Category Archives: Clan Crest & Coats of Arm

Glendinning Crest & Coats of Arms

Glendinning Clan Crest Crest Description: A maunch, Or, upon the point of a sword Glendinning 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 […]

MacDonnell of Keppoch Places & People

Clan MacDonnell of Keppoch People Alasdair Ruadh (c.1725-61) When the Jacobites rose in 1745, Alasdair Ruath, 13th Chief of Keppoch, left France and the Royal French Scots to lead out his clan for Bonnie Prince Charlie. A British man o’ war foiled his seaward return however, and he was imprisoned in the Tower of London […]

Edmonstone Crest & Coats of Arms

Clan Edmonstone Crest Worn by all of the name and ancestry Crest Description: Out of a ducal coronet, Or, a swan’s head and neck, Proper Clan Edmonstone 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 […]

Forsyth Crest & Coats of Arms

Clan Forsyth Crest Worn by all of the name and ancestry Crest Description: A griffin sergeant Azure, armed and membered Sable, crowned Or Clan Forsyth 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) […]

MacLean Crest & Coats of Arms

MacLean Clan Crest Crest Description: A tower embattled Argent MacLean 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 […]

MacLeod of Lewis Crest & Coats of Arms

MacLeod of Lewis Clan Crest Crest Description: The sun in splendor, Proper MacLeod of Lewis 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 […]

MacAlpine Crest & Coats of Arms

MacAlpine Clan Crest The MacAlpine crest is under review… MacAlpine 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 […]

Clan Drummond Places & People

Clan Drummond People Annabella Drummond (1350-1401) Queen of Scotland through her marriage to Robert III. Mother of James I, and six other children. Margaret Drummond (1472-1502) With her sisters Sibilla and Euphemia, Margaret Drummond was allegedly poisoned in 1502. It was rumoured that her killers were nobles who knew James IV’s infatuation with her would […]

Clan Balfour Places & People

Clan Balfour People Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour (25 July 1848 – 19 March 1930) Arthur Balfour was a British Conservative statesman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1902 to 1905. As Foreign Secretary in the Lloyd George ministry, he issued the Balfour Declaration in 1917 on behalf of […]