Clan Bethune People Alexander Bethune (1804-1843)Scottish poet, published Tales and Sketches of Scottish Peasantry in 1838. originally employed as a labourer he became a turnkey at Glasgow Prison where he brought out Scottish Peasant’s Fireside in 1842. Henry Norman Bethune (1890 – 1939) Canadian physician, medical innovator, and noted anti-fascist. Bethune came from a prominent […]
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Roberton Clan Crest Crest Description: An anchor, Proper Roberton 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 below […]
MacDonald of Sleat Tartans MacDonald of Sleat Modern
The name is variant of Ayton which derives from the lands of Ayton (the town on the river Eye) in Berwickshire. Steffan, son of Swan de CEitun granted a charter of the lands of Wytefeld to the Priory of Coldingham in 1170 or thereabouts. Dolfinus de eit’ and HeI de eitun were witnesses to a […]
Newlands, or Nielands, is also the name of an old barony in the sheriffdom of Kincardine, and in Peebles-shire a parish, so it may be the case that the surname is of territorial origin, however it is unsure. In the 1500s the name was quite common in Glasgow, and it was also once relatively common […]
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The Buchanan tartan is one of the most recognisable popular tartans of the day. However, the unusual asymmetric sett that gives it its attractiveness may actually have been because of a mistake. When McIan was painting his Victorian illustrations in the Clans of Scotland 1845. It is thought that the sample he was using to […]
Kennedy comes from the flattering Gaelic word cinneidigh, which in ancient Ireland meant “ugly headed”. Crossing the Irish Sea to settle in an area of Dalriada now called Carrick in Ayrshire, they were probably led by Gilbert, whose son Duncan became the 1st Earl of Carrick in the 12th century. They supported the Bruces before […]
MacDonald of Clanranald Tartans: MacDonald of Clanranald Ancient MacDonald of Clanranald Modern
