List of Scottish clans
The following is a list of Scottish clans with and without chiefs.
The crest badges used by members of Scottish clans are based upon armorial bearings recorded by the Lord Lyon King of Arms in the Public Register of All Arms and Bearings in Scotland. The blazon of the heraldic crest is given, and the heraldic motto with its translation into English. While all the crest badges of the clan names listed are recognised by the Lord Lyon King of Arms, only about one half of these (about 140)[1] have a clan chief who is acknowledged by the Lord Lyon King of Arms as the rightful claimant of the undifferenced arms upon which the crest badges are based.
Scottish crest badges are heraldic badges used by members of Scottish clans to show their allegiance to a specific clan or clan chief. Even though they are commonly used by clan members, the heraldic crest and motto within the crest badge belong only to the clan chief – never the clan member. A Scottish clan member's crest badge is made up of a heraldic crest, encircled by a strap and buckle which contains a heraldic motto. In most cases, both crest and motto are derived from the crest and motto of the chief's coat of arms. Crest badges intended for wear as cap badges are commonly made of silver or some other metal such as pewter. In the case of armigers they wear their own crest within a plain circlet showing their own motto or slogan, not a belt and buckle showing the chief's. Women may wear a crest badge as a brooch to pin a sash of their clan tartan at the right shoulder of their gown or blouse. Female clan chiefs, chieftains, or the wives of clan chiefs normally wear a tartan sash pinned at their left shoulder.
Today, Scottish crest badges are commonly used by members of Scottish clans. However, much like clan tartans, Scottish crest badges do not have a long history, and owe much to Victorian era romanticism, and the dress of the Highland Regiments.[2][3] Scottish crest badges have only been worn by clan members on the bonnet since the 19th century.[2]
Clan name | Crest badge | Blazon of crest & motto within crest badge; War cry and Clan badge | Clan chief; and Clan seat, or historical seat |
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Abercromby | Crest: A falcon rising belled Proper.[4] Motto: PETIT ALTA.[5] |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. Seat: Abercrombie, Fife |
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Abernethy | Crest: A raven Sable, beaked and membered Gules Motto: SALUS PER CHRISTUM [from Latin: Salvation through Christ] |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. |
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Adair | Crest: A man's head couped and bloody.[6] Motto: LOYAL AU MORT.[6] |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. | The crest and motto are derived from the arms of Adair of Kinhilt.[6] | ||
Adam | Crest: A cross crosslet fitchée Gules surmounted by a sword in saltire Proper Motto: CRUX MIHI GRATA QUIES [from Latin: The cross gives me welcome rest] |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. Seat: Blair Adam, estate in Kinross-shire |
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Agnew | Crest: An eagle issuant and reguardant Proper.[7] Motto: CONSILIO NON PETU.[7] |
Chief: Sir Crispin Agnew of Lochnaw, 11th Baronet | |||
Aikenhead | Crest: A demi-savage holding in his dexter hand three laurel slips fructed Proper Motto: RUPTO ROBORE NATI Latin: "We are born in a weak condition"] |
Chief: none, armigerous clan.
Seat: Aikenhead, Lanarkshire |
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Ainslie | Crest: Issuing out of a cap of maintenance a naked arm embowed grasping a scymitar all Proper Motto: PRO PATRIA SAEPE PRO REGE SEMPER [from Latin: "For country often, for King always"] |
Chief: none, armigerous clan.
Seat: Dolphinstone Castle (ruin), Jedburgh[8] |
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Aiton | Crest: A hand pulling a rose Proper Motto: DECERPTAE DABUNT ODORUM ["Roses plucked will give sweet smell"] |
Chief: none, armigerous clan.
Seat: Ayton, Berwickshire |
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Allardice | Crest: A demi-savage holding in the dexter hand a scimitar all Proper Motto: IN DEFENCE OF THE DISTRESSED |
Chief: none, armigerous clan.
Seat: Allardice Castle, Kincardineshire |
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Anderson | Crest: An oak tree Proper.{Lyon Court Records 1673/5: Book 1, folio 239 as recorded for James Anderson of Westerairdbreck and also grant by Lord Lyon 20 March 1992 book 73, folio 78: to David Alexander Richard Waterton-Anderson, a descendant of the original grantee} Motto: STAND SURE as witnessed by armorial stones at Westerton, Banffshire dated 1664 and Botriphnie dated 1671; also by grant of Lord Lyon 20 March 1992 book 73, folio 78 to David Alexander Richard Waterton-Anderson.[9] |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. | This motto has been used by the leading house of Andersons from at least 1664 and adopted for use as a clan member's crest badge.[9] | ||
Anstruther | Crest: Two arms in armour holding a pole-axe with both hands gauntleted Proper.[10]
Motto: PERIISSEM NI PERIISSEM.[11] |
Chief: Tobias Anstruther of that Ilk
Seat: Balcaskie House, Fife |
In note No. 12 of Waverley, Sir Walter Scott, while discussing canting of arms in heraldry wrote, "The Periissem ni per-iissem of the Anstruthers is liable to a similar objection. One of that ancient race, finding that an antagonist, with whom he had fixed a friendly meeting, was determined to take the opportunity of assassinating him, prevented the hazard by dashing out his brains with a battle-axe. Two sturdy arms, brandishing such a weapon, form the usual crest of the family, with the above motto, Periissem ni per-iissem—I had died, unless I had gone through with it".[12] Note the crest used in the crest badge. | ||
Arbuthnott | Crest: A peacock's head couped at the neck Proper.[13] |
Chief: Keith Arbuthnott 17th Viscount of Arbuthnott
Seat: Arbuthnott House, Arbuthnott, Aberdeenshire |
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Armstrong | Crest: An arm from the shoulder, armed Proper.[14]
Motto: INVICTUS MANEO.[14] |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. | |||
Arnott | Chief: none, armigerous clan.
Seat: Arnott, Portmoak in Kinross-shire |
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Arthur | Crest: Two laurel branches in orle Proper.[15]
Motto: FIDE ET OPERA.[15] |
Chief: John Alexander MacArthur of that Ilk
Seat: Castle Kennedy House, Castle Kennedy, Wigtownshire |
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Auchinleck | Crest: An ear of rye Proper Motto: PRETIOSUM QUOD UTILE ["What is useful is valuable"] |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. Seat: Auchinleck | |||
Baillie | Crest: A boar's head erased Proper.[16]
Motto: QUID CLARIUS ASTRIS.[17] |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. | |||
Baird | Crest: A gryphon's head erased Proper.[18]
Motto: DOMINUS FECIT.[18] |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. The current Commander, Richard Holman Baird of Rickarton, Ury, and Lochwood, was commissioned by the Court of the Lord Lyon, King of Arms in early August 2019.[19] Notes Sir James Baird, 11th Bt. of Saughtonhall has Petitioned the Court of the Lord Lyon for Chiefship in August 2020.[20] | |||
Balfour | Crest: A dexter arm in armour erect the hand holding a baton in bend Gules tipped Argent
Motto: Fordward ["Forward"] |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. Seat: Burleigh Castle[21] | |||
Bannatyne | Crest: A demi griffin, in his dexter paw a sword erect Proper.[22]
Motto: NEC CITO NEC TARDE.[23] |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. | |||
Bannerman | Crest: A demi man in armour holding in his right hand a sword Proper.[24] | Chief: David Gordon Bannerman of Elsick, 15th Baronet | The ancestors of the Bannermans were hereditary banner-bearers to the kings of Scotland.[26] | ||
Barclay | Crest: (On a chapeau doubled Ermine) a hand holding a dagger Proper.[27]
Motto: AUT AGERE AUT MORI.[27] |
Chief: Peter Barclay of Towie Barclay and of that Ilk | |||
Baxter | Crest: A lion rampant guardant Sable
Motto: VINCIT VERITAS |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. | |||
Bell | Crest: Viz. Azure, three bells, the crest, a hand holding a dagger, paleways proper, with the motto, "I beir the bel."
Motto: I BEIR THE BEL.[28] |
Chief: in the process, armigerous clan. Seat: Middlebie | |||
Belshes | Crest: A greyhound's head couped Argent collared Azure
Motto: FULGET VIRTUS INTAMINATA |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. | |||
Bethune | Crest: An otter's head erased Argent.[29] | Chief: none, armigerous clan. | |||
Beveridge | Crest: Out of a mural crown Or a demi beaver Proper
Motto: PERSEVERANDO ["By persevering"] |
Chief: none, armigerous clan.
Seat: Brucefield, estate in Fife |
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Binning | Chief: none, armigerous clan.
Seat: Barony of Binning, in the parish of Uphall, West Lothian |
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Bissett | Crest: The trunk of an oak tree sprouting afresh Proper
Motto: ABSCISSA VIRESCIT |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. | The chiefly line is thought to be Bisset of Lessendrum. | ||
Blackadder | Chief: none, armigerous clan.
Seat: Old Tulliallan Castle, Kincardine, Fife |
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Blackstock | Chief: none, armigerous clan. | ||||
Blair | Crest: A stag lodged Proper
Motto: AMO PROBOS ["I love the virtuous"] |
Chief: none, armigerous clan.
Seat: Blair, Ayrshire |
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Blane | Crest: The sword of Justice paleways Proper
Motto: PAX AUT BELLUM ["Peace or war"] |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. | |||
Blyth | Chief: none, armigerous clan.
