Also found as Byers and Buyers, the name is derived from the old barony of Byres in East Lothian. John de Byres appears as a monk of Neubotle in 1309. Thomas de Byris owned a tenement in Edinburgh in 1392 and in 1534 Thomas Byres was admitted burgess of Aberdeen. George Byris and Thomas Byris […]
Rose Clan Crest Crest Description: On a chapeau Gules furred Ermine, a harp Azure Rose 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 […]
Lyle Tartans: There is no official Tartan for Lyle – the following tartans are appropriate; Royal Stewart Ancient Royal Stewart Modern Stewart Old Ancient Stewart Old Modern Stewart Old Weathered Stewart Muted Blue Stewart Black Stewart Dress Ancient Stewart Dress Modern
Gunn Tartans Gunn Ancient Gunn Modern Gunn Weathered
Grierson Tartans There is no registered tartan for this name – the following tartans are appropriate MacGregor Ancient MacGregor Modern MacGregor Hunting
This name derives from the lands of Dunlop in Cunningham, Ayrshire. The original meaning was the fort (dun) at a muddy place (Lapach) from the old, pre-10th century Gaelic. The Dunlops remained in this area since around the 13th Century. The name was pronounced locally as locally as Dulap or Delap. It was also sometimes […]
According to the Clan the Borthwick tartan in its current form has been worn since the 1950s. Threadcount R/16 K8 N40 K56 N40 K8 R40 G/8 Borthwick ————————————————– The Borthwick dress tartan came about when Major John Henry Stuart Borthwick (later to become Lord Borthwick in 1986) asked Lochcarron to design a dress version of […]
The Dundas tartan was first recorded in 1842, in the Vestiarium Scoticum by the Sobieski Stuart brothers. Dundas Ancient ————————————————– Dundas Modern
Edwin Scrymgeour, ‘Neddy’ (1866 – 1947) Member of Parliament for Dundee. He is the only person ever elected to the House of Commons on a prohibitionist ticket as the candidate of the Scottish Prohibition Party. Scrymgeour was a native Dundonian educated at West End Academy. He established his party in 1901 and served on Dundee […]
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