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A Message from the late Sir James Baird. 1946 - 2024. September 2020. The Clan of Baird has been without a chief for hundreds of years. As each decade passes, our great Scottish heritage fades into the past, becoming ever more lost in the mist. Even as a boy I felt a sadness as I witnessed the waning of interest in clans and history.
Clan Adam History. The name Adam was very popular in England in the 14th century, and was also found in Scotland at this time, although the first reference is to Adam, sub-prior of Melrose (photograph of Melrose Abbey, 1844, above) who became abbot of Cupar in 1196. Adam son of Adam was one of the witnesses to the charter by William Bruce to ...
Clan Bruce. Clan Mar is a Scottish clan of the Scottish Lowlands. [2] It is also officially known as the Tribe of Mar. [3] The chiefs of the Clan Mar were the original Earls of Mar, although this title later went via an heiress to the Douglases in the late fourteenth century, and then to the Stewarts before going to the Erskines. The current ...
One of the largest clans in Scotland, the MacDougall’s had many branches and was directly descended from King Somerled (King of the Hebrides).In fact, Somerled’s descendant, Donald, would establish the clan and would be the first ‘Lord of the Isles’. They built their main castle and seat, Finlaggen Castle, in the 1300’s on the Isle of ...
EARLY HISTORY OF CLAN FRASER. They first appear in Scotland around 1160 when Simon Fraser made a gift of a church at Keith in East Lothian to the monks at Kelso Abbey. These lands eventually passed to a family who became Earls Marishal of Scotland after adopting Keith as their name. The Frasers moved into Tweedale in the 12th and 13th centuries ...
The biggest difference on a historical side is often thought to be the difference in language. History tells us that especially the Lowlands used to speak Scots whereas the Highland people spoke Scottish Gaelic, that however is not entirely true since big parts of the Lowlands used to speak Scottish Gaelic until the 15 th century as well.
6 de oct. de 2023 · UDNY, a parish, in the district of Ellon, county of Aberdeen, 4 miles (E. by S.) from Old Meldrum. This place derived its name from the ancient family of Udny, who have held possession of the barony for more than 800 years. The church, erected in 1821, is a neat and substantial structure with a low spire, and contains 750 sittings.