Seat: Lauderdale |
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Borthwick | Crest: A moor's head couped Proper wreathed Argent and Sable.[31] | Chief: John Hugh Borthwick of that Ilk, 24th Lord Borthwick
Seat: Borthwick Castle, Lothian |
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Boswell | Crest: A falcon Proper, hooded Gules, jessed and belled Or
Motto: VRAYE FOI ["True faith"] |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. | |||
Boyd | Crest: A dexter hand erect and pale having the outer fingers bowed inwards.[32] | Chief: Robin Jordan Boyd 8th Baron Kilmarnock
Seat: Dean Castle, Ayrshire |
Alastair Boyd, 7th Baron Kilmarnock died 19 March 2009, but references continue to list him as Chief: see Burks, Standing council, and only House of Boyd aka Clan Boyd has updated information regarding their Chief Boyd clan web site | ||
Boyle | Crest: A double headed eagle displayed, parted per pale embattled Gules and Argent.[33]
Motto: DOMINUS PROVIDEBIT.[34] |
Chief: Patrick Robin Archibald Boyle, 10th Earl of Glasgow
Seat: Kelburn Castle, North Ayrshire |
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Brisbane | Crest: A stork's head erased holding in her beak a serpent nowed Proper
Motto: DABIT OTIA DEUS |
Chief: none, armigerous clan.
Seat: Killincraig, Largs, North Ayrshire |
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Brodie | Crest: A right hand holding a bunch of arrows all Proper.[35]
Motto: UNITE.[35] |
Chief: Alexander Tristan Duff Brodie of Brodie
Seat: Brodie Castle, Morayshire |
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Broun | Crest: A lion rampant, holding in the dexter paw a fleur de lis Or
Floreat magestas (Let majesty flourish)
Motto: FLOREAT MAGESTAS |
Chief: Sir Wayne Broun of Coultson, Bt.
Seat: Colstoun House, East Lothian |
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Bruce | Crest: A lion stantan Azure armed and langued Gules.[37]
Motto: FUIMUS.[37] |
Chief: Andrew Douglas Alexander Thomas Bruce, 11th Earl of Elgin
Seat: Broomhall Hall, Dunfermline |
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Buchan | Crest: (upon a chapeau Gules furred Ermine) A sun shining upon a sunflower full blown Proper.[38]
Motto: NON INFERIORA SECUTUS.[38] |
Chief: David Buchan of Auchmacoy
Seat: Auchmacoy House, Aberdeenshire |
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Buchanan | Crest: A dexter hand holding up a ducal cap (Proper), tufted on the top with a rose Gules, within two laurel branches in orle (also Proper).[39]
Motto: CLARIOR HINC HONOS.[39] |
Chief: John Michael Baillie-Hamilton Buchanan of that Ilk and of Arnprior.
Seat: Cambusmore House, Callander, Stirlingshire |
Lord Lyon, King of Arms, granted the petition for Chief of the Name and Arms of Buchanan in August 2018.[40] | ||
Butter | Crest: Two hands issuing from a cloud in dexter, extended to the sinister and drawing an arrow in a bow all Proper
Motto: DIRIGET DEUS ["God directs"] |
Chief: none, armigerous clan.
Seat: Fascally, by Pitlochry, Perthshire |
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Byses | Crest: A cock reguardant Proper
Motto: MARTE SUO TUTUS ["Safe by his own exertions"] |
Chief: none, armigerous clan.
Seat: Byses Castle (ruin), Haddington, East Lothian |
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Cairns | Chief: none, armigerous clan.
Seat: Mid Calder, West Lothian |
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Calder | Chief: none, armigerous clan.
Seat: Cawdor Castle, Nairnshire |
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Caldwell | Chief: none, armigerous clan.
Seat: Caldwell, East Renfrewshire |
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Callender | Chief: none, armigerous clan.
Seat: Callander, Stirlingshire |
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Cameron | Crest: A sheaf of five arrows points upwards Proper tied with a band Gules.[41]
Motto: AONAIBH RI CHÉILE.[41] |
Chief: Donald Angus Cameron of Lochiel
Seat: Achnacarry Castle, Fort William, Highlands |
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Campbell | Crest: On a boar's head erased fessways erased Or, armed Argent, langued Gules.[42]
Motto: NE OBLIVISCARIS.[42] |
Chief: Torquhil Ian Campbell, 13th Duke of Argyll
Seat: Inveraray Castle, Argyll and Bute |
Though abundant in Argyll, Bog Myrtle drops its leaves in winter.[43] | ||
Campbell of Breadalbane | Crest: A boar's head erased Proper.[44]
Motto: FOLLOW ME.[45] |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. Seat: Breadalbane | |||
Campbell of Cawdor | Crest: A swan, Proper, crowned, Or.[46]
Motto: BE MINDFUL.[47] |
Chief: Colin Campbell, 7th Earl Cawdor
Seat: Cawdor Castle, Nairnshire |
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Campbell of Possil | Crest: A Boar's head erect, erased Or armed and langued Azure.[48][49][50] | ||||
Carmichael | Crest: A dexter hand and arm in pale armed and holding a broken spear Proper.[51]
Motto: TOUT JOUR PREST.[51] |
Chief: Richard Carmichael of Carmichael
Seat: Carmichael, South Lanarkshire |
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Carnegie | Crest: A thunderbolt Proper, winged Or.[52]
Motto: DRED GOD.[52] |
Chief: David Carnegie, 4th Duke of Fife
Seat: Elsick House, Stonehaven, Kincardineshire |
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Carruthers | Crest: A seraphim volant Proper[53][54]
Motto: PROMPTUS ET FIDELIS |
Chief: Simon Peter Carruthers of Holmains, Chief of the Name and Arms of Carruthers | |||
Cathcart | Crest: A dexter hand couped above the wrist and erect Proper, grasping a crescent Argent.[55]
Motto: I HOPE TO SPEED.[55] |
Chief: Charles Alan Andrew Cathcart, 7th Earl Cathcart
Seat: Gateley Hall |
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Chalmers | Crest: The head and neck of a lion Sable langued Gules
Motto: AVANCE ["Advance"] |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. | |||
Charteris | Crest: A dexter hand holding up a dagger paleways Proper.[56]
Motto: THIS IS OUR CHARTER.[56] |
Chief: James Charteris, 13th Earl of Wemyss and 9th Earl of March
Seat: Gosford House, East Lothian |
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Chattan | Crest: A cat salient Proper.[57]
Motto: TOUCH NOT THE CATT BOT A GLOVE.[57] |
Captain: Malcolm K. MacKintosh of Clan Chattan | A unique federation of smaller clans such as Clan Macpherson, Clan Macbean and Clan Macphail lead by Clan Macintosh. | ||
Cheyne | Crest: A cross pattée fitchée Argent
Motto: PATIENTIA VINCIT |
Chief: none, armigerous clan.
Seat: Esslemont, Aberdeenshire |
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Chisholm | Crest: A dexter hand holding a dagger erect Proper, the point thereof transfixing a boar's head erased Or.[58]
Motto: FEROS FERIO.[58] |
Chief: Hamish Chisholm of Chisholm | |||
Clelland | Crest: A falcon upon a glove sinister Proper
Motto: FOR SPORT |
Chief: none, armigerous clan.
Seat: Cleland, North Lanarkshire |
See also: 18th century Clevland family of Tapley, North Devon.[59] | ||
Clephane | Crest: A hand holding a helmet Proper
Motto: UT SIM PARATIOR ["That I may be the more ready"] |
Chief: none, armigerous clan.
Seat: Carslogie, Fife |
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Cochrane | Crest: A horse passant Argent[60]
Motto: VIRTUTE ET LABOUR.[60] |
Chief: Iain Alexander Douglas Blair Cochrane, 15th Earl of Dundonald, 6th Marquess of Maranhão
Seat: Lochnell Castle, Argyllshire |
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Cockburn | Crest: A cock crowing Proper.[61]
Motto: ACCENDIT CANTU.[62] |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. | |||
Colquhoun | Crest: A hart's head couped Gules, attired Argent.[63]
Motto: SI JE PUIS.[63] |
Chief: Sir Malcolm Rory Colquhoun of Luss, 9th Baronet
Seat: Rossdhu Mansion, Argyll & Bute |
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Colville | Crest: A hind's head couped at the neck Argent.[65]
Motto: OUBLIER NE PUIS.[65] |
Chief: Charles Mark Townshend Colville, 5th Viscount Colville of Culross | |||
Congilton | Crest: A bee Proper
Motto: MAGNA IN PARVO ["Much in little"] |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. | |||
Craig | Crest: A chevalier on horseback in full charge grasping a broken lance in bend Proper.[66]
Motto: There are two Mottos: J’ai Bonne Esperance [from French: "I have Good Hope"[67] and the less common Vive Deo Et Vives.[68] |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. | The last chief was Thomas Craig of Riccarton who died on 13 March 1823[69] Seat: Riccarton | ||
Cranstoun | Crest: A crane Proper dormant holding a stone in her claw.[70]
Motto: THOU SHALT WANT ERE I WANT.[70] |
Chief: David Cranston of that Ilk and Corehouse | |||
Crawford | Crest: A stag's head erased Gules, between the attires a cross crosslet fitchée Sable.[71]
Motto: TUTUM TE ROBORE REDDAM.[71] |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. | |||
Crichton | Crest: A dragon spouting out fire Proper.[72]
Motto: GOD SEND GRACE.[73] |
Chief: David Maitland Makgill Crichton of that Ilk
Seat: Monzie Castle, Crieff |
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Crosbie | Crest: Out of a mount the trunk of a tree sprouting out new branches all Proper
Motto: RESURGAM ["I shall rise again"] |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. | |||
Cumming | Crest: A lion rampant Or, in his dexter paw a dagger Proper.[74] | Chief: Sir Alexander Penrose Gordon Cumming of Altyre, 7th Bt.
