Author Archives: Legen Dary

Ralston Crest & Coats of Arms

Ralston Clan Crest Crest Description: A falcon, Proper. Ralston 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 […]

Ramsay Crest & Coats of Arms

Ramsay Clan Crest Crest Description: A unicorn’s head couped Argent armed Or Ramsay 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’ […]

Melville Places & People

Clan Melville People Andrew Melville (1545 – 1622) Scottish scholar, theologian and religious reformer. Andrew Melville was born at Baldovy near Montrose, Angus, the youngest son of Richard Melville, his father died at the Battle of Pinkie in 1547. Melville was educated in Montrose, then going to the University of St Andrews where he showed […]

Clan Baillie Tartans

Baillie Modern (also called Baillie of Polkemett, Green) The one most commonly worn was designed by Mr A W Geddes of Messrs William Anderson, Edinburgh, in 1937. It is based on the MacKenzie tartan, substituting three fine white lines on the green in place of the single stripe. It was designed for the Baillies of […]

Newton Crest & Coats of Arms

newton clan crest crest description: a demi lion rampant holding a sword in its dexter paw newton 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 […]

Stewart of Appin Places & People

Clan Stewart of Appin People Lord Darnley Henry Stewart, Lord Darnley (c.1545-67) The eldest son of the 4th Earl of Lennox was raised in England as a Protestant during Elizabeth I’s reign. In Scotland, his besotted cousin Queen Mary gifted him the Earldom of Ross and the Dukedom of Albany, followed soon by her hand […]

Marjoribanks Places & People

Clan Marjoribanks People Edward Marjoribanks, 2nd Baron Tweedmouth Edward Marjoribanks, 2nd Baron Tweedmouth KT PC (1849 – 1909) British Liberal statesman who served in various capacities in the Liberal governments of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was Member of Parliament for Berwickshire from 1880 until 1894 when he succeeded as Baron Tweedmouth. […]