Clan Jardine People Sir William Jardine Sir William Jardine, seventh baronet of Applegirth (1800 – 1874) Scottish naturalist. Jardine made natural history available to all levels of Victorian society by editing and issuing the hugely popular forty volumes of The Naturalist’s Library. It was divided into four main sections: Ornithology, Mammalia, Entomology and Ichthyology; each […]
MacDonald of Clanranald Clan Crest Crest Description: A triple-towered castle Argent masoned Sable, and issuing from the centre tower a dexter arm in armour embowed grasping a sword, all Proper MacDonald of Clanranald Coats of Arms: A note on Coats of Arms: Under Scottish heraldic law a coat of arms is awarded to an individual […]
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Clan Douglas Crest Worn by all of the name and ancestry Crest Description: On a chapeau, Gules, furred Ermine, a salamander, Vert, encircled with flames of fire, Proper Clan Douglas 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 […]
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Kinloch Clan Crest: Crest Description: An eagle perched, looking up to the sun in splendour, all Proper Kinloch 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 […]
Clan Learmonth People Thomas the Rhymer Thomas Learmonth (c. 1220 – 1298) Perhaps better known as Thomas the Rhymer, Thomas Learmonth was a laird in the 13th century and was famous as an alleged prophet. He was said to have predicted the death of Alexander III, as well as a James VI going on to […]
Tait Places The Pirn, nr Innerleithen. Tower house replaced by mansion (above). Lands long owned by Taits. Castle Campbell, nr Dollar. Part Ruin owned by the Campbells but passed to Taits of Harvieston in 1807 Tait People: Peter Guthrie Tait FRSE (28 April 1831 – 4 July 1901) Peter Tait was a Scottish mathematical physicist, […]
Clan MacMillan People Harold Macmillan Maurice Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton, OM, PC (1894 – 1986) Harold Macmillan was born in Brixton. His paternal grandfather, Daniel Macmillan was a Scottish crofter who founded Macmillan Publishers. Harold was educated at Eton and at Balliol College, Oxford. He served as a captain in the Grenadier Guards […]
MacMillan Clan Crest Crest Description: A dexter and a sinister hand issuing from a Wreath grasping and brandishing aloft a two-handed sword, Proper MacMillan 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) . […]