Seat: Altyre House, Morayshire |
Cumin plant is not even native to Britain. The 19th century writer James Logan attributed the clan with this plant. The clan's association with this badge was questioned by at least one other 19th century writer.[75] | ||
Cunningham | Crest: A unicorn's head couped Argent, armed Or.[76]
Motto: OVER FORK OVER.[76] |
Chief: Sir John Christopher Foggo Montgomery Cunninghame of Kilmaurs, Baronet of Corsehill[77] | |||
Dalmahoy | Crest: A hand brandishing a sword aloft Proper
Motto: ABSQZ ["absque"], or METU ["Without fear"] |
Chief: none, armigerous clan.
Seat: barony of Dalmahoy, Midlothian |
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Dalrymple | Crest: A rock Proper.[78]
Motto: FIRM.[79] |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. Seat: Dalrymple | |||
Dalziel | Crest: A dagger paleways Azure, hilted and pommelled Or.[80]
Motto: I DARE.[81] |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. Seat: Dalziel | |||
Darroch | Crest: On a chapeau Gules furred miniver a demi-Negro, in his dexter hand a dagger Proper.[82]
Motto: BE WATCHFULL.[83] |
Chief: Duncan Darroch of Gourock | |||
Davidson | Crest: A stag's head erased Proper.[84]
Motto: SAPIENTER SI SINCERE.[84] |
Chief: Alister Davidson of Davidston | Of the old blood of the Clan Chattan Federation. | ||
Dennistoun | Crest: A dexter arm in pale Proper, clothed Gules, (issuing out of the Wreath) and holding an antique shield Sable charged with a mullet Or
Motto: ADVERSA VURTUTE REPELLO ["I repel adversity with fortitude"] |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. | |||
Dewar | Crest: Issuant from a crest coronet Or of four (three visible) strawberry leaves, a dexter arm vambraced, brandishing a sword Proper, hilted and pommelled Or.
Motto: QUID NON PRO PATRIA.[85] |
Chief: Michael Kenneth Dewar of that Ilk and Vogrie | |||
Donnachaidh aka Clan Duncan aka Clan Robertson | Crest: A dexter hand holding up an imperial crown Proper.[87]
Motto: VIRTUTIS GLORIA MERCES.[87] |
Chief: Alexander Robertson of Struan. | The Celtic Magazine of 1884 states that this badge (fern), compared to fine leaved heath, is the older badge.[64] | ||
Douglas | Crest: On a chapeau Gules furred Ermine, a salamander Vert encircled with flames of fire Proper.[88]
Motto: JAMAIS ARRIÈRE.[88] |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. | The Douglas-Hamiltons are heirs to the chiefship, however the Lord Lyon requires them to assume the single name Douglas for them to be granted the title of chief.[89] | ||
Drummond | Crest: On a crest coronet Or, a goshhawk wings displayed Proper, armed and belled Or, jessed Gules.[90]
Motto: VIRTUTEM CORONAT HONOS.[90] |
Chief: John Eric Drummond, 18th Earl of Perth | |||
Dunbar | Crest: A horse's head Argent, bridled and reined Gules.[91] | Chief: Sir James Dunbar of Mochrum, 14th Bt.
Seat: Mochrum Castle, Dumfries and Galloway |
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Duncan | Chief: none, armigerous clan. | The Clan for present is being led by the head of The Territorial House of Duncan of Sketraw.[92] | |||
Dundas | Crest: A lion's head affrontée looking through a bush of oak Proper.[93] | Chief: David Dundas of Dundas | David Dundas of Dundas has not been heard from in over 30 years. It remains uncertain if he is still alive.[94] | ||
Dunlop | Crest: A dexter hand holding a dagger erect all Proper
Motto: MERITO ["Deservedly"] |
Chief: James Stuart Wallace Dunlop, Dunlop of that Ilk.
Seat: Dunlop, in Cunningham, Ayrshire |
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Durie | Crest: A crescent Or[95] | Chief: Andrew Durie of Durie | |||
Edmonstone | Crest: A swan's head and neck Proper. Swan signifies musicality. Formerly: A camel's head and neck Proper (time of change uncertain)
Motto: VIRTUS AUGET HONOREM |
Chief: Sir Archibald Bruce Charles Edmonstone of Duntreath, 7th Bt
Seat: Duntreath, Glasgow |
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Eliott | Crest: A hand couped at the wrist in armour holding a cutlass in bend Proper.[97]
Motto: FORTITER ET RECTE.[97] |
Chief: Margaret Eliott of Redheugh
Seat: Redheugh, Roxburghshire |
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Elphinstone | Crest: A lady, from the waist upwards, richly habited in red, her arms extended, the right hand supporting a tower and the left holding a branch of laurel, all Proper[98] | Chief: The Rt Hon. Lord Elphinstone | |||
Erskine | Crest: On a chapeau Gules furred Ermine a hand holding up a skene in pale Argent, hilted and pommelled Or.[100]
Motto: JE PENSE PLUS.[100] |
Chief: James Thorne Erskine, 14th Earl of Mar and 16th Earl of Kellie | |||
Ewing | Crest: A demi-lion rampant holding in its dexter paw a star or mullet
Motto: AUDACITER ["Boldly"] |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. | The Ewing coat of arms appears in the Workman Armorial dated 1566..[101] | ||
Fairlie | Crest: A lion's head couped or
Motto: PARATUS SUM ["I am prepared"] |
Chief: none, armigerous clan.
Seat: Fairley, Ayrshire |
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Falconer | Crest: An angel in a praying posture or, within an orle of laurel proper
Motto: VIVE UT VIVAS |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. | |||
Farquharson | Septs: Falconer, Falkner, Faulkner, Faulknor, Fawkner | Crest: On a chapeau gules furred Ermine, a demi-lion Gules holding in his dexter paw a sword proper.[102]
Motto: FIDE ET FORTITUDINE.[102] |
Part of the Clan Chattan Federation through its association with Clan Shaw. | ||
Fenton | Chief: none, armigerous clan. | ||||
Fergusson | Crest: Upon a chapeau Gules furred Ermine, a bee on a thistle Proper.[104]
Motto: DULCIUS EX ASPERIS.[104] |
Chief: Sir Charles Fergusson of Kilkerran, 9th Bt. | |||
Fleming | Crest: A goat's head erased Argent, armed Or
Motto: LET THE DEED SHAW.[105] |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. | |||
Fletcher | Crest: A demi bloodhound Azure, langued Gules, gorged with a ducal crown Or
Motto: DIEU POUR NOUS.[106] |
Chief: none, armigerous clan.
Seat: Glenorchie, Argyll |
Many clan emigrated to the United States and Canada after clearances by the Earl of Breadalbane. The fourteenth and last chief died in New York in 1911 | ||
Forbes | Crest: A stag's head attired with ten tines Proper.[107] | Chief: Nigel Ivan Forbes, 23rd Lord Forbes
Seat: Castle Forbes, Aberdeenshire |
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Forrester | Crest: A hound's head erased Proper collared Gules
Motto: BLAW HUNTER BLAW THY HORN.[108] |
Chief: none, armigerous clan.
Seat: Corstorphine Castle (demolished), Corstorphine, Lothian |
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Forsyth | Crest: A griffin sergeant Azure, armed and membered Sable, crowned Or.[109]
Motto: INSTAURATOR RUINAE.[109] |
Chief: Alister Forsyth of that Ilk | |||
Fotheringham | Crest: A) A griffin segreant Proper (Fotheringham)
Motto: A) BE IT FAST |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. Seat: Powrie, Inverarity, Forfarshire |
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Fraser | Crest: On a mount a flourish of strawberries leaved and fructed Proper.[110] | Chief: Flora Fraser, 21st Lady Saltoun | |||
Fraser of Lovat | Crest: A buck's head erased Proper.[111] | Chief: Simon Fraser, 18th Lord Lovat
Seat: Beaufort Castle, Aberdeenshire |
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Fullarton | Crest: An otter's head erased Gules
Motto: LUX IN TENEBRIS ["Light in darkness"] |
Chief: none, armigerous clan.
Seat: barony of Fullarton, Ayrshire |
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Galbraith | Crest: A bear's head couped Argent muzzled Azure.[113]
Motto: AB OBICE SUAVIOR.[114] |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. | The chiefs were The Galbraith of Culcreuch (untraceable since about 1700).[115] | ||
Galloway | Crest: A mound, bespread with the rays of the sun Proper embraced between two corn-ears in saltire, and ensigned with a crosslet Or
Motto: HIGHER |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. | |||
Gardyne | Crest: Two dexter hands conjoined Proper upholding a cross crosslet fitchée Or
Motto: CRUCIATA CRUCE JUNGUNTUR ["Troubles are connected with the cross"] |
Chief: none, armigerous clan.[116]
Seat: Gardyne Castle |
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Gartshore | Crest: An eagle displayed Proper
Motto: RENEW MY AGE |
Chief: none, armigerous clan.
