Clan MacGillivray People William MacGillivray Head of North West Company and members of Legislative Council of Lower Canada combated the 5th Earl of Selkirk’s plan to settle the destitute Gaels of Ireland and the Scottish Highlands as farmers on Red River. He defeated Selkirk by means of murder, arson, perjury, theft and blackmail. William MacGillivray […]
Clan Livingstone People David Livingstone Dr David Livingstone (19 March 1813 – 1 May 1873) Born in Blantyre in 1813, David Livingstone was a medical missionary and explorer working in Africa for the London Missionary Society.
Murray Tartans Murray of Tullibardine Murray of Atholl Ancient Murray of Atholl Modern Murray of Atholl Weathered
It is thought that the ancestry of this family began with a Viking warrior who decided to settle in Renfrewshire in the ninth century. There are a number of theories as to the creation of the name this Viking’s descendants took. After fighting so ferociously in a battle, an early family member was praised by […]
Clan Cranstoun People Catherine Cranston (1849 – 1934) Widely known as Kate Cranston or Miss Cranston she was a leading figure in the development of the social phenomenon of tea rooms. She is nowadays chiefly remembered as a major patron of Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Margaret MacDonald in Glasgow, Scotland, but the name of Miss […]
Scrymgeour Clan Crest Crest Description: A lion’s paw erased in bend Or holding a crooked sword or scimitar Argent. Scrymgeour 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 […]
The Brodie tartan is said to have been in a mid 18th century portrait, however it also appears the Sobieski Stewarts Vestiarium Scoticum in 1842 and does look like one of the Brothers designs. The term ‘modern’ refers to the dyes shades, usually darker Threadcount K/8 R64 K32 Y4 K32 R/8 Brodie Modern ————————————————– The […]
The Murray family is descended from Freskin, who is thought to be a Flemish knight who flourished in the 12th century. Granted lands in West Lothian by David I, he and his sons intermarried with the house of Moray to consolidate their power. The descendants of this family were designated “de Moravia”, which in Lowland […]
Mouat Clan Crest Crest Description: An oak tree growing out of a rock, Proper Mouat Coats of Arms MOWAT of BalquhollieArgent, a lion rampant, Sable, armed and langued, Gules.
Between the 6th and 9th centuries, Danes lived in one of the little kingdoms of Lincolnshire in England to which, after the Norman Conquest, Baldric of Lindsay came to be tenant of the manors under the Earl of Chester. The Lindsay name was already well known across England at this time. In 1120 Sir Walter […]
