|
Clan name |
Crest & Motto; War cry and Clan badge |
Clan Chief & Clan seat, or historical seat |
|
MacAlister |
Crest: A dexter arm in armour erect, the hand holding a dagger
in pale all Proper. |
Chief: William MacAlester of Loup and Kennox |
|
|
Motto: FORTITER. |
|
|
|
Badge: common heath |
|
|
MacAulay |
Crest: A boot couped at the ankle and theron a spur Proper. |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. |
|
|
Motto: DULCE PERICULUM. |
|
|
|
Badge: pine (Scots fir), or cranberry |
|
|
MacBain |
Crest: A grey demi-cat-a-mountain salient, on his sinister
foreleg a Highland targe Gules. |
Chief: James McBain of McBain |
|
|
Motto: TOUCH NOT A CATT BOT A TARGE. |
|
|
|
Badge: boxwood, or red whortleberry |
|
|
Macbrayne |
|
Chief: none, armigerous clan. |
|
Macdonald |
Crest: On a crest coronet Or, a hand in armour fessways couped
at the elbow Proper holding a cross crosslet fitchée Gules. |
Chief: Godfrey James Macdonald of Macdonald, 8th Baron Macdonald
of Slate |
|
|
Motto: PER MARE PER TERRAS. |
|
|
|
Badge: common heath (Scots heather) |
|
|
Macdonald of Clanranald |
Crest: A triple-towered castle Argent masoned Sable, and issuing
from the centre tower a dexter arm in armour embowed grasping a
sword all Proper. |
Chief: Ranald Alexander MacDonald, Captain of Clanranald |
|
|
Motto: MY HOPE IS CONSTANT IN THEE. |
|
|
|
Badge: common heath (Scots heather) |
|
|
MacDonald of Keppoch |
Badge: common heath (Scots heather), or white heather |
Chief: Ranald Macdonald of Keppoch |
|
Macdonald of Sleat |
Crest: A hand in armour fesswise holding a cross crosslet
fitchée Gules. |
Chief: Sir Ian MacDonald of Sleat, Bt. |
|
|
Motto: PER MARE PER TERRAS. |
|
|
Macdonell of Glengarry |
Crest: A raven Proper perching on a rock Azure. |
Chief: Ranald MacDonnell of Glengarry |
|
|
Motto: CRAGAN AN FHITHICH. |
|
|
|
Badge: common heath |
|
|
MacDougall |
Crest: (On a chapeau Gules furred Ermine) a dexter arm in armour
embowed fessways couped Proper, holding a cross crosslet fitchée
erect Gules. |
Chief: Madame Morag MacDougall of MacDougall |
|
|
Motto: BUAIDH NO BAS. |
|
|
|
Badge: bell heather |
|
|
Macdowall |
Crest: (issuant from a crest coronet Or) A lion's paw erased and
erected Proper holding a dagger point upwards Proper, hilted and
pommelled Or. |
Chief: Fergus D. H. McDowall of Garthland |
|
|
Motto: VINCERE VEL MORI. |
|
|
MacDuff |
Crest: A demi-lion Gules holding in the dexter paw a broadsword
erected in pale Proper, hilted and pommelled Or. |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. |
|
|
Motto: DEUS JUVAT. |
|
|
|
Badge: boxwood or red whortleberry |
|
|
MacEwen |
Crest: A trunk of an oak tree sprouting Proper. |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. |
|
|
Motto: REVIRESCO. |
|
|
Macfarlane |
Crest: A demi-savage brandishing in his dexter hand a broad
sword Proper and pointing with his sinister to an Imperial Crown
Or standing by him on the Wreath. |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. |
|
|
Motto: THIS I'LL DEFEND |
|
|
|
Badge: cranberry or cloudberry |
|
|
Macfie |
Crest: A demi lion rampant Proper. |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. |
|
|
Motto: PRO REGE. |
|
|
|
Badge: pine (Scots fir), oak or crowberry |
|
|
Macgillivray |
Crest: A cat-a-mountain sejuant guardant Proper, his dexter
fore-paw on the ground, his sinister in a guardant posture and
his tail reflexed under his sinister paw. |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. |
|
|
Motto: TOUCH NOT THIS CAT |
