Galloway Clan Crest Crest Description: A mound, bespread with the rays of the sun, Proper, embraced between two corn-ears in saltire, and ensigned with a crosslet, Or Galloway 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 MacLeod People Roderick MacLeod (d.1626) Known as Ruaraidh Mor, he was the 15th clan chief and an important cultural figure of his day. He is the subject of the famous “Rory Mor’s Lament”, composed by Patrick Mor MacCrimmon. Norman MacLeod (b.1780) A mesmeric preacher, he established religious communities in Nova Scotia, Australia and New […]
Kinnear Clan Crest Crest Description: Two anchors crossed, Proper Kinnear 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 […]
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Lamont Clan Crest Crest Description: A dexter hand couped at the wrist, all Proper Lamont 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 […]
Paisley is a name of local origin, coming from the town of the same name in Renfrewshire. William Passeleue, or Passelaw, witnessed charters, sometime between 1179 and 1190, by William the Lion, and circa 1202, as William Passelewe, he was witness to a charter by Alan filius Walteri. This William may have been the same […]
Clan Haldane People James Alexander Haldane (1768 – 1851) Scottish independent church leader. The younger son of Captain James Haldane of Airthrey House, in Stirlingshire, he was born at Dundee. Educated first at Dundee Grammar School and afterwards at the Royal High School and University of Edinburgh, at the age of seventeen he joined the […]
Forbes is a parish in the Aberdeenshire area. A reliable tradition tells that the ‘Braes o’ Forbes’ were once uninhabitable because of bears living in the area. Oconachar, founder of the clan, killed the bears and claimed the land as ‘first occupier’. The present chief still holds part of the Lordship of these Forbes lands. […]
There is not much known about the Cooper tartan apart from it came from the collection of James Cant M.A. who died in 1960. Threadcount B/18 P16 R8 G104 B16 G8 B16 K40 P16 B8 P16 G32 B4 K4 B88 P16 B8 R/8 Cooper Ancient
The surname Spalding has a territorial origin, coming from the town of the same name in Lincolnshire, England. The first of this surname recorded in Scotland is believed to be Radulphus de Spalding who, in 1225, was witness to the signing of a charter of the mill of Caterline in Kincardineshire. In, or around, 1294, […]
