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Clan name |
Crest & Motto; War cry and Clan badge |
Clan Chief & Clan seat, or historical seat |
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Baillie |
Crest: A boar's head erased Proper. |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. |
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Motto: QUID CLARIUS ASTRIS. |
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[from Latin: "What is brighter than the stars?"] |
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Baird |
Crest: A gryphon's head erased Proper. |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. |
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Motto: DOMINUS FECIT. |
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[from Latin: "The Lord has done this"] |
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Balfour |
Crest: A dexter arm in armour erect the hand holding a baton in
bend Gules tipped Argent |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. |
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Motto: Fordward ["Forward"] |
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Bannatyne |
Crest: A demi griffin, in his dexter paw a sword erect Proper. |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. |
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Motto: NEC CITO NEC TARDE. |
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[from Latin: "Neither fast nor slow"]. |
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Bannerman |
Crest: A demi man in armour holding in his right hand a sword
Proper. |
Chief: David Gordon Bannerman of Elsick, 15th Baronet |
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Motto: PRO PATRIA. |
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[from Latin: "For my county"] |
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Barclay |
Crest: (On a chapeau doubled Ermine) a hand holding a dagger
Proper. |
Chief: Peter Barclay of Towie Barclay and of that Ilk |
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Motto: AUT AGERE AUT MORI. |
Seat: Towie Barclay Castle, Aberdeenshire |
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Baxter |
Crest: A lion rampant guardant Sable |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. |
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Motto: VINCIT VERITAS |
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[from Latin: "Truth prevails"] |
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Bell |
Crest: A roe feeding Proper |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. |
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Motto: I BEIR THE BEL. |
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Belshes |
Crest: A greyhound’s head couped Argent collared Azure |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. |
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Motto: FULGET VIRTUS INTAMINATA |
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["Virtue shines unstained"] |
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Bethune |
Crest: An otter's head erased Argent. |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. |
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Motto: DE BONNAIRE. |
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Beveridge |
Crest: Out of a mural crown Or a demi beaver Proper |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. |
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Motto: PERSEVERANDO ["By persevering"] |
Seat: Brucefield, estate in Fife |
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Binning |
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Chief: none, armigerous clan. |
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Seat: Barony of Binning, in the parish of Uphall, West Lothian |
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Bisset |
Crest: The trunk of an oak tree sprouting afresh Proper |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. |
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Motto: ABSCISSA VIRESCIT |
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[from Latin: "That torn down re-grows"] |
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Blackadder |
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Chief: none, armigerous clan. |
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Seat: Old Tulliallan Castle, Kincardine, Fife |
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Blackstock |
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Chief: none, armigerous clan. |
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Blair |
Crest: A stag lodged Proper |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. |
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Motto: AMO PROBOS ["I love the virtuous"] |
Seat: Blair, Ayrshire |
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Blane |
Crest: The sword of Justice paleways Proper |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. |
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Motto: PAX AUT BELLUM ["Peace or war"] |
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Blyth |
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Chief: none, armigerous clan. |
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Seat: Lauderdale |
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Borthwick |
Crest: A moor's head couped Proper wreathed Argent and Sable. |
Chief: John Hugh Borthwick of that Ilk, 24th Lord Borthwick |
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Motto: QUI CONDUCIT. |
Seat: Borthwick Castle, Lothian |
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Boswell |
Crest: A falcon Proper, hooded Gules, jessed and belled Or |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. |
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Motto: VRAYE FOI ["Have faith"] |
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Boyd |
Crest: A dexter hand erect and pale having the outer fingers
bowed inwards. |
Chief: Alastair Boyd 7th Baron Kilmarnock (deceased) |
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Motto: CONFIDO. |
Seat: Dean Castle, Ayrshire |
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Boyle |
Crest: A double headed eagle displayed, parted per pale
embattled Gules and Argent. |
Chief: Patrick Robin Archibald Boyle, 10th Earl of Glasgow |
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Motto: DOMINUS PROVIDEBIT. |
Seat: Kelburn Castle, North Ayrshire |
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Brisbane |
Crest: A stork’s head erased holding in her beak a serpent nowed
Proper |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. |
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Motto: DABIT OTIA DEUS |
Seat: Killincraig, Largs, North Ayrshire |
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["God will give repose"] |
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Brodie |
Crest: A right hand holding a bunch of arrows all Proper. |
Chief: Alexander Tristan Duff Brodie of Brodie |
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Motto: UNITE. |
Seat: Brodie Castle, Morayshire |
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Badge: periwinkle |
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Broun |
Crest: A lion rampant, holding in the dexter paw a fleur de lis
Or |
Chief: Sir Wayne Broun of Coultson, Bt. |
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Floreat magestas (Let majesty flourish) Motto: FLOREAT MAGESTAS |
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["Let majesty flourish"] |
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Bruce |
Crest: A lion stantan Azure armed and langued Gules. |
Chief: Andrew Douglas Alexander Thomas Bruce, 11th Earl of Elgin |
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Motto: FUIMUS. |
Seat: Broomhall, Dunfermline |
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Badge: rosemary |
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Buchan |
Crest: (upon a chapeau Gules furred Ermine) A sun shining upon a
sunflower full blown Proper. |
Chief: David Buchan of Auchmacoy |
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Motto: NON INFERIORA SECUTUS. |
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Buchanan |
Crest: A dexter hand holding up a ducal cap (Proper), tufted on
the top with a rose Gules, within two laurel branches in orle
(also Proper). |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. |
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Motto: CLARIOR HINC HONOS. |
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Badge: billberry (blaeberry), oak, and birch |
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Burnett |
Crest: A cubit arm, the hand naked, vested Vert doubled Argent
pruning a vinetree with a pruning knife Proper. |
Chief: James Burnett of the Leys |
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Motto: VIRECIT VULNERE VITUS. |
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Butter |
Crest: Two hands issuing from a cloud in dexter, extended to the
sinister and drawing an arrow in a bow all Proper |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. |
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Motto: DIRIGET DEUS ["God directs"] |
Seat: Fascally, by Pitlochry, Perthshire |
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Byres |
Crest: A cock reguardant Proper |
Chief: none, armigerous clan. |
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Motto: MARTE SUO TUTUS ["Safe by his own exertions"] |
Seat: Byres Castle (ruin), Haddington, East Lothian |
