The Bogle Family Crest

Daldowie, Scotland. George Bogle of Daldowie (1747-1781) was Warren Hasting's envoy to Bhutan and Tibet in 1774 and as such the first European to enter those countries. He was the inspiration for Rudyard Kipling's "Kim" and his exploits are recounted in Kate Teltscher's "The High Road to China: George Bogle, the Panchen Lama and the First British Expedition to Tibet". He was the son of George Bogle Junior (1701-1782) of Daldowie, a prominent Glasgow merchant and one of the Glasgow "Tobacco Lords". George Bogle Junior's grandfather, George Bogle Senior (d.1707) was also the ancestor of the Shettlestone and Bogleshole branches of the family.

Family

Bogle

Motto

E labore dulcedoPleasure arises from labour

Blazon

A Primrose Stalked And Leaved Ppr., Thereon A Bee Feeding Sa.

Source

Fairbairn's Book of Crests, 1905 ed.