Seton Places Seton House, East Lothian. 18th C Robert Adam Mansion. Guilt on the site of an earlier castle and large palace Fyvie Castle, Aberdeenshire. Passed to the Setons in 1596 but forfeited after the Jacobite rising in 1690. Seton People George Seton (d.1583) George Seton helped Mary, Queen of Scots escape after the murder […]
Ochterlony Tartans Ochterlonie
Muirhead Clan Crest Crest Description: Two hands supporting a sword erect in pale, Proper Muirhead Coats of Arms MUIRHEAD of LauchopeArgent, on a bend, Azure, three acorns, Or. blazon of James Grosset Muirhead’s arms. Arms of Willam Morehead, bookplate
A Gaelic generalisation when describing the Viking invaders was by colouring, Finn Ghall for fair stranger and Dubh Ghall for a dark stranger. Dubh Ghall was the descriptive name given to the eldest son of King Somerled. Somerled’s father-in-law was Olaf, King of man and when Somerled died in 1164 Dougall became senior King of […]
Kerr Tartans Kerr Ancient Kerr Modern
Clan Anderson People Adam Anderson (1692 or 1693-1765) Adam Anderson was a Scottish economist. He published a scientific study of the “Historical and Chronological Deduction of the Origin of Commerce” in 1765, written from his experience as one of the trustees who established the colony of Georgia under the charter granted to General Oglethorpe in […]
The Dunbar tartan first appeared in the Vestiarium Scoticum in 1842. Dunbar Ancient ————————————————– Dunbar Modern
Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville (1742 – 1811) Scottish lawyer and politician, born at Dalkeith in 1742. He was educated at the Royal High School, Edinburgh, and the University of Edinburgh. Becoming a member of the Faculty of Advocates in 1763, he soon acquired a leading position in the Scottish legal system. He became Solicitor […]
MacKintosh Clan Crest Crest Description: A cat-a-mountain salient guardant, Proper MacKintosh 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 […]
Clan Calder is associated with the Campbell’s of Cawdor, and can wear that Campbell tartan. Campbell of Cawdor Modern ————————————————– Campbell of Cawdor Ancient
