Category Archives: Clan Crest & Coats of Arm

Rollo Crest & Coats of Arms

Rollo Clan Crest Crest Description: A stag’s head couped, Proper Rollo 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 […]

Hamilton Crest & Coats of Arms

Hamilton Clan Crest Crest Description: In a ducal coronet an oak tree fructed and penetrated transversely in the main stem by a frame saw Proper, the frame Or Hamilton 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 […]

Ogilvie Places & People

Clan Ogilvie People John Ogilvie’s execution James Ogilvie (circa 1645) James Ogilvie 2nd Earl of Ogilvie, was taken prisoner at Philiphaugh. He was imprisoned in St. Andrews Castle, while awaiting execution. On the eve of his execution he made a daring escape, disguised as his sister, who had been to visit him. John Ogilvie (1597-1615) […]

Moncrieffe Crest & Coats of Arms

Moncrieffe Clan Crest Crest Description: Issuing from a crest coronet Or, a demi-lion rampant Gules, armed and langued Azure Moncrieffe 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 […]

Pringle Crest & Coats of Arms

Pringle Clan Crest: Crest Description: An escallop Or. Pringle 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 […]

Somerville Crest & Coats of Arms

Somerville Clan Crest: Crest Description: A dragon, Vert, spouting fire, Proper, standing on a wheel, Argent Somerville 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 […]

Clan Cameron Places & People

Clan Cameron People John Cameron of Corriechoille (1780-1856) Beginning his life barefoot as a a drover’s lad at Spean Bridge, ‘Corry’ would build up his flock, herds & holdings to become the largest in Britain by the 1840s. Using his childhood wage he invested when he could in the occasional bull and eventually was able […]

Clan Boyle Places & People

Clan Boyle People Jimmy Boyle (born 1944, Glasgow) Once reputed to be the most violent man in Scotland, in 1967 he was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of another gangland figure, William “Babs” Rooney, although Boyle denies that he committed this killing. Whilst incarcerated in the special unit of Barlinnie Prison, he turned […]

Clan Bruce Crest & Coats of Arms

Clan Bruce Crest Worn by all of the name and ancestry Crest Description: A lion stantan, Azure, armed and langued Gules Clan Bruce 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 […]