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Ruthven Tartans Ruthven Modern
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The Bisset tartan was one of the first tartans to be designed by the Scottish Tartans Society. It was for a Mrs E Bisset. They wanted the colours to represent: Blue and White of the Bisset shield Yellow from the woodchips of the axe Black representing the motto Red for the ‘eternal flame’ Green for […]
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The names Hume and Home are of the same enormously powerful borders family. Descended from the Saxon Princes of Northumberland was Cospatrick, Earl of Dunbar, and his second son, Patrick, is believed to be the originator of the family. His descendant Aldan was the first recorded as having taken on the name of Home, Berwickshire, […]
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Murray of Atholl Tartans Murray of Atholl Ancient Murray of Atholl Modern Murray of Atholl Weathered
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The name Watson derives from Walter along with many others such as Wat, Watt MacWattie, Macouat and MacWatson. The name is fairly common throughout Scotland (listed 20th most common in 2003) and England, but is more strongly associated with certain areas such as Aberdeen and Kinkardineshire. The Watsons are linked to the Forbes clan in […]
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Johnstone Clan Crest Crest Description: A winged spur Or Johnstone 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 […]
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Legend says that a Saxon called Leving gave his name to the lands in West Lothian and they became Livingston. The people of the area took this as their family name. Four generations on Sir William Livingston of Livingston fought beside King David II at the Battle of Durham in the 1346 attack into England. […]
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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 […]
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MacIntyre Clan Crest: Crest Description: A dexter hand holding a dagger in pale, Proper MacIntyre 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 […]