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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]
This list may not reflect recent changes. (previous page) Clan tartan ... Clan Cairns; Clan Calder; Clan Cameron; Clan Campbell; Innis Chonnell; Clan Campbell of Cawdor;
The following is a list of Irish clans sourced from modern published sources. Unlike Scottish clans which are defined by surnames recognized by Scottish law of the Court of the Lord Lyon, there is no definitive authority on which surnames are regarded as Irish clans. [1]
The Royal Stuart (or Royal Stewart) tartan, first published in 1831, is the best-known tartan of the royal House of Stuart/Stewart, and is one of the most recognizable tartans. Today, it is worn by the regimental pipers of the Black Watch , Scots Guards , and Royal Scots Dragoon Guards , among other official and organisational uses.
A Scottish clan (from Gaelic clann, literally 'children', more broadly 'kindred') is a kinship group among the Scottish people. Clans give a sense of shared identity and descent to members, and in modern times have an official structure recognised by the Court of the Lord Lyon, which regulates Scottish heraldry and coats of arms.
This list of Scottish Gaelic surnames shows Scottish Gaelic surnames beside their English language equivalent. Unlike English surnames (but in the same way as Slavic , Lithuanian and Latvian surnames ), all of these have male and female forms depending on the bearer, e.g. all Mac- names become Nic- if the person is female.
This is a list of Japanese clans.The old clans mentioned in the Nihon Shoki and Kojiki lost their political power before the Heian period, during which new aristocracies and families, kuge, emerged in their place.
A clan (or fine in Irish, plural finte) included the chief and his patrilineal relatives; [2] however, Irish clans also included unrelated clients of the chief. [3] These unrelated clients and their agnatic descendants were ineligible to be elected chief, but nonetheless assumed the name of the leading lineage as a show of allegiance. [4]