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The name Scrymgeour is probably derived from skrymsher which is Old English for a swordsman. [2] The Scrymgeour family was well established in Fife long before their connection with Dundee. [2] The clan chiefs were later created constables, Earls of Dundee, and hereditary royal standard bearers. [2]
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Scrymgeour is a Scottish clan (Clan Scrymgeour) and may refer to: Alexander Scrymgeour, 12th Earl of Dundee (born 1949), Scottish nobleman; David Scrymgeour, Canadian entrepreneur; Edwin Scrymgeour (1866–1947), Member of Parliament (MP) for Dundee, Scotland; Henry Scrymgeour-Wedderburn, 11th Earl of Dundee (1902–1983), Scottish nobleman and ...
The chiefship of the family is now held within the family of the Scrymgeour-Wedderburns, the Earls of Dundee. By family arrangement, the chiefship of Wedderburn is held by the eldest son of the earl who is himself chief of the Clan Scrymgeour. When the Wedderburn chief succeeds to the earldom, the chiefship passes to his heir.
A Scottish crest badge is a heraldic badge worn to show allegiance to an individual or membership in a specific Scottish clan. [1] Crest badges are commonly called "clan crests", but this is a misnomer; there is no such thing as a collective clan crest, just as there is no such thing as a clan coat of arms.
Crest: On a chapeau gules furred ermine a hand holding up a skene in pale argent, hilted and pommelled Or. [101] Motto: Je pense plus [101] [French, 'I think more'] [101] Chief: James Thorne Erskine, 14th Earl of Mar and 16th Earl of Kellie: Ewing [citation needed] Crest: A demi-lion rampant holding in its dexter paw a star or mullet
Scrymgeour, by his marriage in 1644 with Lady Anne Ramsay, daughter of William Ramsay, 1st Earl of Dalhousie, apparently had no children, and the title was thought extinct, [1] His widow married Sir Henry Bruce of Clackmannan, whose family is now represented by the Earl of Elgin and Kincardine. [1]
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