MacBain / MacBean Clan Crest: Crest Description: A grey demi-cat-a-mountain salient, on his sinister foreleg a Highland targe Gules MacBean – MacBain 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 […]
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Garden Clan Crest Crest Description: Two dexter hands conjoined, Proper, upholding a cross crosslet fitchee Or Garden 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 […]
Clan Davidson People John Davidson (1857-1909) Among John Davidson’s varied occupations were periods as a lab worker in a sugar factory, a teacher and a journalist, all while he was writing, creating four plays between 1885 and 1890. With his move to London in 1888 he became a member of the Rhymer’s Club, writing for […]
Clan Bell People Alexander Graham Bell Born on March 3, 1847 in Edinburgh, Bell is best known for his invention of the telephone however he was a remarkable character and brilliant inventor who came up with many inventions such as an air-cooling system, a way of desalinating sea-water and a sorting machine for punch-coded census […]
Rose Clan Crest Crest Description: On a chapeau Gules furred Ermine, a harp Azure Rose 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 […]
Edwin Scrymgeour, ‘Neddy’ (1866 – 1947) Member of Parliament for Dundee. He is the only person ever elected to the House of Commons on a prohibitionist ticket as the candidate of the Scottish Prohibition Party. Scrymgeour was a native Dundonian educated at West End Academy. He established his party in 1901 and served on Dundee […]
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Livingstone Clan Crest Crest Description: A demi savage, wreathed about the head and middle, holding in the dexter hand a club erect, and, in the sinister, a serpent, all Proper Livingstone Coats of Arms: A note on Coats of Arms: Under Scottish heraldic law a coat of arms is awarded to an individual (with the […]
Clan Napier People Sir Alexander Napier (circa 1440) Sir Alexander Napier became Lord Provost of Edinburgh. He was wounded while rescuing the widow of James I from rebels who had captured her and her second husband. He was rewarded by James II who made his Controller of the Royal Household in 1440, and Vice Admiral […]