Seat: Gartshore, Kirkintilloch, Dunbartonshire |
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Gayre | Chief: Reinold Gayre of Gayre and Nigg | ||||
Ged | Crest: A pike's head Proper.[117]
Motto: DURAT DITAT PLACET.[117] |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. | The crest, of a pike, is a pun on the clan name Ged. A ged is the heraldic term for a pike. | ||
Gibsone | Chief: none, armigerous clan. | ||||
Gladstains | Chief: none, armigerous clan. | ||||
Glas | Chief: none, armigerous clan. | ||||
Glen | Chief: none, armigerous clan. | ||||
Glendinning | Chief: none, armigerous clan. | ||||
Gordon | Crest: Issuant from a crest coronet Or a stag's head (affrontée) Proper attired with ten tines Or.[118]
Motto: BYDAND |
Chief: Granville Charles Gomer Gordon, 13th Marquess of Huntly
Seat: Aboyne Castle, Aberdeenshire |
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Graham | Crest: A falcon Proper, beaked and armed Or, killing a stork Argent, Armed Gules.[120]
Motto: NE OUBLIE.[120] |
Chief: James Graham, 8th Duke of Montrose
Seat: Buchanan Castle, Stirlingshire |
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Grant | Crest: A burning hill Proper.[121]
Motto: CRAIG ELACHIE.[121] |
Chief: James Patrick Trevor Grant of Grant, 6th Baron Strathspey | |||
Gray | Crest: An anchor in pale Or.[122]
Motto: ANCHOR FAST ANCHOR.[123] |
Chief: Lord James Gray of Texas 1980–, | In 1950 the Lord Lyon barred those with double-barrelled names from the chiefship of clans. At the time Lord Gray had been chief of Clan Gray.[123] | ||
Gregor | Crest: A lion's head erased Proper, crowned with an antique crown Or.[124]
'Motto: S RIOGHAL MO DHREAM.[124] |
Chief: Sir Malcolm Gregor MacGregor of MacGregor, 7th Bart. | Clan of the historical figure Rob Roy MacGregor. | ||
Grierson | Crest: A fetterlock Argent.[125]
Motto: HOC SECURIOR.[126] |
Chief: Madam Sarah Grierson of Lag | |||
Gunn | Crest: A dexter hand wielding a sword in bend Proper.[127]
Motto: AUT PAX AUT BELLUM.[127] |
Chief: Iain Alexander Gunn of Banniskirk | The elements within the crest badge are not derived from the chiefly arms. No undifferenced arms of the name Gunn have ever been recorded. | ||
Guthrie | Crest: A dexter arm holding a drawn sword Proper.[128]
Motto: STO PRO VERITATE.[129] |
Chief: Alexander Guthrie of Guthrie | |||
Haig | Crest: A rock Proper.[130]
Motto: TYDE WHAT MAY.[130] |
Chief: Alexander Douglas Derrick Haig, 3rd Earl Haig
Seat: Bemersyde, Roxburghshire |
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Haldane | Crest: An eagle's head erased Or[131]
Motto: SUFFER.[132] |
Chief: Martin Haldane of Gleneagles
Seat: Gleneagles, Perthshire |
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Haliburton | Crest: A negro's head couped at the shoulders and armed with a helmet Proper
Motto: WATCH WELL |
Chief: none, armigerous clan.
Seat: Haliburton, Berwickshire |
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Halkerston | Crest: A falcon's head erased Proper
Motto: IN ARDUA NITOR |
Chief: none, armigerous clan.
Seat: Rathillet, Fife |
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Halket | Crest: A falcon's head erased Proper
Motto: FIDES SUFFICIT ["Faith is sufficient"] |
Chief: none, armigerous clan.
Seat: Pitfirran, Fife |
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Hall | Crest: A Talbot's head
Motto: Vive Ut Vivas ["Live, So That You May Live"] " – |
Chief: none, armigerous clan.
Seat: Liddesdale, Roxburghshire |
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Hamilton | Crest: In a ducal cornet an oak tree fructed and penetrated transversely in the main stem by a frame saw Proper, the frame Or.[133]
Motto: THROUGH.[133] |
Chief: Alexander Douglas-Hamilton, 16th Duke of Hamilton | |||
Hannay | Crest: A cross crosslet fitchée issuing out of a crescent Sable.[134]
Motto: PER ARDUA AD ALTA.[134] |
Chief: David Hannay of Kirkdale and of that Ilk. | |||
Harris | Chief: none, armigerous clan. | ||||
Hay | Crest: Issuing out of a crest coronet a falcon volant Proper, armed, jessed and belted Or.[135]
Motto: SERVA JUGUM.[135] |
Chief: Merlin Sereld Victor Gilbert Moncreiffe, 24th Earl of Erroll | |||
Henderson | Crest: A cubit arm Proper the hand holding an estoile Or surmounted by a crescent Azure.[136]
Motto: SOLA VIRTUS NOBILITAT.[136] |
Chief: Alistair Donald Henderson of Fordell | |||
Hepburn | Crest: A horse's head couped Argent, bridled Gules.[137]
Motto: KEEP TRYST.[138] |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. | |||
Heron | Crest: A Demi lion Argent holding in his dexter paw a cross crosslet fitchée Gules
Motto: PAR VALEUR ["By bravery"] |
Chief: none, armigerous clan.
Seat: Heron, Kirkcudbrightshire |
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Herries | Crest: A stag's head with ten tynes Argent.[139]
Motto: DOMINUS DEDIT.[140] |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. | |||
Hogg | Crest: An oak tree Proper
Motto: DAT GLORIA VIRES ["A good name gives strength"] |
Chief: none, armigerous clan.
Seat: Newliston House, Kirkliston, Lothian |
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Hogarth | Crest: A pegasus
Motto: CANDOR DAT VIRIBUS ALAS ["Sincerity gives wings to strength."] |
Chief: William Hogarth.
Seat: Berwickshire and later Firhil |
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Home | Crest: On a cap of maintenance Proper, a lion's head erased Argent.[141] | Chief: David Douglas-Home, 15th Earl of Home | |||
Hope | Crest: A broken terrestrial globe surmounted by a rainbow issuing out of a cloud at each end all Proper.[142]
Motto: AT SPES INFRACTA.[143] |
Chief: Sir John Hope of Craighall, Bt. | The motto is a pun on the clan name. | ||
Hopkirk | Crest: A dexter hand in armour erect and couped at the elbow the hand Proper pointing to a crescent in dexter chief Argent
Motto: SPERO PROCEDERE ["I hope to prosper"] |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. | |||
Horsburgh | Chief: none, armigerous clan. | ||||
Houston | Crest: A sand-glass Proper.[144]
Motto: IN TIME.[145] |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. Seat: Houston | |||
Hunter | Crest: A greyhound sejant Proper, gorged with an antique crown Or.[146]
Motto: CURSUM PERFICIO.[146] |
Chief: Pauline Hunter of Hunterston Seat: Hunterston | |||
Hutton | Chief: none, armigerous clan. | ||||
Inglis | Chief: none, armigerous clan. | ||||
Innes | Crest: A boar's head erased Proper.[147] | Chief: none, armigerous clan. | The Duke of Roxburghe is undoubtedly the Chief of Clan Innes, however he cannot be so recognised as retains the name Innes-Ker.[148] | ||
Irvine | Crest: A sheaf of Holly consisting of nine leaves Vert slipped and banded Gules.[149]
Motto: SUB SOLE SUB UMBRA VIRENS.[149] |
Chief: Alexander Irvine of Drum, 27th Baron of Drum[150][151][152]
Seat: Drum Castle, Aberdeenshire |
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Jardine | Crest: A spur rowel of six points Proper.[153] | Chief: Sir William Murray Jardine of Applegirth, 13th Bt. | |||
Johnstone | Crest: A winged spur Or.[154]
Motto: NUNQUAM NON PARATUS.[154] |
Chief: Patrick Andrew Wentworth Johnstone of Annandale and of that Ilk, 11th Earl of Annandale and Hartfell | |||
Keith | Crest: Out of a crest coronet Or, a roebuck's head Proper, attired Or.[155]
Motto: VERITAS VINCIT.[155] |
Chief: James William Falconer Keith, 14th Earl of Kintore
Seat: Keith Hall, Aberdeenshire |
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Kelly | Chief: none, armigerous clan. | ||||
Kennedy | Crest: A dolphon naiant Proper.[156]
Motto: AVISE LA FIN.[156] |
Chief: David Thomas Kennedy, 9th Marquess of Ailsa | |||
Kerr | Crest: The sun in his splendour Or.[157] | Chief: Michael Andrew Foster Jude Kerr, 13th Marquess of Lothian | |||
Kincaid | Crest: A triple towered castle Argent, masoned Sable, and issuing from the centre tower a dexter arm from the shoulder embowed, vested in the proper tartan of Kincaid and grasping a drawn sword all Proper.[158]
Motto: THIS I"LL DEFEND.[158] |
Chief: Arabella Kincaid of Kincaid | |||
Kinloch | Crest: A young eagle perched and looking up to the sun in splendour all Proper
Motto: NON DEGENER ["Not degenerate"] |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. | |||
Kinnaird | Crest: A crescent arising from a cloud having a star issuing from between its horns, all within two branches of palm disposed in orle Proper.[159]
Motto: ERRANTIA LUMINA FALLUNT.[160] |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. | |||
