Category Archives: Clan Crest & Coats of Arm

Clan Arnott People & Places

Clan Arnott People Dr Neil Arnott (1788-1874) A man of many talents including physician, public health reformer, inventor, patentee, lecturer and author. He was elected a Fellow of The Royal Society on 5th January 1838 with the following citation “Neil Arnott MD of Bedford Square a Gentleman well acquainted with the various branches of science […]

Dewar Crest & Coats of Arms

Clan Dewar Crest Worn by all of the name and ancestry Crest Description: Issuant from a crest coronet Or of four (three visible) strawberry leaves, a dexter arm vambraced, brandishing a sword Proper, hilted and pommelled Or Clan Dewar Coat of Arms A note on Coats of Arms: Under Scottish heraldic law a coat of […]

MacDonald of Clanranald Places & People

Clan MacDonald of Sleat People Sire John Alexander MacDonald (1815-91) After his crofting family had been evicted from their Dornoch home, Sir John was born in George Street, Glasgow, where his family lived for a further five years before emigrating to Canada. He studied law at Kingston, Ontario and entered the Provincial Assembly as a […]

Clan Brown / Broun Crest & Coats of Arms

Clan Brown/Broun Crest Worn by all of the name and ancestry Crest Description: A lion rampant, holding in the dexter paw a fleur de lis, Or Clan Brown/Broun 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 […]

Clan Campbell of Breadalbane Crest & Coats of Arms

Clan Campbell of Breadalbane Crest Worn by all of the name and ancestry Crest Description: A boar’s head erased, Proper Clan Campbell of Breadalbane 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) . […]

Grant Crest & Coats of Arms

Grant Clan Crest Crest Description: A burning hill, Proper Grant 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 […]

Galbraith Crest & Coats of Arms

Galbraith Clan Crest Crest Description: A bear’s head couped Argent muzzled, Azure Galbraith 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’ […]

MacLachlan Places & People

Clan MacLachlan People Angus Henry MacLachlan (b.1908) An Australian journalist, he was worked on newspapers around the world. He was appointed head of Reuters News Agency from 1966-71. Anne Dore McLaughlin (b.1941) A high-ranking US government official, and outspoken political figure in America.