Author Archives: Legen Dary

MacPhee Crest & Coats of Arms

MacPhee Clan Crest Crest Description: A demi lion rampant, Proper MacPhee 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 […]

McCulloch Crest & Coats of Arms

McCulloch Clan Crest Crest Description: A hand throwing a dart, Proper McCulloch 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 […]

MacArthur Clan History

The legends of King Arthur are well known and historically contradictory. From the Welsh-speaking areas of Strathclyde (in which Glasgow now lies), Rheged and Gododdin (in which Edinburgh now lies), the earliest surviving Scottish poem tells of the resistance leader Arthur fighting against the English of Northumbria when they defeated Gododdin. When Scotland’s Welsh-speaking Kingdoms […]

Clan Campbell of Breadalbane Places & People

Clan Campbell People Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman (1836-1908) The Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1905-1908 was born in Glasgow with a future Lord Provost as a father. To inherit the fortune of a deceased uncle he hyphenated his father’s Campbell with his mother’s name Bannerman. He studied in Glasgow and Cambridge before becoming the liberal […]

Clan Boyle Crest & Coats of Arms

Clan Boyle Crest Worn by all of the name and ancestry Crest Description: A double headed eagle displayed, parted per pale, embattled Gules and Argent Clan Boyle 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 […]