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The Clan Johnstone were once one of the most powerful of the Border Reiver Scottish clans. [3] They originally settled in Annandale and for more than six hundred years they held extensive possessions in the west of the Scottish Marches, where they kept watch against the English.
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)
Clan name Crest badge Clan tartan Blazon of crest & motto within crest badge; war cry and plant badge Clan chief; and clan seat, or historical seat Notes Abercromby [4] Crest: A falcon rising belled Proper. [5] Motto: Petit alta [6] [Latin, 'He seeks high deeds'] [5] Chief: none, armigerous clan. Seat: Abercrombie, Fife. Abernethy [4]
The habitational surname Johnstone / Johnston is in most cases derived from the name of Johnstone located in Annandale, Dumfriesshire, Scotland.This surname is derived from the genitive case of the given name John and tone or toun ("settlement" in Middle English; tun in Old English), literally meaning "John's town".
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 ...
C. Clan Agnew; Clan Donald; Clan Fergusson; Clan Forsyth; Clan Gunn; Clan Johnstone; Clan Lamont; Clan MacAlister; Clan MacDonald of Glencoe; Clan MacDougall; Clan ...
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.
Contains information on a clan and its history, crests, mottos, tartans (with a color plate of each), etc. Adam, Frank; Innes of Learney, Thomas (1970). The Clans, Septs & Regiments of the Scottish Highlands (8th ed.). Edinburgh: Johnston and Bacon. {}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ; Moncreiffe of that Ilk, Sir Iain (1967).