Badge: boxwood or red whortleberry |
|
MacInnes |
Crest: A sinister arm from the shoulder bendways, attired in the
close sleeve of the proper tartan of Clan Aonghais, cuff flashes
yellow with three buttons Or, grasping a bow Vert, stringed
Gules. |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. |
|
|
Motto: GHIFT DHE AGUS AN RIGH |
|
|
|
Badge: holly |
|
|
MacIntyre |
Crest: A dexter hand holding a dagger in pale Proper. |
Chief: Donald R. MacIntyre of Glenoe |
|
|
Motto: PER ARDUA. |
Seat: Glenoe, Argyll and Bute |
|
|
Badge: common heath or White Heather |
|
|
MacIver |
Crest: A boar's head couped Or. |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. |
|
|
Motto: NUNQUAM OBLIVISCAR. |
|
|
Mackay |
Crest: A dexter arm erect couped at the elbow the hand grasping
a dagger also erect all Proper. |
Chief: Hugh William Mackay, 14th Lord Reay |
|
|
Motto: MANU FORTI. |
|
|
|
Badge: great bulrush |
|
|
Mackenzie |
Crest: A mount in flames Proper. |
Chief: John Ruaridh Grant MacKenzie, 5th Earl of Cromartie |
|
|
Motto: LUCEO NON URO. |
Seat: Castle Leod, Ross-shire |
|
|
Badge: variegated holly or deer's grass (heath club rush) |
|
|
Mackie |
Crest: A raven Proper. |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. |
|
|
Motto: LABORA. |
|
|
Mackinnon |
Crest: A boar's head erased and holding in its mouth the shank
of a deer all Proper. |
Chief: Madam Anne Mackinnon of Mackinnon. |
|
|
Motto: ADENTES FORTUNA JUVAT. |
|
|
|
Badge: pine (Scots Fir) or St John's wort (St. Columba's
flower) |
|
|
Mackintosh |
Crest: A cat-a-mountain salient guardant Proper. |
Chief: John Lachaln Mackintosh of Mackintosh |
|
|
Motto: TOUCH NOT THE CAT BOT A GLOVE. |
|
|
|
Badge: red whortleberry, bearberry |
|
|
Maclachlan |
Crest: (Issuant from a crest coronet of four (three visible)
strawberry leaves Or) a castle set upon a rock all Proper. |
Chief: Euan Maclachlan of Maclachlan. |
|
|
Motto: FORTIS ET FIDUS. |
|
|
|
Badge: rowan (mountain ash) or lesser periwinkle |
|
|
Maclaine of Lochbuie |
Crest: A branch of laurel and a branch of cypress in saltire
surmounted of a battle axe in pale all Proper. |
Chief: Lorne MacLaine of Lochbuie |
|
|
Motto: VINCERE VEL MORI. |
|
|
|
Badge: bilberry (blaeberry), bramble, |
|
|
MacLaren |
Crest: A lion's head erased Sable crowned with an antique crown
of six (four visible) points Or, between two branches of laurel
issuing from the Wreath at either side of the head both Proper. |
Chief: Donald MacLaren of MacLaren and Achleskine |
|
|
Motto: CREAG AN TUIRC. |
|
|
|
Badge: laurel |
|
|
MacLea or Livingstone |
Crest: A demi-man representing the figure of Saint Moluag
Proper, his head ensigned of a circle of glory Or, having about
his shoulders a cloak Vert, holding in his dexter hand the great
Staff of Saint Moluag Proper and in his sinister hand a cross
crosslet fitchée Azure. |
Chief: Niall Livingstone of Bachuil |
|
|
Motto: CNOC AINGEIL. |
|
|
|
[from Scottish Gaelic: "Hill of Fire"] |
|
|
Maclean |
Crest: A tower embattled Argent. |
Chief: Major The Hon Sir Lachlan MacLean of Duart and Morvern,
Bt. |
|
|
Motto: VIRTUE MINE HONOUR. |
|
|
|
Badge: crowberry |
|
|
MacLellan |
Crest: A naked arm supporting on the point of a sword, a moor's
head. |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. |
|
|
Motto: THINK ON. |
|
|
MacLennan |
Crest: A demi-piper all Proper, garbed in the proper tartan of
the Clan Maclennan. |
Chief: Ruairidh MacLennan of MacLennan |
|
|
Motto: DUM SPIRO SPERO. |
|
|
|
Badge: furze |
|
|
Macleod |
Crest: A bull's head cabossed Sable, horned Or, between two
