Crest: A lion’s head affrontée looking through a bush of oak Proper
Motto: Essayez (Try)
Origin of Name: Gaelic, ‘Dun deas’, meaning ‘south fort’
Lands: West Lothian
Historic Seat: Dundas Castle, near South Queensferry
Clan Chief: David Dundas of Dundas

Associated Names The following names are considered associated names or septs of Clan Dundas: Elias, Ellet, Ellias
Clan Dundas History

‘Dun deas’ in Gaelic means ‘south fort’. The Dundas family occupied lands on the southern [...]

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Clan Dundas Tartans

The Dundas tartan was first recorded in 1842, in the Vestiarium Scoticum by the Sobieski [...]

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