future.”
As part of the celebration of the new County Flag, the Lord-Lieutenant wanted the flag to be flown at prominent ‘corners’ of the shire.
To date flags have been flown in community ceremonies in Fraserburgh, Peterhead, Inverurie, Turriff and Braemar.
Huntly Community Council Chairman, Mr Tony Gill, was approached to co-ordinate a flag raising ceremony for the town.
He was delighted to be able to represent the organisations and businesses of Huntly for this special recognition for the town.
This coming Saturday, Deputy Lieutenant Major Grenville Irvine-Fortescue, will represent the Lord-Lieutenant at a short ceremony here in the town to raise its own flag.
Provost Judy Whyte and representatives of Community and Business Groups and Youth organisations have been invited to attend the ceremony which will take place at the Council offices at the junction of Gordon Street and Granary Street between 10.30am and 11.30am on Saturday, June 3.