Kinnear | Crest: Two anchors in saltire Proper.[161]
Motto: I LIVE IN HOPE.[161] |
Chief: The Clan, although not ruled by a Chief, has a senior male in the way of Malcolm MacIntyre Kinnear armigerous clan. | |||
Kinninmont | Crest: An oak tree Vert.[162] | Chief: none, armigerous clan. | |||
Kirkcaldy | Crest: A man's head with the face looking upwards Proper
Motto: FORTISSIMA VERITAS |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. | |||
Kirkpatrick | Crest: Upraised hand holding a dagger dripping blood Motto: I MAK SIKKAR |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. | |||
Laing |
Crest: A Dove, in the mouth a sprig of olive Motto: Misericordia Est Mea Cupido |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. | |||
Lammie | Crest: A hand Proper holding a crosier Or
Motto: PER VARIOS CASUS |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. | |||
Lamont | Crest: A dexter hand couped at the wrist Proper.[163]
Motto: NE PARCUS NEC SPERNAS.[163] |
Chief: The Rev. Father Peter Lamont of that Ilk | |||
Langlands | Chief: none, armigerous clan. | ||||
Learmonth | Chief: none, armigerous clan. | ||||
Leask | Crest: A crescent Argent.[165]
Motto: VIRTUTE CRESCO.[166] |
Chief: Jonathan Leask of that Ilk. | |||
Lennox | Crest: Two broadswords in saltire behind a swan's head and neck all Proper.[167]
Motto: I'LL DEFEND.[167] |
Chief: Edward Lennox of that Ilk | |||
Leslie | Crest: A demi griffin Proper, armed, beaked and winged Or.[168]
Motto: GRIP FAST.[168] |
Chief: James Malcolm David Leslie, 22nd Earl of Rothes | |||
Lindsay | Crest: Issuing from an antique ducal coronet Or, the head, neck and wings of a swan Proper.[169] | Chief: Robert Alexander Lindsay, 29th Earl of Crawford and 12th Earl of Balcarres | |||
Little | Crest:A demi lion Sable powdered with saltires Argent, armed Gules, in dexter paw a cutlass Proper and in sinister a saltire Argent
Motto:Concedo nulli or Fidei coticula crux |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. | |||
Lockhart | Crest: On a chapeau Gules furred Ermine a boar's head erased Argent, langued Gules.[170]
Motto: CORDA SERRATA PANDO.[171] |
Chief: Angus Lockhart of The Lee | The motto is a pun on the clan name. | ||
Logan | Crest: A passion nail piercing a human heart, Proper.[172]
Motto: HOC MAJORUM VIRTUS.[173] |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. | |||
Logie | Chief: none, armigerous clan. | ||||
Lumsden | Crest: Issuant from a crest coronet Or a naked arm grasping a sword Proper.[175]
Motto: AMOR PATITUR MORAS.[175] |
Chief: Gillem Lumsden of that Ilk | |||
Lundin | Crest: A lion Gules, issuant from an antique crown Or, holding in its dexter paw a sword erect and in its sinister a thistle slipped both Proper
Motto: DEI DONO SUM QUOD SUM |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. | |||
Lyle | Crest: A cock Or, crested and barbed Gules
Motto: AN I MAY |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. | |||
Lyon | Crest: Within a garland of bay leaves, a lady from the middle richly attired, holding in her dexter hand a thistle all Proper.[176]
Motto: IN TE DOMINE SPERAVI.[177] |
Chief: Michael Fergus Bowes-Lyon, 18th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne | The crest alludes to the alliance of Sir John Lyon with the daughter of Robert II, Princess Jean.[176] | ||
MacAlister | Crest: A dexter arm in armour erect, the hand holding a dagger in pale all Proper.[178]
Motto: FORTITER.[178] |
Chief: William MacAlester of Loup and Kennox | |||
MacAlpin/e | Crest: A boar's head.
Motto: Cuimhnich Bàs Ailpein. |
Chief: none, m Commander: Michael T. McAlpin, Armigers: Eight MacAlpine armigers.[179] |
No chiefly arms have been recorded in the Lyon Register. | ||
MacAulay | Crest: A boot couped at the ankle and theron a spur Proper.[180]
Motto: DULCE PERICULUM.[180] |
Chief: none, armigerous clan.
Seat: Ardencaple Castle, Argyll & Bute |
No chiefly arms have been recorded in the Lyon Register.Note 7 August 2011 Hector MacAulay elected as "Chief of the Clan MacAulay Association", at the assoc | ||
MacBain | Crest: A grey demi-cat-a-mountain salient, on his sinister foreleg a Highland targe Gules.[182]
Motto: TOUCH NOT A CATT BOT A TARGE.[182] |
Chief: James McBain of McBain | Of the old blood of the Clan Chattan Federation. | ||
MacBrayne | Chief: none, armigerous clan. | ||||
MacDonald | Crest: On a crest coronet Or, a hand in armour fessways couped at the elbow Proper holding a cross crosslet fitchée Gules.[183]
Motto: PER MARE PER TERRAS.[183] |
Chief: Godfrey James Macdonald of Macdonald, 8th Baron Macdonald of Slate | |||
MacDonald of Clanranald | Crest: A triple-towered castle Argent masoned Sable, and issuing from the centre tower a dexter arm in armour embowed grasping a sword all Proper.[184]
Motto: MY HOPE IS CONSTANT IN THEE.[184] |
Chief: Ranald Alexander MacDonald, Captain of Clanranald | |||
MacDonald of Keppoch | Badge: common heath (Scots heather), or white heather[36] | Chief: Ranald Macdonald of Keppoch | |||
MacDonald of Sleat | Crest: A hand in armour fesswise holding a cross crosslet fitchée Gules.[185] | Chief: Sir Ian MacDonald of Sleat, Bt. | |||
MacDonell of Glengarry | Crest: A raven Proper perching on a rock Azure.[186]
Motto: CRAGAN AN FHITHICH.[186] |
Chief: Ranald MacDonnell of Glengarry | |||
MacDougall | Crest: (On a chapeau Gules furred Ermine) a dexter arm in armour embowed fessways couped Proper, holding a cross crosslet fitchée erect Gules.[187]
Motto: BUAIDH NO BAS.[187] |
Chief: Madame Morag MacDougall of MacDougall | |||
Macdowall | Crest: (issuant from a crest coronet Or) A lion's paw erased and erected Proper holding a dagger point upwards Proper, hilted and pommelled Or.[188]
Motto: VINCERE VEL MORI.[189] |
Chief: Fergus D. H. McDowall of Garthland | |||
MacDuff | Crest: A demi-lion Gules holding in the dexter paw a broadsword erected in pale Proper, hilted and pommelled Or.[190]
Motto: DEUS JUVAT.[190] |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. | |||
MacEwen | Crest: A trunk of an oak tree sprouting Proper.[191] | Chief: none, armigerous clan. | This motto is not from the chiefly arms, but is derived from the arms of the McEwen baronets.[192] | ||
Macfarlane | Crest: A demi-savage brandishing in his dexter hand a broad sword Proper and pointing with his sinister to an Imperial Crown Or standing by him on the Wreath.[193]
Motto: THIS I'LL DEFEND[193] |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. | |||
Macfie | Crest: A demi lion rampant Proper.[194]
Motto: PRO REGE.[194] ["For the king"].[194] |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. | This motto is not from the chiefly arms, but is derived from a coat of arms registered in 1864. The Macfies are one of the clans of Siol Alpin, it has been claimed that the motto was chosen in reference to Alpin father of Cináed mac Ailpín traditional first king of Scots. | ||
Macgillivray | Crest: A cat-a-mountain sejuant guardant Proper, his dexter fore-paw on the ground, his sinister in a guardant posture and his tail reflexed under his sinister paw.[195]
Motto: TOUCH NOT THIS CAT[195] |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. Badge: boxwood or red whortleberry[36] |
Part of the Clan Chattan Federation. In 2016 four Clan MacGillivary Societies of Scotland, America, Australia and the Netherlands elected Iain MacGillivray as Clan Commander[196][197] | ||
MacInnes | Crest: A sinister arm from the shoulder bendways, attired in the close sleeve of the proper tartan of Clan Aonghais, cuff flashes yellow with three buttons Or, grasping a bow Vert, stringed Gules.[198]
Motto: GHIFT DHE AGUS AN RIGH |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. | This motto is not derived from the chiefly arms, but from a modern coat of arms (from the arms of MacInnes of Malagawatch).[199] | ||
MacIntyre | Crest: A dexter hand holding a dagger in pale Proper.[200]
Motto: PER ARDUA.[200] |
Chief: Donald R. MacIntyre of Glenoe
Seat: Glenoe, Argyll and Bute |
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MacIver | Crest: A boar's head couped Or.[201]
Motto: NUNQUAM OBLIVISCAR.[201] |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. | Both crest and motto are very similar to the Campbell crest badge. | ||
Mackay | Crest: A dexter arm erect couped at the elbow the hand grasping a dagger also erect all Proper.[202]
Motto: MANU FORTI.[202] |
Chief: Æneas Simon Mackay, 15th Lord Reay | |||
