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The private coat of arms of Lord Kirkcudbright, [5] the last Chief of the Name and Arms of MacLellan. arms— argent two chevrons Sable; crest— a naked cubit arm, supporting upon the point of a sword, erect, a moor's head, all ppr.;
The MacLellan family was numerous in Galloway in the later half of the 14th Century and gave its name to Balmaclellan, MacLellan's town, in the Stewartry of Galloway. It is understood that the Balmaclellan lands were given to John MacLellan by James III, king of Scotland, in 1466 on John MacLellan's intention to provide a site for a church ...
The bandit as a dark skinned Moor or Saracen, could though explain the Moor's head that appears on the crest of the Arms of Lord Kirkcudbright, and in consequence the modern crest badge used by Clan MacLellan (the blazon for which is an arm supporting on the point of a sword, a Moor's head). [13]
MacLellan: Crest: A naked arm supporting on the point of a sword, a moor's head. [220] Motto: Think on [221] 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 ...
Sir Robert MacLellan, born c. 1592 in Bombie, Kirkcudbright, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland, was the son of Thomas MacLellan of Bombie and Grisel Maxwell. Robert was the 1st Lord Kirkcudbright, a title he held from 1633 to 1639. Since he was underage in 1597, at the time of his father’s death, his guardian and tutor during his formative years ...
MacLellan's Castle. MacLellan's Castle in the town of Kirkcudbright, in Galloway, Scotland, was built in the late 16th century. It stands in the centre of Kirkcudbright, on the south side of the River Dee which flows into the Solway Firth. The L-plan castle was the residence of the MacLellan family from whom it derived
Crest A tower embattled argent. [1] Escutcheon Quarterly, 1st. argent, a rock gules, 2nd, argent, a dexter hand fessewise couped gules holding a cross-crosslet fitchée in pale azure, 3rd, Or, a lymphad, oars in saltire, and sails furled, sable, flagged gules, 4th argent, a salmon naiant proper, in chief two eagles' heads respectant gules. [1 ...
On 2 April 1734 William MacLellan of Borness, glover in Edinburgh, and son to William MacLellan of Balmangan, was specially served heir to James MacLellan, last Lord Kirkcudbright, who was the lineal descendant of Robert, 1st Lord Kirkcudbright, so created Anno 1633; who represented Sir Thomas MacLellan of Bombie, Kirkcudbright, who lived in ...