Category Archives: Clan Crest & Coats of Arm

Watson Crest & Coats of Arms

Watson Clan Crest Crest Description: Two hands holding the trunk of an oak tree sprouting and the hands issuing out of clouds Watson 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 […]

Clan Bethune Crest & Coats of Arms

Clan Bethune Crest Worn by all of the name and ancestry Crest Description: Crest Description: An otter’s head erased, Argent Clan Bethune Coat 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 […]

Clan Ainslie People & Places

Clan Ainslie People Colonel Sir Philip Ainslie (1728-1802), KT., of Pilton Philip Ainslie, born in Edinburgh in 1728, was the second son of George Ainslie (d. 1773) and his wife Jane/Jean, daughter, of Sir Philip Anstruther, KT. Philip was educated at Westminster School before entering into the army in 1754. He served as a colonel […]

Irvine Crest & Coats of Arms

Irvine Clan Crest Irvine 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 below are personal arms (with the […]

Lumsden Places & People

Clan Lumsden People Harry Burnett Lumsden Lieutenant-General Sir Harry Burnett “Joe” Lumsden (1821 – 1896) Lumsden was born aboard the East India Company’s ship Rose in the Bay of Bengal, the son of a British Army Colonel Thomas Lumsden, C.B. He was shipped to Scotland to study at age 6, and returned to India at […]

MacThomas Crest & Coats of Arms

MacThomas Clan Crest Crest Description: A demi-cat-a-mountain rampant guardant Proper, grasping in his dexter paw a serpent Vert, langued Gules, its tail environing the sinister paw MacThomas 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 […]

Clan Davidson Crest & Coats of Arms

Clan Davidson Crest Worn by all of the name and ancestry Crest Description: A stag’s head erased, Proper Clan Davidson Coat 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 […]

MacDougall Places & People

Gylan Castle Built in 1582 by the Clan MacDougall.[2] Gylen was only occupied for a relatively short time. Clan MacDougall People John MacDougall of Lorne John was the son of Alexander MacDougall of Argyll, and led the army that battled with Robert I and his men at Dalry on 11 August 1306. Robert was defeated, […]