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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.
Alexander Henry Scrymgeour, 12th Earl of Dundee, DL (born 5 June 1949), is a Scottish peer, Conservative politician and Chief of the Clan Scrymgeour. Born on 5 June 1949, Dundee is the son of Henry Scrymgeour-Wedderburn, 11th Earl of Dundee , and Patricia Montagu Douglas Scott . [ 1 ]
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. Ainslie [4] Crest: Issuing out of a cap of maintenance a naked arm embowed grasping a scymitar all Proper
Earl of Dundee is a title in the Peerage of Scotland.It was created in 1660 for John Scrymgeour, 3rd Viscount Dudhope.At his death in 1668, the Duke of Lauderdale declared that the first Earl had no heirs-male, and had the crown seize all of his lands.
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]