The Scottish Clans

Gaelic Name: MacCuinneagain
Motto: Over fork over
Origin of Name: Placename, Ayrshire

Associated Names and Septs (with spelling variations):
Chonigham Conigham Conighame Conningans Conyghans Conyngham Conynghame Cunigham Cunigom Cuninggame Cuningham Cuninghame Cunningghame Cunningham Cunninghame Cunnygam Cunnyngayme Cunnynghame Cunygam Cunyghame Cunymgham Cunyngaham Cunyngahame Cunyngame Cunynghame Cwnninghame Cwnygham Cwnyghame Kuningham Kyninghame Warnebald

History

The first Cunningham is believed to have been a Flemish man named Wernibald, who took on the placename as his own when he received a grant of Kilmaurs in Cunningham, Ayrshire from Hugo de Morville, the Constable of Scotland, in 1140.

Haakon IV, King of Norway, arrived off the coast of this area to re-assert his rule over Scotland’s Isles in 1263. This led to the sea battle of Largs from which Haakon would never return home. For his part in the battle, Harvey Cunningham of Kilmaurs had his family’s property expanded by Alexander II.

In 1321, Robert the Bruce granted the lands of Lamburgton to Hugh Cunningham. When Hugh’s grandson Sir William married Margaret, heiress of the Dennistons of that Ilk, Glencairn became the property of the Cunninghams also. James III made Sir William’s grandson, Alexander, Earl of Glencairn in 1488. He and his King died together at the Battle of Sauchieburn later in the same year.

The 5th Earl of Glencairn was a member of the ‘Lords of the Congregation of Jesus Christ’, whose business was misappropriating church property and undermining Scotland’s government on behalf of the well-paying English. The group’s work was instrumental in the Tudors’ destruction of Mary, Queen of Scots’ rights.

The 9th Earl, however, was a patriot in the mould of the 1st Earl.

While Scotland was under the control of Cromwell’s generals in 1653, Glencairn raised a rebellion on behalf of Charles II who was safe on the Continent. The rebellion was hopeless but in 1660 he was created Lord Chancellor of Scotland, following the Restoration.

In the 18th century, a number of Cunninghams, including the 14th Earl, were friends in art with Robert Burns.

For the chief, Burns wrote this tribute:

The bridegroom may forget the bride
Was made his wedded wife yestreen;
The monarch may forget the crown
That on his head an hour has been;
The mother may forget the child
That smiles sae sweetly on her knee;
But I’ll remember thee, Glencairn,
And a’ that thou hast done for me!

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Gaelic Name: Cuimean
Motto: Courage
Badge: Cumin plant
Lands: Roxburghshire, Buchan, Badenoch and Altyre
Origin of Name: Placename, Norman

Associated Names and Septs (with spelling variations):
Bochane Boghan Buccan Bucchaine Bucchan Buchan Buchane Bughan Buquhan Comine Common Commons Comyn Comyns Cumin Cumine Cuming Cummin Cummine Cumming Cummings Cummins Cumyn Knevan MacNaoimhin MacNeiving MacNevin MacNivaine MacNiven Naomhin Neiven Neivin Nevane Nevein Neveine Nevene Nevin Nevins Nevinus Nevison Nevyn Nevyne Nevyng Newein Newin Newing Nifin Nivein Niven Niveson Nivine Niving Nivison Rossel Rossell Rusel Russale Russall Russaule Russel Russell Russelle

History

When William the Conqueror came to England he had a companion named Robert of Comyn, believed to have been so named from Comines in Flanders, whom he made Earl of Northumberland in 1069. When David I came to Scotland, Robert’s grandson Richard came with him, and was made Chancellor of Scotland in 1133.

The speed with which the Comyns established themselves and their power is notable. They settled in Badenoch where the clan’s chiefs were known as Lords of Badenoch, ruling from the impregnable island castle in Lochindorb.

Richard married Hexstilda of Tynedale, grand-daughter of King Donald Ban. Their son William became Earl of Buchan through marriage, and his son from a previous marriage became Earl of Menteith and Lord of Badenoch.

