There is no registered tartan for Bannatyne, however, as a sept of Clan Campbell, they are able to wear the Campbell tartans. Campbell Ancient ————————————————– Campbell Dress ————————————————– Campbell Modern ————————————————– Campbell Weathered
Clan Borthwick Crest Worn by all of the name and ancestry Crest Description: A Moor’s head couped, Proper, wreathed Argent and Sable Clan Borthwick 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) . […]
Clan Bannatyne People George Bannatyne (1545-1608) Edinburgh merchant and burgess, born in Angus, best known as a collector of Scottish poems. He compiled an impressive anthology of contemporary of the Scots poetry of his age extending to eight hundred folio pages, divided into five parts. The Bannatyne Manuscript is considered, one of the great sources […]
Troup Clan Crest Crest Description: A hind’s head erased, Proper Troup 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 […]
Stuart of Bute Places Mount Stuart, Isle of Bute. Built for Marquess of Bute in 1877. Rothesay Castle, Rothsay, Isle of Bute. Stuart of Bute People John MacDonald Stuart (1815-66) When Fife-born Stuart came upon his fiancee and best friend kissing, he boarded the first available ship to Australia. With his training as a civil […]
The surname Preston comes from the barony of Preston, or Prestoun, which was later called Gourtoun, and then finally Craigmillar in Midlothian. In 1222, Alured de Preston is recorded as a witness to a charter, and sometime between 1240 and 1250, Lyulph, son of Lyulph de Preston had a charter for a piece of land […]
strange clan crest: crest description: a cluster of grapes, proper strange 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 […]
Clan Cockburn Crest Worn by all of the name and ancestry Crest Description: A cock crowing, Proper Clan Cockburn 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 […]
Clan Brown Places Bruntsfield House Bruntsfield House, Edinburgh, a one-time stronghold of Clan Brown. Bruntsfield takes its name from the Browns/Brouns – ‘Broun’s Field’. Richard Broun owned the lands that the House was built upon, before they were granted to Alan Lauder of Haltoun in 1381. Carsluith Castle Carsluith Castle in Galloway, was first built […]
The surname Wishart is the same as the old French name Guischard which derives from the old French word Wischard, meaning ‘prudent’, ‘wise’. Around the start of the 13th century, a grant of the mill teind to Cambuskenneth Abbey was witnessed by William Wischard. Cambuskenneth Abbey, near Stirling In 1245 John Wischard was recorded as […]
