Category Archives: Clan Crest & Coats of Arm

Primrose Crest & Coats of Arms

Primrose Clan Crest Crest Description: A demi-lion rampant Gules holding in his dexter paw a primrose Or Primrose 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 Auchinleck People & Places

Clan Auchinleck Places Affleck Castle, also known as Auchenleck Castle, was built in the 1400s on the lands of the Auchenlecks of that Ilk. It is an L-plan tower house, which is located near Monkie in Angus, east Scotland. By the mid-18th century, the castle was held by the Reid family, who fortified it during […]

MacArthur Crest & Coats of Arms

MacArthur Clan Crest: Crest Description: Two laurel branches in orle Proper MacArthur 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 […]

Pollock Crest & Coats of Arms

Pollock Clan Crest Crest Description: A boar passant shot through with a dart, Proper. Pollock 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 […]

Turnbull Crest & Coats of Arms

Turnbull Clan Crest: Crest Description: A bull’s head Turnbull 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 […]

Weir Places & People

Clan Weir Places Stonebyres House, Lanarkshire – site of castle and mansion, owned by the Weirs from 13th c to 1845 – demolished in 1934. Clan Weir People William Douglas Weir, 1st Viscount Weir GCB (1877 – 1959) Scottish industrialist born in Glasgow. During World War I he converted his factories to produce explosive shells, […]

Clan Blane Places & People

Clan Blane People Sir Gilbert Blane of Blanefield, 1st Baronet (1749 – 1834) Gilbert Blane was a Scottish physician. He was born in Blanefield, by Kirkoswald, in Ayrshire and studied medicine at Edinburgh University and Glasgow University. He move to London and served as private physician to Lord Rodney from where he became Physician to […]

Johnstone Crest & Coats of Arms

Johnstone Clan Crest Crest Description: A winged spur Or Johnstone 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 […]