When King David I’s line ended in 1286, the Comyns were the most powerful family in Scotland, and had claim to the empty throne on two counts. However the crown went to King John in 1292. He was the son of Devorguilla, David’s great-grand-daughter, and John Balliol, founder of Balliol College in Oxford and another of Scotland’s most powerful men.

When King John was deposed the Balliols left Scotland and again the most powerful man in the country was a Comyn. Devorguilla’s grandson was known as ‘The Red Comyn’ and ruled with complete self-interest, sometimes fighting for Scotland and at other times for England.

He represented the legitimate royal line and so Robert the Bruce stabbed him to death in the Church of the Minorite Friars at Dumfries in 1306. The following War of Independence saw Bruce become King the next month and the Comyns destroyed and powerless by 1308.

The Red Comyn’s only son John died trying to avenge his father at Bannockburn. In that Dumfries church in 1306, Sir Robert, John’s uncle, was also murdered. He was not descended from Devorguilla and his descendants were not as persecuted as their cousins. This branch acquired Altyre in Moray and, using the spelling Cumming, it has remained the clan’s chief seat to this day.

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Motto:
Origin of Name: Placename Midlothian

Associated Names and Septs (with spelling variations):

History

The name Crichton originates from the the lands of Kreitton, a very old barony near Edinburgh. Recordings of the name first appear around 1128 when Thurstan de Crechtune witnessed the foundation of the Abbey of Holyrood House by David I. Thomas de Crichton, possibly Thursdan’s son is recorded on the Ragman Roll of nobles swearing to Edward I in 1296.

Thomas’ family prospered especially when his son William married Isabel de Ross who was heiress to the barony of Sanquhar in Dumfriesshire. Sir Robert Crichton of Sanquhar became sheriff of Dumfries county in 1464 and later Coroner of Nithsdale. In 1487 Sir Robert’s eldest son, also named Robert, was made Lord Crichton of Sanquhar’ by James III.

Alas the title appeared to bring nothing but bad luck for the Crichtons; William the third Lord, was murdered by Lord Semple around 1552. The sixth Lord Sanquhar was accused on being involved in the murder of a fencing master who had previously blinded him in one eye and he died in disgrace. The title eventually passed to the family of Crichton-Stuart, the present Marquesses of Bute.

Sir William Crichton made the mistake of getting involved in a feud with the Douglas’s. In 1439 while serving as Chancellor of Scotland and governor of Edinburgh Castle during James II’s minority the Sir William arranged the notorious ‘Black Dinner. His great rival the Earl of Douglas had recently died and he invited the new Earl and his brother to the castle to attend a Royal Banquet. With the young King in attendance the after dinner entertainment was rather disappointing for the Douglas’s as they were both dragged from the banqueting hall and executed at nearby Castle Hill.

The Douglas’s were a powerful clan and they besieged the castle until Crichton finally surrendered. despite this he was still raised to the peerage with the title Lord Crichton. Through marriage the 2nd Lord Crichton obtained the barony of Frendraught in Banfshire.

The third Lord united with the Duke of Albany, brother to James III in an attempt to size the throne but as a result lost his estates and Crichton Castle was taken and passed to, among others the Earl of Bothwell, Mary, Queen of Scots third husband.

James Crichton was son of the Lord Advocate of Scotland. He is better known as ‘the Admirable Crichton’ due to his incredible mental and physical agility. By the age of twenty he was an expert in just about every field and had mastered around ten languages. If that wasn’t enough he was also renowned for his horsemanship and sword skills. With such impressive skills the young man naturally moved to Paris where his charm could be put to good use, he ran intellectual rings round the cities professors and next day won a jousting competition. On a visit to Rome he impressed the Pope and the Duke of Mantua. So much so that the Duke asked him to be tutor to his son, Vincenzo.

Alas Italian youths are less impressed with such showmanship then Popes and Parisian professors. In 1582 while Crichton was attending a carnival he was ambushed by a gang. He rapidly dispatched five of them and was preparing to finish the sixth when he revealed himself as young Vincenzo. Shocked by the discovery James was unprepared for Vincenzo’s attack who promptly stabbed him.

