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MacAlister Clan Crest Crest Description: A dexter arm in armour erect, the hand holding a dagger in pale, all Proper MacAlister 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 […]
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The MacColls are mostly considered to be descended from Clan Donald. In this large and powerful Clan the forename ‘Coll’ was common. It is also based on the evidence that they both have a sprig of common heather as their clan badge. According to the Gaelic manuscript of 1450 as quoted by W. F. Skene […]
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Haldane Tartans There is no registered tartan for this name – these tartans are appropriate Graham of Menteith Ancient Graham of Menteith Modern Graham of Menteith Weathered Graham of Menteith Red
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Clan MacTavish People Simon McTavish Simon McTavish (1750 – 1804) Scots-Quebecer entrepreneur and the pre-eminent businessman in Canada during the second half of the 18th century. Born in Stratherrick, near Loch Ness, Inverness. Though his family was well-connected in the Highlands, prospects there were poor, and in 1764, at the age of thirteen, young Simon […]
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Clan Graham People Sir John de Graham, (1235-1298) Friend and “Right Hand of Wallace” who died at Falkirk. James Graham, fifth Earl and 1st Marquess (1612-1650) “The Great Montrose” who is a legendary figure and one of the greatest military minds that ever lived. He was a soldier, a poet, a scholar and a loving […]
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Clan Cooper People Thomas Mackay Cooper, 1st Baron Cooper of Culross (24 September 1892 – 15 July 1955) Thomas Mackay Cooper, 1st Baron Cooper of Culrossby Walter Stoneman 1937 in the National Portrait Gallery, London Thomas Cooper was a lawyer, politician, judge, and historian. He was born in 1892 to John Cooper (1843-1901), a civil […]
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Rattray Clan Crest: Crest Description: Issuant from a crest coronet Or, a star Or and thereon a flaming heart, Proper Rattray 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 […]
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The Duries are an old and honourable Scottish family. We trace our ancestry back as far at least as the 1260s. The name originated from the lands of Durie in Scoonie, Fife, which were granted by Regnold le Cheine to Gilbert son of Robert, Earl of Strathearn, as confirmed by the Earl of Carrick, son […]
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The Stewart family records its traditional descent from Banquo, Thane of Lochaber, who makes an appearance as a character in William Shakespeare’s MacBeth. Historically, however, the family appears to be descended from an ancient family who were senechals of Dol in Brittany. They acquired lands in England after the Norman conquest and moved to Scotland […]