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Clan Hannay People James Hannay (1827 – 1873) Novelist and journalist, was born at Dumfries, and after serving for some years in the navy took to literature, and became an editor of the Edinburgh Courant. He wrote two novels, Singleton Fontenoy (1850), and Eustace Conyers (1855); also Lectures on Satire and Satirists, and Studies on […]
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The Scottish surname Cooper comes from the occupation of ‘cooper’, someone who made kegs and barrels, but also from Cupar, the burgh in Fife. The professional word was taken from Anglo Saxon origins – couper, cowper – and was for someone whose job it was to repair barrels, buckets and casks. In the Middle Ages […]
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Abernethy is a sept of Clan Fraser and Clan Leslie, so can wear either the Fraser or Leslie tartans. Clan Fraser Tartans Fraser Modern ————————————————– Fraser Weathered ————————————————– Fraser Hunting Clan Leslie Tartans Leslie Modern ————————————————– Leslie Huntung
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Clan Buchanan People George Buchanan (1506 – 1582) This poet and protestant reformer was born in Killearn, Stirlingshire in 1506. Part of his education was spent in Paris from 1520 onwards, when he travelled extensively on the continent, fording the beginning of a literary career amid the intellectual ferment of the Reformation. In April 1562, […]
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Clan Fletcher People Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun (1653 – 1716) Scottish writer, politician and patriot. He was a Commissioner of the old Parliament of Scotland and opposed the 1707 Act of Union between Scotland and England. He was born at Saltoun in Haddingtonshire Fletcher was elected, as the Commissioner for Haddingtonshire, to the Scottish Parliament […]
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Houston Clan Crest Crest Description: A sand glass, Proper Houston Coats 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 […]
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Clan Byres Crest Worn by all of the name and ancestry Crest Description: A cock reguardant, Proper Clan Byres 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 […]
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The Clan Rollo are of Norman origin. However they can trace their roots to the feared Norsemen who raided the coast of England and Scotland in the seventh and eighth centuries. Sigurd Rollo was Jarl of Shetland and Orkney, and his son, Einar, was a renowned Viking who not only raided Scotland, but parts of […]
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Ross Clan People Fearchar Mac an t’sagairt (circa 1200) Fearchar Mac an t’sagairt Fearchar was known as the ‘son of the priest’, alluding to his descent from the hereditary abbots of Applecross. he was a renowned fighting man, and for his servides to Alexander II he receive a knighthood and became the first Earl of […]