James Crichton, Viscount Frendraught fought alongside the Marquis of Montrose in 1650. The story goes that he gave his horse to Montrose during a battle at Invercarron so he could evade capture. Crichton was taken prisoner but, considering the fate of Montrose was probably fortunate that he died of his wounds before he met a similar end.

It is from Crichtons of Frendraught that the present line descends and the seat is at Castle of Monzie near Crieff.

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Motto: Tutum te robore reddam (I will give you safety by strength)
Origin of Tartan: A lowland tartan from the “Vestiarium Scoticum”

Associated Names and Septs (with spelling variations):
Crafford Crafoard Crafoord Craford Crafort Crafuirde Crafurd Crauffurd Craufoord Crauford Crauforth Craufurd Craufurde Craunford Craweford Crawfaird Crawfeurd Crawffurd Crawford Crawfurd Crouford Krauford

History

Crawford was a barony in the Upper Ward of Clydesdale. The name of Galfridus of Crawford is recorded around 1179, and he seems to have been a man of success.

In the time of William the Lion, Sir Reginald of Crawford was made Sheriff of Ayr. Accompanied by three sons he was witness to a grant in favour of Kelso Abbey.

The Crawford name appears many times through this century on various charters. Sir John Crawford of that ilk died in 1248. His eldest daughter married Archibald of Douglas and the other daughter married David Lindsay of Wauchopedale, the ancestor of the Earls of Crawford.

The 1297 Sheriff of Ayr, Sir Archibald, had a sister Margaret. Their father had been murdered at a banquet by the English in a cowardly fashion and when she married Sir Malcolm Wallace she had a son, William, who would become Scotland’s greatest nationalist.

During these times the family developed three principal branches. A brother of Sir Archibald and Margaret obtained a grant of Auchinames from Robert the Bruce in 1320. The 21st of Auchinames, Hugh Crawfurd, sold his inherited property and died in Alberta, Canada in the 1980s.

Crawfurdland is another branch and this one sprang from the Sheriff’s younger son. His lands were given to him by Robert III in 1391. The third branch comes from Sir John of Crawford whose descendants gained the estates of Kilburnie in 1499. From this house came Thomas Crawford of Jordanhill.

Being the sixth son of Lawrence of Kilburnie in 1530, the family inheritance was spreading thin and so Thomas had to make his own money. He served under Henry II in France before returning to Scotland with Queen Mary in 1561. He eventually married the Queen and became part of the Darnley family. He identified the true murderers of Lord Darnley in 1569 but was ignored.

A baronetcy was placed upon the senior line of Kilburnie in 1781.

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Motto:
Origin of Name: Placename, Midlothian

Associated Names and Septs (with spelling variations):
Cranestone Cranestowne Cranston Cranstone Cranstoun Cranystoun Craynston Creinstoun Crenestone

History

An area of Midlothian may have given rise to this name. Possibly from the Anglo Saxon meaning ‘Place of the Crane’. The families that settled here and took the name owning lands around Edinburgh and Roxburghshire, the first recording of the name was Elfric de Cranston who is one of the witnesses to a charter by William the Lion in the Abbey of Holyrood around 1170. During the reign of Alexander II Thomas de Craystoun was recorded as giving over land in East Lothian to the church and a Hugh de Cranstoun signed the Ragman Roll in 1296.

The Cranstouns appear to have faired well until late in the 16th Century when their fortunes changed after Thomas and John Cranston were accused of conspiring with the Earl of Bothwell who had attacked Holyrood Palace. With members of the Cranstoun family being accused of treason Sir John Cranston fell foul of the law for harboring his family members. Finally his brother, Thomas was Executed in 1660 for his part in the infamous Gowrie Conspiracy.

The Cranstons relationship with the Monarchy faired better as the 17th Century progressed. In 1609 Sir John Cranstoun of Morristoun was given the title of ‘Lord Cranstoun’ after his service as captain of the guard to James VI.

