Author Archives: Legen Dary

Nisbet / Nesbitt Crest & Coats of Arms

Nisbet Clan Crest Crest Description: A boar passant Sable, armed Argent, langued Gules Nisbet 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 […]

Haldane Crest & Coats of Arms

Haldane Clan Crest: Crest Description: An eagle’s headed Erased, Or Haldane 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 […]

Skene Clan History

The family of Skene is thought to be an exceptionally early sept of Clan Donnachaidh, from before it adopted the name Robertson. The Skene clan is known in Gaelic as Siol Sgeine or Clann Donnachaidh Mhar. The traditional origin of the name is found in an eleventh century legend of the Robertsons. It is said […]

MacNeil of Colonsay Crest & Coats of Arms

MacNeil of Colonsay Clan Crest Crest Description: An armoured arm and hand holding a dagger, Proper MacNeil of Colonsay 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 […]

Fullarton Crest & Coats of Arms

Clan Fullarton Crest Worn by all of the name and ancestry Fullarton Crest Clan Fullarton 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 as a ‘family coat […]

Primrose Clan History

This name Primrose is taken from the lands of Primrose in the parish of Dunfermline. It has been suggested that it originally came from the old British, “prenn rhos”: meaning “tree of the moor”. The Primroses were well settled in Fife, around the Abbey of Culross, by the fifteenth century. Henry Primrose had four sons […]