flags Gules, staved at the First. |
Chief: Hugh Magnus MacLeod of Macleod |
|
|
Motto: HOLD FAST. |
Seat: Dunvegan Castle, Isle of Skye |
|
|
Badge: juniper |
|
|
Macleod of the Lewes |
Crest: The sun in splendor, Proper. Motto: I BIRN QUHIL I SE
Badge: red whortleberry |
Chief: Torquil MacLeod of the Lewes |
|
|
|
|
|
MacMillan |
Crest: A dexter and a sinister hand issuing from a Wreath
grasping and brandishing aloft a two-handed sword Proper. |
Chief: George MacMillan of Macmillan and Knap |
|
|
Motto: MISERIS SUCCURRERE DISCO. |
|
|
|
Badge: holly |
|
|
Macnab |
Crest: The head of a savage affrontée proper. |
Chief: James Macnab of Macnab |
|
|
Motto: TIMOR OMMIS ABESTO. |
|
|
|
Badge: stone bramble |
|
|
Macnaghten |
Crest: A tower embattled Gules. |
Chief: Sir Patrick Macnaghten of Macnaghten, Bt. |
|
|
Motto: I HOIP IN GOD. |
|
|
|
Badge: trailing azalea |
|
|
MacNeacail |
Crest: A hawk's head erased Gules. |
Chief: John MacNeacail of MacNeacail and Scorrybreac |
|
|
Motto: SGORR-A-BHREAC. |
|
|
MacNeil |
Crest: On a chapeau Gules furred Ermine, a rock Proper. |
Chief: Ian R. MacNeil of Barra |
|
|
Motto: BUAIDH NO BAS. |
|
|
|
Badge: dryas |
|
|
Macpherson |
Crest: A cat sejant Proper. |
Chief: The Hon. Sir William Macpherson of Cluny-Macpherson, QC |
|
|
Motto: TOUCH NOT THE CAT BUT A GLOVE. |
|
|
|
Badge: white heather, |
|
|
Macquarrie |
Badge: pine (Scots fir) |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. |
|
Macqueen |
Crest: An heraldic tyger rampant Ermine holding an arrow, point
downwards Argent pheoned Gules. |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. |
|
|
Motto: CONSTANT AND FAITHFUL. |
|
|
|
Badge: boxwood or red whortleberry |
|
|
Macrae |
Crest: A cubit arm grasping a sword all Proper. |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. |
|
|
Motto: FORTITUDINE. |
|
|
|
Badge: club moss |
|
|
MacTavish |
Crest: A boar's head erased Or langued Proper. |
Chief: Steven MacTavish of Dunardry |
|
|
Motto: NON OBLITUS. |
|
|
MacThomas |
Crest: A demi-cat-a-mountain rampant guardant Proper, grasping
in his dexter paw a serpent Vert, langued Gules, its tail
environing the sinister paw. |
Chief: Andrew MacThomas of Finegand |
|
|
Motto: DEO JUVANTE INVIDIAM SUPERABO. |
|
|
Maitland |
Crest: A lion sejant affrontée Gules, ducally crowned Proper, in
his dexter paw a sword Proper hilted and pommelled Or, in his
sinister a fleur de lis Azure. |
Chief: Ian Maitland, 18th Earl of Lauderdale |
|
|
Motto: CONSILIO ET ANIMIS. |
|
|
Makgill |
Crest: A phoenix in flames Proper. |
Chief: Ian Arthur Alexander Makgill, 14th Viscount of Oxfuird |
|
|
Motto: SINE FINE. |
|
|
Malcolm (MacCallum) |
Crest: A tower Argent, window and port Azure. |
Chief: Robin Malcolm of Poltalloch |
|
|
Motto: IN ARDUA TENDIT. |
|
|
|
Badge: rowan berries |
|
|
Mar |
Crest: On a chapeau Gules furred Ermine, two wings, each of ten
pen feathers, erected and addorsed, both blazoned as in the
Arms. |
Chief: Margaret of Mar, 30th Countess of Mar |
|
|
Motto: PANS PLUS. |
|
|
Marjoribanks |
Crest: A demi-griffin Proper, issuant from a crest coronet Or. |
Chief: Andrew George Marjoribanks of that Ilk |
|
|
Motto: ET CUSTOS ET PUGNAX. |
|
|
Masterton |
|
Chief: none, armigerous clan. |
|
Matheson |
Crest: Issuant from a an antique crown Or, a hand brandishing a
scimitar fessways all Proper. |
Chief: Fergus John Matheson of Matheson, 7th Bt. |
|
|
Motto: FAC ET SPERA. |
|
|
|
Badge: broom or holly |
|
|
Maule |
|
Chief: none, armigerous clan. |
|
Maxton |
|
