Clan Crest & Coats of Arm, Clan Infomation
Clan Buchanan Crest & Coats of Arms
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Clan Buchanan Crest
Worn by all of the name and ancestry
Crest Description:
A dexter hand holding up a ducal cap, Proper, tufted on the top with a rose Gules, within two laurel branches in orle, also Proper
Clan Buchanan Coat of Arms
A note on Coats of Arms:
Under Scottish heraldic law a coat of arms is awarded to an individual (with the exception of civic or corporate arms) . There is no such thing as a ‘family coat of arms’ The arms represented below are personal arms (with the above exceptions). Only the individual granted these arms has the right to use them. for more information see our pages on heraldry here:
(https://tartanshop.com/pages/all-about-scottish-heraldry)
Buchanan Society Shield
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Arms of John Buchanan of that Ilk
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BUCHANAN of that Ilk
Or, a lion rampant, Sable, armed and languaged, Gules, within a double tressure, flory counterflory, of the second
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The Arms of Charles Alexander Buchanan of Touch
The bearer of these arms was the second son of Robert Buchanan of Fintona, County Tyrone. The family was resident in Ireland for some time, and appear to be descended from William Buchanan of Blairvockie. The Buchanans of
Blairvockie are cadets of Spittal via Walter Buchanan of Spittal.
Walter Buchanan of Spittal was brother german to George Buchanan of that Ilk, who married Elizabeth Preston and was father to John Buchanan last laird of Buchanan. Members of the family went to Canada, and A.W.P. Buchanan author of the Buchanan Book is connected to the family.
The arms are recorded in Lyon Register Volume 30 – Page 24 – 3 March 1932
