Hope Clan Crest: Crest Description: A broken terrestrial globe surmounted by a rainbow issuing out of a cloud at each end, all Proper Hope 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) . […]
Clan Bruce People King Robert I (1274-1329) Robert Bruce of Annadale had two sons, Robert and Edward. Although his father was pro-English to protect his wealth, Robert junior had moved to back Wallace and independence for a time, telling his father, “I must be with my own”, but only until 1302 however when he made […]
Clan Auchinleck Crest Worn by all of the name and ancestry Crest Description: An ear of rye, Proper Clan Auchinleck 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 […]
Clan MacIntyre People Duncan Ban MacIntyre Memorial Duncan Ban MacIntyre (1724-1812) Born in Glenorchy Duncan Ban MacIntyre lived as a forester and is famous for his Gaelic poetry. He received the privilege of a publication in his own lifetime. His work recorded his love and knowledge of nature in a disintegrating society.
Weir Clan Crest Crest Description: Upon a chapeau, Gules, furred Ermine a boar statant, Azure, armed, Or Weir 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 Mackintosh People Lady Anne Farquharson-MacKintosh Lady Anne Farquharson-MacKintosh (1723-1787) Born in 1723 to John Farquharson of Invercauld, chief of the Clan Farquharson and staunch Jacobite. She was married to Angus MacKintosh, Chief of the Clan MacKintosh. When Bonnie Prince Charlie Charles Edward Stuart landed in Scotland in 1745, Anne, then 22 years old, forcefully […]
Clan MacRae People Rev. Farquhar MacRae (1580-1662) Chamberlain of Eilean Donan Castle and minister for Kintail parish for over forty years. Duncan MacRae (c. 17th Century) The compiler of a previous Gaelic poetry anthology, known as the Fearnaig Manuscript, which is considered an important contribution to Gaelic literature. John McCrae Lt Col. John McCrae MD […]
Clan Armstrong Crest Worn by all of the name and ancestry: Crest Description: An arm from the shoulder, armed, Proper Clan Armstrong 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 […]
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Clan Carnegie People Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919) America’s most famous Philanthropist and industrialist described his Dunfermline birthplace as ‘the most sacred spot to me on Earth’. When unemployment forced his family to emigrate from Scotland and settle in Pittsburgh in 1848, he began working the bobbins in a cloth mill all his teenage years until he […]