Chief: none, armigerous clan. |
|
Maxwell |
Crest: A stag Proper, attired Argent, couchant before a Holly
bush proper. |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. |
|
|
Motto: REVIRESCO. |
|
|
McCorquodale |
Crest: A stag at gaze Proper attired Gules. |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. |
|
|
Motto: VIVAT REX. |
|
|
McCulloch |
Crest: A hand throwing a dart Proper |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. |
|
|
Motto: VI ET ANIMO ["By strength and courage"] |
|
|
McKerrell |
|
Chief: none, armigerous clan. |
|
Meldrum |
|
Chief: none, armigerous clan. |
|
Melville |
Crest: A ratch hound's head erased Proper, collared Gules. |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. |
|
|
Motto: DENIQUE COELUM. |
|
|
Menzies |
Crest: A savage head erased Proper. |
Chief: David R.S. Menzies of Menzies |
|
|
Motto: VIL GOD I SAL. |
|
|
|
Badge: menzie's heath |
|
|
Mercer |
|
Chief: none, armigerous clan. |
|
Middleton |
Crest: Issuing out of a tower Sable, a lion rampant Gules, armed
and langued Azure. |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. |
|
|
Motto: FORTIS IN ARDUS. |
|
|
Moffat |
Crest: A crest coronet and issuing therefrom a cross crosslet
fitchée Sable surmounted of a saltire Argent. |
Chief: Jean Moffat of that Ilk |
|
|
Motto: SPERO MELIORA. |
|
|
Moncreiffe |
Crest: Issuing from a crest coronet Or, a demi-lion rampant
Gules, armed and langued Azure. |
Chief: Peregrine Moncreiffe of that Ilk |
|
|
Motto: SUR ESPERANCE. |
|
|
|
Badge: oak |
|
|
Moncur |
|
Chief: none, armigerous clan. |
|
Monteith |
|
Chief: none, armigerous clan. |
|
Montgomery |
Crest: A lady dressed in ancient apparel Azure holding in her
dexter hand an anchor and in her sinister hand the head of a
savage couped suspended by the hair all Proper. |
Chief: Archibald George Montgomerie, 18th Earl of Eglinton and
6th Earl of Winton |
|
|
Motto: GARDE BIEN. |
|
|
Monypenny |
Crest: A figure representing Neptune, namely a naked man,
bearded Proper, crowned with an antique crown Vert, bestriding a
dolphin naiant Or, finned Gules, in waves of the sea Argent and
Azure, holding in his sinister hand, bridling the dolphin Gules,
and in his dexter hand a trident Azure. |
Chief: none, armigerous clan.
Seat: Pitmilly, Fife |
|
|
Motto: IMPERAT AEQUOR ["He rules the sea"] |
|
|
Morrison |
Crest: Issuant from waves of the sea Azure crested Argent, a
mount Vert, thereon a battlemented wall Azure masoned Argent,
and issuing therefrom a cubit arm naked Proper, the hand
grasping a dagger hilted Or. |
Chief: Dr. Iain Morrison of Ruchdi |
|
|
Motto: TEAGHLACH PHABBAY. |
|
|
|
Badge: driftwood |
|
|
Mouat |
|
Chief: none, armigerous clan. |
|
Moubray |
|
Chief: none, armigerous clan. |
|
Mow |
Crest: A phoenix rising out of the flames Proper. |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. |
|
|
Motto: POST FUNERA FAENUS. |
|
|
Muir |
Motto: DURUM PATIENTIA FRANGO. |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. |
|
Munro |
Crest: An eagle perching Proper. |
Chief: Hector W. Munro of Foulis |
|
|
Motto: DREAD GOD. |
Seat: Foulis Castle, Ross-shire |
|
|
Badge: common club moss |
|
|
Murray |
Crest: On a Wreath Or and Sable a demi-savage Proper wreathed
about the temples and waist with laurel, his arms extended and
holding in the right hand a dagger, in the left a key all
Proper. |
Chief: John Murray, 11th Duke of Atholl |
|
|
Motto: FURTH FORTUNE AND FILL THE FETTERS. |
|
|
|
Badge: butcher's broom or juniper |
|
|
Murray of Atholl |
Motto: TOUT PREST. |
|