Mackenzie | Crest: A mount in flames Proper.[203]
Motto: LUCEO NON URO.[203] |
Chief: John Ruaridh Grant MacKenzie, 5th Earl of Cromartie
Seat: Castle Leod, Ross-shire |
The crest and motto within the crest badge are derived from that of the Macleods of Lewis. In the 17th century Mackenzie of Kintail took possession of Lewis, married a daughter of Macleod of Lewis, and added Macleod of Lewis's arms to that of his own. Even today the chiefs of Clan Mackenzie are styled Baron Macleod of Castle Leod. Innes of Learney claimed that heath club rush ('deer's grass') may be confused with club moss ('staghorn moss'). Club moss has also been attributed to the Macraes, who were the Mackenzie's "shirt of mail". Even if it is a confusion both 'deer's grass' and 'staghorn moss' likely refer to caberfeidh ("deer's antlers") in the Mackenzie chiefly arms.[36] | ||
Mackie | Crest: A raven Proper.[204] | Chief: none, armigerous clan. | Derived from the arms of Mackie of Larg. The Mackies of Larg were the principal branch of the clan.[204] | ||
Mackinnon | Crest: A boar's head erased and holding in its mouth the shank of a deer all Proper.[205]
Motto: ADENTES FORTUNA JUVAT.[205] |
Chief: Madam Anne Mackinnon of Mackinnon. | |||
MacKinlay | Chief: none, armigerous clan. | United States President William McKinley murdered 1901 was a member of this Clan | |||
Mackintosh | Crest: A cat-a-mountain salient guardant Proper.[206]
Motto: TOUCH NOT THE CAT BOT A GLOVE.[206] |
Chief: John Lachlan Mackintosh of Mackintosh | Clan Macintosh heads the Clan Chattan Federation. | ||
Maclachlan | Crest: (Issuant from a crest coronet of four (three visible) strawberry leaves Or) a castle set upon a rock all Proper.[207]
Motto: FORTIS ET FIDUS.[207] |
Chief: Euan Maclachlan of Maclachlan. | |||
Maclaine of Lochbuie | Crest: A branch of laurel and a branch of cypress in saltire surmounted of a battle axe in pale all Proper.[209]
Motto: VINCERE VEL MORI.[209] |
Chief: Lorne MacLaine of Lochbuie | |||
MacLaren | Crest: A lion's head erased Sable crowned with an antique crown of six (four visible) points Or, between two branches of laurel issuing from the Wreath at either side of the head both Proper.[210]
Motto: CREAG AN TUIRC.[210] |
Chief: Donald MacLaren of MacLaren and Achleskine | |||
MacLaurin | Crest: A lady from the middle upwards ifouing out of the Wreath in her arms a Child both proper and habited Vert[211]
Motto: Bi'se mac ant' Slaurie[211] |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. | |||
MacLea or Livingstone | Crest: A demi-man representing the figure of Saint Moluag Proper, his head ensigned of a circle of glory Or, having about his shoulders a cloak Vert, holding in his dexter hand the great Staff of Saint Moluag Proper and in his sinister hand a cross crosslet fitchée Azure.[212]
Motto: CNOC AINGEIL.[213] |
Chief: Niall Livingstone of Bachuil | A very modern slogan which appears in the arms of the current chief. It refers to a hill on the Isle of Lismore. | ||
Maclean | Crest: A tower embattled Argent.[214]
Motto: VIRTUE MINE HONOUR.[214] |
Chief: Major The Hon Sir Lachlan MacLean of Duart and Morvern, Bt. | |||
MacLellan | Crest: A naked arm supporting on the point of a sword, a moor's head.[215]
Motto: THINK ON.[216] |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. | Lord Kirkcudbright's crest alludes to the tradition that a MacLellan killed an Irish bandit which had terrorised the lands around Kirkcudbright. The king offered anyone who brought the bandit in, dead or alive, the barony of Bomby. When the king appeared to forget his promise, MacLellan supposedly exclaimed "Think on!".[217] See Black Morrow for more info. | ||
MacLennan | Crest: A demi-piper all Proper, garbed in the proper tartan of the Clan Maclennan.[218]
Motto: DUM SPIRO SPERO.[218] |
Chief: Ruairidh MacLennan of MacLennan | |||
Macleod | Crest: A bull's head cabossed Sable, horned Or, between two flags Gules, staved at the First.[219] | Chief: Hugh Magnus MacLeod of MacLeod
Seat: Dunvegan Castle, Isle of Skye |
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Macleod of the Lewes | Crest: The sun in splendor, Proper.
Motto: I BIRN QUHIL I SE. |
Chief: Torquil MacLeod of the Lewes | |||
MacMillan | Crest: A dexter and a sinister hand issuing from a Wreath grasping and brandishing aloft a two-handed sword Proper.[220]
Motto: MISERIS SUCCURRERE DISCO.[220] |
Chief: George MacMillan of Macmillan and Knap | |||
Macnab | Crest: The head of a savage affrontée proper.[221]
Motto: TIMOR OMMIS ABESTO.[221] |
Chief: James Macnab of Macnab | |||
Macnaghten | Crest: A tower embattled Gules.[222] | Chief: Sir Patrick Macnaghten of Macnaghten, Bt. | |||
MacNeacail | Crest: A hawk's head erased Gules.[223]
Motto: SGORR-A-BHREAC.[223] |
Chief: John MacNeacail of MacNeacail and Scorrybreac | |||
MacNeil | Crest: On a chapeau Gules furred Ermine, a rock Proper.[224]
Motto: BUAIDH NO BAS.[224] |
Chief: Ian R. MacNeil of Barra | The clan badge may actually be attributed to the McNeills of Gigha, a branch of Clan MacNeil. Trefoil has also been atrributed to the Lamonts, another clan in Argyl. The Lamonts and MacNeils/McNeills both claim descent from the same O'Neill who settled in Scotland in the Middle Ages. | ||
Macphail | Crest: A stag's head erased Proper
Motto: MEMOR ESTO |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. | Of the old blood of the Clan Chattan Federation. MacPhails today however can be found with Clan Macintosh in the East or with Clan Cameron in the west. | ||
Macpherson | Crest: A cat sejant Proper.[225]
Motto: TOUCH NOT THE CAT BUT A GLOVE.[225] |
Chief: Sir William Macpherson of Cluny | Of the old blood of the Clan Chattan Federation. | ||
Macquarrie | Badge: pine (Scots fir)[36] | Chief: none, armigerous clan. | |||
Macqueen | Crest: An heraldic tyger rampant Ermine holding an arrow, point downwards Argent pheoned Gules.[226]
Motto: CONSTANT AND FAITHFUL.[226] |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. | Part of the Clan Chattan Federation. The chief's family is believed to have moved to New Zealand and the clan became scattered throughout Scotland and the rest of the English-speaking world.[227] | ||
Macrae | Crest: A cubit arm grasping a sword all Proper.[228]
Motto: FORTITUDINE.[228] |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. | Club moss sometimes referred to as staghorn grass, may refer to the Mackenzie chiefly arms, or at least the Macrae's close association with the Mackenzies.[36] | ||
MacTavish | Crest: A boar's head erased Or langued Proper.[229]
Motto: NON OBLITUS.[230] |
Chief: Steven MacTavish of Dunardry | Both the crest and motto echo those from the chief of Clan Campbell. The MacTavishes had been considered a part of Clan Campbell until 1997 when "Chief of the Clan MacTavish" was recognised by the Lord Lyon. The motto is a response to the Campbell chief's NE OBLIVISCARIS ("Do not forget").[231] | ||
MacThomas | Crest: A demi-cat-a-mountain rampant guardant Proper, grasping in his dexter paw a serpent Vert, langued Gules, its tail environing the sinister paw.[232]
Motto: DEO JUVANTE INVIDIAM SUPERABO.[232] |
Chief: Andrew MacThomas of Finegand | |||
Maitland | Crest: A lion sejant affrontée Gules, ducally crowned Proper, in his dexter paw a sword Proper hilted and pommelled Or, in his sinister a fleur de lis Azure.[233]
Motto: CONSILIO ET ANIMIS.[234] |
Chief: Ian Maitland, 18th Earl of Lauderdale | |||
Makgill | Crest: A phoenix in flames Proper.[235] | Chief: Ian Arthur Alexander Makgill, 14th Viscount of Oxfuird | |||
Malcolm (MacCallum) | Crest: A tower Argent, window and port Azure.[237]
Motto: IN ARDUA TENDIT.[237] |
Chief: Robin Malcolm of Poltalloch | |||
Mar | Crest: On a chapeau Gules furred Ermine, two wings, each of ten pen feathers, erected and addorsed, both blazoned as in the Arms.[238] | Chief: Margaret of Mar, 30th Countess of Mar | |||
Marjoribanks | Crest: A demi-griffin Proper, issuant from a crest coronet Or.[239]
Motto: ET CUSTOS ET PUGNAX.[240] |
Chief: Andrew George Marjoribanks of that Ilk | |||
Masterton | Chief: none, armigerous clan. | ||||
Matheson | Crest: Issuant from an antique crown Or, a hand brandishing a scimitar fessways all Proper.[241]
Motto: FAC ET SPERA.[241] |
Chief: Fergus John Matheson of Matheson, 7th Bt. | |||
Maule | Chief: none, armigerous clan. | ||||
Maxton | Chief: none, armigerous clan. | ||||
