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The first of the clan to be recorded was John Johnstone, whose son, Gilbert, is found in records after 1194. [3] Sir John Johnstone was a knight of the county of Dumfries . [ 3 ] He is found on the Ragman Rolls of 1296, swearing fealty to Edward I of England . [ 3 ]
The Battle of Dryfe Sands was a Scottish clan battle that took place on 6 December 1593, near Lockerbie, Scotland.It was fought between the Clan Maxwell and Clan Johnstone after a hundred years of feuding between them.
James Hope-Johnstone, 3rd Earl of Hopetoun; James Johnstone, 1st Earl of Hartfell; James Johnstone, 2nd Marquess of Annandale; John Hope-Johnstone (1796–1876) John Hope-Johnstone (photographer) John Hope-Johnstone (1842–1912)
Earl of Annandale and Hartfell is a title in the Peerage of Scotland, created in 1661 for James Johnstone.. In 1625, the title of Earl of Annandale had been created for John Murray, but it became extinct when his son James died without heirs.
The unusual name derives from its use to hide stolen cattle by the Border Reivers of the Johnstone clan who were referred to by their enemies as "devils"; it is also called Marquis of Annandale's Beef-Tub (or Beef-Stand) after the Lord of Annandale, chief of the raiding "loons" (here meaning "lads", rather than "lunatics"); the name may also refer to the resemblance the valley bears to a tub ...
C. Clan Agnew; Clan Donald; Clan Fergusson; Clan Forsyth; Clan Gunn; Clan Johnstone; Clan Lamont; Clan MacAlister; Clan MacDonald of Glencoe; Clan MacDougall; Clan ...
Lady Julia Claire Hope-Johnstone (born 1974), married Andrew Lindsay Curtis Barnard and has issue three children. In 1983, Patrick succeeded his father as chief of the Clan Johnstone, hereditary steward of Annandale and hereditary keeper of Lochmaben Castle. Hope-Johnstone continued to prosecute the family claim to the earldom of Annandale and ...
Of the Border Clans or Graynes listed on this roll, Elliot, Carruthers, Scott, Irvine, Graham, Johnstone, Jardine and Moffat are registered with the Court of Lord Lyon in Edinburgh as Scottish Clans (with a Chief), others such as Armstrong, Little and Bell are armigerous clans with no Chief, while such as Clan Blackadder, also an armigerous ...