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The following is a list of Scottish clans (with and without chiefs) – including, when known, their heraldic crest badges, tartans, mottoes, and other information. 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 .
History of the Frasers of Lovat, with genealogies of the principal families of the name: to which is added those of Dunballoch and Phopachy. Inverness: A. & W. Mackenzie. Mackenzie, Alexander (1898). History of the Munros of Fowlis, with genealogies of the principal families of the name: to which are added those of Lexington and New England ...
During the Jacobite rising of 1745 the Clan Irvine continued their support for the Jacobite Stuarts and fought at the Battle of Culloden in 1746. [5] The Laird of Drum escaped capture by hiding in a secret room at Drum Castle. [5] He then lived for a few years in exile in France until he was allowed to return to his estates. [5]
Alexander Robertson, 13th chief (b. 1668) joined the Jacobite rising of 1689 and was taken prisoner a few weeks after the Jacobite defeat at the Battle of Dunkeld. After being released he went to live in France for thirteen years where he served for some time in the French army. He returned to Scotland in 1703. [7]
Clan Cameron and Clan Mackintosh were at peace and Ewen Cameron of Lochiel was responsible for keeping the peace between his men and their former enemies. However, when Ewen Cameron of Lochiel was away in London a feud broke out between Clan MacDonald of Keppoch and their enemies Clan Mackintosh.
The first Duke of Atholl's younger son was Lord George Murray, a Jacobite general who was the architect of the early Jacobite successes of the Jacobite rising of 1745. [3] Most military historians concur that if Lord George Murray had been given the sole command of the Jacobite army that the Old Pretender ( James Francis Edward Stuart ) might ...
Appin naturally supported the Jacobite risings and sent men to fight in the Jacobite rising of 1715. General Wade's report on the Highlands in 1724, estimated the clan strength at 400 men. [6] Dugald Stewart, 9th Chief of Appin, was created Lord Appin in the Jacobite peerage on 6 June 1743. Appin also sent men to fight in the Jacobite rising of ...
Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat, c. 1667 – 9 April 1747 [a] was a Scottish landowner and head of Clan Fraser of Lovat.Convicted of high treason for his role in the Jacobite rising of 1745, he was the last man in Britain to be executed by beheading.