The Clan Lockhart arrived in Scotland among the waves of Normans who arrived after the Norman invasion of England in 1066. The Lockharts settled in Lanark and Ayrshire where the towns of Symington and Stevenson remain to mark the past influence of Simon and Steven Locard. The exact date when the lands of Lee came […]
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The name originates from the Gaelic ‘MacGillie Ffaolain’ or ‘son of the servant of St Filan’. The name Filan actually derives from the celtic ‘faelchu’ which means ‘wolf’. St Filan lived around c.700, travelling widely around Scotland and built a church at Strathfillan. The clan has a very long history, being mentioned in a charter […]
After the Normans had established themselves in England, the name Grant became widespread, appearing in many documents from various areas, which are with us today. In the French and Gaelic languages, the word has the similar meanings of big and more. The earliest recordings of Grants in Scotland, however, are from the mid-thirteenth century, and […]
Clan Keith People George Keith, 5th Earl Marischal (c1553-1623) The 5th Earl studied at King’s College, Aberdeen’s first University, and would later establish the city’s second, Marischal College in 1593. He became Earl in 1581, supported James VI at the time of the Ruthven Raid and defended Stirling Castle in 1585 against the Raiders’ sympathisers. […]
Before the 1300s the most powerful family Scotland had ever known were the Comyns, dominating the Grampians, Buchan and Moray. It was prudent for many families to associate themselves with the Comyns for protection and prosperity. With their policies of pure self-interest they were the enemy of Robert the Bruce and in 1306 John, the […]
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Clan Burnett People Gilbert Burnet (1643 – 1715) Scottish theologian and historian, and Bishop of Salisbury. He was fluent in Dutch and French, Latin, Greek, and Hebrew. Gilbert was respected as a cleric, a preacher, and an academic, as well as a writer and historian. He was born at Edinburgh, Scotland in 1643, the son […]
