Category Archives: Clan Crest & Coats of Arm

Stirling Crest & Coats of Arms

Stirling Clan Crest Crest Description: Issuing out of an antique coronet Or a hart’s head couped Azure. Stirling 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 […]

MacAlpine Places & People

Clan MacAlpine People King Alpin (d.c.840) King Alpin was ruler in the ancient Scottish kingdom of Dalriada. The 34th King, he reigned for only three years before being killed in a raid on Galloway. In Laight a standing stone remains, raised to his memory. Kenneth MacAlpin (d.858) Son of Alpin and brother of Donald I, […]

Nisbet / Nesbitt Crest & Coats of Arms

Nisbet Clan Crest Crest Description: A boar passant Sable, armed Argent, langued Gules Nisbet 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 […]

Haldane Crest & Coats of Arms

Haldane Clan Crest: Crest Description: An eagle’s headed Erased, Or Haldane 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 […]

MacNeil of Colonsay Crest & Coats of Arms

MacNeil of Colonsay Clan Crest Crest Description: An armoured arm and hand holding a dagger, Proper MacNeil of Colonsay 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 […]

Fullarton Crest & Coats of Arms

Clan Fullarton Crest Worn by all of the name and ancestry Fullarton Crest Clan Fullarton 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 thing as a ‘family coat […]

MacLean Places & People

Clan MacLean People Lachlan MacLean (d.1523) Infamous clan chief and historical figure, he marooned his wife on tidal rock on the Sound of Mull and left her to die. Sir Hector MacLean (d.1750) Given a Jacobite peerage in 1716, he was exiled to France where he became the first Grand Master of the Grand Lodge […]

Kerr Places & People

Clan Kerr People Lord Mark Kerr (c1745) Son of the first Marquess of Lothian, the Lord Justice General of Scotland, Lord Kerr became known as a soldier of distinction. He is described as having both a hasty temper and an elevated sense of personal reverence which together led him into many duels. These he obviously […]