Maxwell | Crest: A stag Proper, attired Argent, couchant before a Holly bush proper.[242] | Chief: none, armigerous clan. | |||
McCorquodale | Crest: A stag at gaze Proper attired Gules.[243]
Motto: VIVAT REX.[243] |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. | |||
McCulloch | Crest: A hand throwing a dart Proper
Motto: VI ET ANIMO ["By strength and courage"] |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. | |||
McKerrell | Chief: none, armigerous clan. | ||||
McRitchie | Motto: VIRTUTUE ACQUIRITUR HONOS
["Honour is acquired by virtue."] |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. | |||
Meldrum | Chief: none, armigerous clan. | ||||
Melville | Crest: A ratch hound's head erased Proper, collared Gules.[244]
Motto: DENIQUE COELUM.[245] |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. | |||
Menzies | Crest: A savage head erased Proper.[246] | Chief: David R.S. Menzies of Menzies | |||
Mercer | Chief: none, armigerous clan. | ||||
Middleton | Crest: Issuing out of a tower Sable, a lion rampant Gules, armed and langued Azure.[247]
Motto: FORTIS IN ARDUS.[248] |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. | |||
Moffat | Crest: A crest coronet and issuing therefrom a cross crosslet fitchée Sable surmounted of a saltire Argent.[249]
Motto: SPERO MELIORA.[250] |
Chief: Jean Moffat of that Ilk | |||
Moncreiffe | Crest: Issuing from a crest coronet Or, a demi-lion rampant Gules, armed and langued Azure.[251]
Motto: SUR ESPERANCE.[251] |
Chief: Peregrine Moncreiffe of that Ilk | Oak-leaves appear on a stone carving of the 12th laird's heraldic mantling of 1634.[252] | ||
Moncur | Chief: none, armigerous clan. | ||||
Monteith | Chief: none, armigerous clan. | ||||
Montgomery | Crest: A lady dressed in ancient apparel Azure holding in her dexter hand an anchor and in her sinister hand the head of a savage couped suspended by the hair all Proper.[253] | Chief: Hugh Archibald William Montgomerie, 19th Earl of Eglinton and 7th Earl of Winton | |||
Monypenny | Crest: A figure representing Neptune, namely a naked man, bearded Proper, crowned with an antique crown Vert, bestriding a dolphin naiant Or, finned Gules, in waves of the sea Argent and Azure, holding in his sinister hand, bridling the dolphin Gules, and in his dexter hand
a trident Azure. Motto: IMPERAT AEQUOR ["He rules the sea"] |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. | |||
Morrison | Crest: Issuant from waves of the sea Azure crested Argent, a mount Vert, thereon a battlemented wall Azure masoned Argent, and issuing therefrom a cubit arm naked Proper, the hand grasping a dagger hilted Or.[254]
Motto: TEAGHLACH PHABBAY.[254] |
Chief: Dr. John Ruairidh Morrison of Ruchdi | This motto refers to the chief's descent from the Morrisons of North Uist and Harris, rather than from the Morrisons of Lewis. The Morrisons of North Uist and Harris are not traditionally thought to be related to the Morrisons of Lewis. | ||
Mouat | Chief: none, armigerous clan. | ||||
Moubray | Chief: none, armigerous clan. | ||||
Mow | Crest: A phoenix rising out of the flames Proper.[255]
Motto: POST FUNERA FAENUS.[256] |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. | |||
Muir |
Motto: DURUM PATIENTIA FRANGO.[257] |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. | |||
Muirhead | Crest: The sword of Willielmo De Muirhead, 1st Laird of Muirhead, used to execute Bertram de Shotts
Motto: AUXILIO DEI |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. | |||
Munro | Crest: An eagle perching Proper.[258] | Chief: Hector W. Munro of Foulis
Seat: Foulis Castle, Ross-shire |
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Murray | Crest: On a Wreath Or and Sable a demi-savage Proper wreathed about the temples and waist with laurel, his arms extended and holding in the right hand a dagger, in the left a key all Proper.[259]
Motto: FURTH FORTUNE AND FILL THE FETTERS.[259] |
Chief: Bruce Murray, 12th Duke of Atholl | |||
Murray of Atholl | Motto: TOUT PREST.[260] | ||||
Nairn | Crest: A celestial globe on a stand Proper
Motto: PLUS ULTRA ["More beyond this"] |
Chief: none, armigerous clan.
Seat: Nairn, Nairnshire |
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Napier | Crest: A dexter arm erect couped below the elbow Proper, grasping a crescent Argent.[261] | Chief: Francis Nigel Napier, 14th Lord Napier | |||
Nesbitt | Crest: A boar passant Sable, armed Argent and langued Gules.[262]
Motto: I BYD IT.[263] |
Chief: Mark Nesbitt of that Ilk | |||
Nevoy | Chief: none, armigerous clan. | ||||
Newlands | Motto: HONOUR THE SPUR.[264] | Chief: none, armigerous clan. | The crest badge is not derived from the chiefly arms, but from a recently granted coat of arms. | ||
Newton | Chief: none, armigerous clan. | ||||
Nicolson | Crest: A lion issuant Or armed and langued Gules.[265]
Motto: GENEROSITATE.[265] |
Chief: Vacant[266] | |||
Norvel | Chief: none, armigerous clan. | ||||
Ochterlony | Chief: none, armigerous clan. | ||||
Ogilvy | Crest: A lady affrontée from the middle upward Proper in Azure vestments richly attired holding a portcullis Gules.[267]
Motto: A FIN.[267] |
Chief: David George Patrick Coke Ogilvy, 8th Earl of Airlie | |||
Oliphant | Crest: A unicorn's head couped Argent armed and manned Or.[268]
Motto: TOUT POURVOIR.[268] |
Chief: Richard Oliphant of that Ilk | |||
Orrock | Chief: none, armigerous clan. | ||||
Paisley | Crest: A dexter arm from the shoulder in armour grasping a dagger all Proper
Motto: BE SURE |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. | |||
Paterson | Crest: A dexter hand issuing out of a cloud holding a branch of laurel, all Proper
Motto: HUC TENDIMUS OMNES |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. | |||
Patullo | Chief: none, armigerous clan. | ||||
Pennycook | Chief: none, armigerous clan. | ||||
Pentland | Chief: none, armigerous clan. | ||||
Peter | Chief: none, armigerous clan. | ||||
Pitblado | Chief: none, armigerous clan. | ||||
Pitcairn | Chief: none, armigerous clan. | ||||
Pollock | Crest: A boar passant shot through with a dart Proper.[269]
Motto: AUDACTER ET STRENUE.[270] |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. | |||
Polwarth | Chief: none, armigerous clan. | ||||
Porterfield | Chief: none, armigerous clan. | ||||
Preston | Crest: An angel Proper
Motto: PRAESTO UT PRAESTEM |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. | |||
Primrose | Crest: A demi-lion rampant Gules holding in his dexter paw a primrose Or.[272]
Motto: FIDE ET FIDUCIA.[273] |
Chief: Neil Primrose, 7th Earl of Rosebery | |||
Pringle | Crest: An escallop Or.[275]
Motto: AMICITIA REDDIT HONORES.[276] |
Chief: Sir Norman Murray Archibald MacGregor Pringle of that Ilk and Stichill, 10th Baronet | |||
Purves | Chief: none, armigerous clan. | ||||
Rait | Chief: none, armigerous clan. | ||||
Ralston | Crest: A Falcon Proper
Motto: FIDE ET MARTE [from Latin: "with fidelity and bravery] |
Chief: none, armigerous clan.
Historic Seats: Ralston, Renfrewshire; Beith, Ayrshire[227][277] |
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Ramsay | Crest: A unicorn's head couped Argent armed Or.[278]
Motto: ORA ET LABORA[278] |
Chief: James Hubert Ramsay, 17th Earl of Dalhousie | |||
Rattray | Crest: Issuant from a crest coronet Or, a star Or and thereon a flaming heart Proper.[281]
Motto: SUPER SIDERA VOTUM.[282] |
Chief: Lachlan Rattray | |||
Renton | Chief: none, armigerous clan. | ||||
Riddell | Crest: A demi greyhound Proper.[283]
Motto: I HOPE TO SHARE.[284] |
Chief: Sir John Riddell of that Ilk, Bt. | |||
Robertson | Motto: VIRTUTIS GLORIA MERCES [from Latin, "Glory is the reward of valor"][285] | Chief: Gilbert Robertson of Struan | |||
Rollo | Crest: A stag's head couped Proper.[286]
Motto: LA FORTUNE PASSE PARTOUT.[287] |
Chief: David Eric Howard Rollo, 14th Lord Rollo | |||
Rose | Crest: On a chapeau Gules furred Ermine, a harp Azure.[288] | Chief: Anna Elizabeth Guillemard Rose of Kilravock | |||
Ross | A hand holding a garland of juniper Proper.[289]
Motto: SPEM SUCCESSUS ALIT.[289] |
Chief: David Campbell Ross of Ross and Balnagowan | The 19th century historian W. F. Skene listed this clan's badge as uva ursi, which is sometimes known as bearberry.[290] | ||
Rossie | Chief: none, armigerous clan. | ||||
Routledge | Chief: none, armigerous clan. | ||||
Russell | Crest: A dexter hand holding a skene dubh and on the point thereof a pair of balances, all Proper.[291]
Motto: VIRTUS SINE MACULA.[291] |
Chief: none, armigerous clan.
Aden in Aberdeenshire. |
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Rutherford | Motto: NEC SORTE NEC FATO. ["Neither by chance nor by fate"].[292] |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. | |||
Ruthven | Crest: A ram's head couped Sable armed Or.[293]
Motto: DEID SCHAW.[294] |
Chief: Alexander Patrick Greysteil Ruthven, 2nd Earl of Gowrie | |||
Sandilands | Motto: SPERO MELIORA.[295] ["I hope for better things"].[296] |
Chief: The Rt Hon. the Lord Torphichen | |||
Schaw | Chief: none, armigerous clan. | ||||
Scott | Crest: A stag trippant Proper, attired and unguled Or.[297] | Chief: Richard Walter John Montagu-Douglas-Scott, 10th Duke of Buccleuch 12th Duke of Queensberry | |||
Scrymgeour | Crest: A lion's paw erased in bend Or holding a crooked sword or scymitar Argent.[298] | Chief: Alexander Henry Scrymgeour of Dundee, 12th Earl of Dundee | |||
Sempill | Crest: A stag's head Argent attired with ten tynes Azure and collared with a prince's crown Or.[300]
Motto: KEEP TRVST.[301] |
Chief: James William Stuart Whitmore Sempill, 21st Lord Sempill | |||
Seton | Crest: On a ducal coronet, a dragon Vert, spouting fire Proper, with wings elevated and charged with a star Argent
Motto: HAZARD YET FORWARD ON Badge: yew[36] |
Chief: none, armigerous clan.
Seat: Seton Palace, East Lothian |
The chiefs of Seton were the Lords Seton and Earls of Winton (first creation), whose titles and estates were confiscated due to their support of the Jacobite rising of 1715. | ||
Shaw of Tordarroch | Crest: A dexter cubit arm couped and holding a dagger erect and all Proper.[302]
Motto: FIDE ET FORTITUDINE.[302] |
Chief: John Shaw of Tordarroch | Part the Clan Chattan Federation through its association with Clan Mackintosh. | ||
Sinclair | Crest: A cock Proper, armed and beaked Or.[303]
Motto: COMMIT THY WORK TO GOD.[303] |
Chief: Malcolm Ian Sinclair, 20th Earl of Caithness | |||
Skene | Crest: A dexter arm issuing from the shoulder out of a cloud, holding forth in the hand a triumphal crown, Proper.[304]
Motto: VIRTUTIS REGIA MERCES.[304] |
Chief: Danus Skene of Skene | |||
Skirving | Chief: none, armigerous clan. | ||||
Somerville | Crest: A dragon, Vert, spouting fire, Proper, standing on a wheel, Argent
Motto: FEAR GOD IN LIFE |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. | |||
Spalding | Chief: none, armigerous clan. | ||||
Spens | Crest: A hart's head erased Proper.[305]
Motto: SI DEUS QUIS CONTRA.[306] |
Chief: Patrick Spens, 4th Baron Spens | The Spens heir has not yet contacted the Lord Lyon or the Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs[266] | ||
Spottiswood | Crest: An eagle rising Proper looking at the sun in his splendour Or
Motto: PATIOR UT POTIAR ["I suffer that I may obtain"] |
Chief: none, armigerous clan.
Seat: Spottiswood, Gordon, Berwickshire |
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Stewart | Crest: A pelican Argent, winged Or, in her nest feeding her young, Proper.[307]
Motto: VIRECIT VULNERE VIRTUS.[307] |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. | |||
Stewart of Appin | Chief: none, armigerous clan. | ||||
Stirling | Crest: Issuing out of an antique coronet Or a hart's head couped Azure.[308]
Motto: GANG FORWARD.[309] |
Chief: Francis John Stirling of Cadder | |||
Strachan | Crest: A demi stag springing Or holding a thistle in his mouth Proper.[310]
Motto: NON TIMEO SED CAVEO.[311] |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. | |||
Straiton | Chief: none, armigerous clan. | ||||
Strange | Chief: Timothy Strange of Balcaskie | ||||
Stuart of Bute | Crest: A demi-lion rampant Gules, armed and langued Azure.[312]
Motto: NOBILIS EST IRA LEONIS.[313] |
Chief: The Most Hon. John Crichton-Stuart, 7th Marquess of Bute | |||
Sutherland | Crest: A cat-a-mountain sejant rampant Proper.[314]
Motto: SANS PEUR.[314] |
Chief: Elizabeth Millicent Sutherland, 24th Countess of Sutherland | |||
Swinton | Crest: A boar chained to a tree Proper.[315] | Chief: John Walter Swinton of that Ilk | |||
Sydserf | Crest: An eagle's head couped Gules
Motto: VIRTUTE PROMOREO |
Chief: none, armigerous clan.
Seat: Ruchlaw estate (see Stenton), East Lothian |
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Symmers | Chief: none, armigerous clan.
Seat: Baljordie, Angus |
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Tailyour | Crest: A hand holding a passion cross Gules
Motto: IN CRUCE SALUS |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. | |||
Tait | Chief: none, armigerous clan.
Seat: Pirn, Tweeddale |
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Tennant | Chief: none, armigerous clan. | ||||
Trotter | Crest: A knight in armour Proper, holding his courser Argent caparisoned Gules.[317] | Chief: Alexander Trotter of Mortonhall | |||
Troup | Crest: A hind's head erased Proper
Motto: VERITAS VINCIT |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. | |||
Turnbull | Crest: A bull's head.[319]
Motto: I SAVED THE KING. |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. | |||
Tweedie | Crest: A bull's head.[320]
Motto: THOL AND THINK.[320] |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. | This crest badge is derived from the arms of Tweedie of Drumelzier.[320] | ||
Udny | Crest: A fleur de lis Gules
Motto: ALL MY HOPE IS IN GOD |
Chief: none, armigerous clan.
Seat: Udny Castle, Aberdeenshire |
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Urquhart | Crest: Issuant from a crest coronet Or, a naked woman from the waist upwards Proper, brandishing in her desxter hand a sword Azure, hilted and pommelled Gules, and holding in her sinister hand a palm sapling Vert.[321]
Motto: MEANE WEIL SPEAK WEIL AND DOE WEIL.[321] |
Chief: Wilkins Fisk Urquhart of Urquhart | |||
Vans | Crest: On a chapeau Azure furred Ermine a lion rampant Proper holding in his paws a balance Gules
Motto: BE FAITHFUL |
Chief: none, armigerous clan.
Seat: Dirleton Castle, East Lothian |
The Chiefly line was originally "de Vaus of Dirleton", but changed to "Vans of Barnbarroch" after the loss of Dirleton | ||
Walkinshaw | Crest: A martlet.[322]
Motto: IN SEASON.[322] |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. | |||
Wallace | Crest: Issuant from a crest coronet of four (three visible) strawberry leaves Or, a dexter arm vambraced, the hand brandishing a sword all Proper.[323]
Motto: PRO LIBERTATE.[323] |
Chief: Ian Francis Wallace of that Ilk | |||
Wardlaw | Crest: A celestial star Or
Motto: FAMILIAS FIRMAT PIETAS ["Religion strengthens families"] |
Chief: none, armigerous clan.
Seat: Torry, Fife |
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Watson | Crest: Two hands holding the trunk of an oak tree sprouting the hands issuing out of clouds
Motto: INSPERATA FLORUIT ["It has flourished beyond expectation"] |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. | |||
Wauchope | Crest: A garb Proper
Motto: INDUSTRIA DITAT ["Industry enriches"] |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. | |||
Wedderburn | Crest: An eagle's head erased Proper.[324]
Motto: NON DEGENER.[325] |
Chief: Henry David Wedderburn of that Ilk, Lord Scrymgeour, Master of Dundee | |||
Weir | Crest: Upon a chapeau Gules furred Ermine a boar statant Azure armed Or.[327]
Motto: VERO NIHIL VERIUS.[327] |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. | Crest badge derived from the arms of Weir of Blackwood.[327] | ||
Wemyss | Crest: A swan Proper.[328] | Chief: David Wemyss of that Ilk | |||
Whitefoord | Crest: A garb Or standing upright and thereon a dove Proper
Motto: TOUT EST D’EN HAUT ["All is from above"] |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. | |||
Whitelaw | Crest: A crescent.[329]
Motto: GRADATIM PLENA.[329] |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. | |||
Wishart | Crest: A demi eagle with wings expanded Proper
Motto: MERCY IS MY DESIRE |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. | |||
Wood | Crest: A ship under sail Proper.
Motto: TUTUS IN UNDIS |
Chief: Joseph John Hugh Fawcett Wood of Largo. .[331] | The Arms are those of Sir Andrew Wood of Largo, who is considered the founder of the present chiefly line.[332] | ||
Young | Crest: A demi lion issuant Gules, holding a sword Proper
Motto: ROBORE PRUDENTIA PRÆSTAT |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. |
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