While the family faired better with the King alas the same could not be said for the ‘higher powers’. In the town of Kettle in Fife the Reverend William Cranstoun held strong Presbyterian views which were at odds with the King’s reforms. An attempt was made to have him forcibly replaced during the middle of a sermon, despite his resistance he found himself branded as an outlaw. Finally in 1620 the Archbishop of St Andrews had him deprived of his charge.

During the English Civil War the Third Lord Cranston fought for the Royalists and was taken prisoner at the Battle of Worcester. Locked up in the tower of London under the protectorate most of his lands were forfeited.

The family allegedly holds a dark secret; A son of the fifth Lord secretly married a Roman Catholic. The husband later denied the marriage had taken place but his wife produced evidence to the contrary. The husband then took off for England and struck ap a relationship with a rich heiress. Not surprisingly her father was not too happy about the situation and the young Cranstoun attempted to smooth over the situation with a ‘Love Potion’. Whatever the potion contained it certainly wasn’t amorous as the father died of poisoning and the heiress was hanged for his murder.

George Cranstoun, who was also descended from the fifth Lord Cranston was a great friend of Sir Walter Scott. They had studied together at Edinburgh University. Whereas Sir Walter had followed a literary career George had pursued his legal profession rising to the position of Dean of the Faculty of Advocates in 1823.

The Cranstons military career also faired well. James, eighth Lord Cranstoun commanded the Bellerophon during a heroic battle against a large French fleet in 1795. He was appointed Governor of Grenada but sadly died from lead poisoning before he could take charge. Lieutenant Colonel Alastair Cranstoun of that Ilk was awarded the Military Cross and was recognised as chief in 1950. After his death in 1990 he was succeeded by the present chief.

The family seat is still at Corehouse in Lanarkshire.

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Motto: Oblier ne puis (I cannot forget)
Origin of Name: Placename, Normandy

Associated Names and Septs (with spelling variations):

History

The small Norman town of Colville-Sur-Mer is the source of this name. It’s most likely that they traveled over with William the Conqueror during the Norman Conquests. The Colvilles first appear in Scotland in the 12th century. Philip de Colville was listed as a witness on a charter from Malcolm IV to the Monastery of Dunfermline. Some time later he was held hostage (a very common practice in middle ages Europe), and later exchanged for the release of William the Lion in 1174. The Colvilles were granted baronies in Roxburghshire as well as other land in Ayrshire. Phillips son, William, later obtained the barony of Kinnaird in Stirlingshire.

in 1291 Sir Reginald Cheyne of Inverugie died. His widow was E’stace, heiress of Sir William Colville of Oxnam. She was one of the signators of the Ragman Roll. Despite this she is credited with raising the fortunes of the Colvilles. She made grants to the Abbey of Melrose which were later confirmed in 1324. In 1350 David II confirmed the barony of Ochiltree.

The Colvilles fell out with the Douglasses after the murder of John Auchinleck who had been a friend of the Earl of Douglas. the resulting feud destroyed much of the Colville estates and cost them the castle of Kinnaird which was taken by force. The Earl was in turn stabbed to death by the King at Stirling Castle. The Colville’s rebuilt their home in 1450 at a spot well away from the Auchinlecks.

Sir Robert Colville, was steward to Queen Margaret and master to the household of James the 4th. He raised an army from his estate to fight for the King. Most of his army were wiped out at Flodden in 1513 along with Sir Robert. Sir Robert’s son, Sir James Colville of Ochiltree was appointed to the Royal Household in 1527. Three years later in 1530 he exchanged lands with Hamilton of Finnart, swapping his estate at Ochiltree for the barony of East Wemyss and Lochorshyre in Fife. Alas he was later charged with treason and the estates were held by the Crown and not released until 1543.

Sir James Colville of Easter Wemyss fought in France for King Henry IV. In 1604 he was given the title of ‘Lord Colville of Culross’, which the chiefs still bear. The title of Lord Colville was lost in 1640 when the second Lord died without an heir. The title was not reinstated until 1723 when John Colville, ‘de jure’ was raised to the peerage.

In 1746, Honorable Charles Colville fought at the Battle of Culloden, commanding the 21st Regiment of Foot. The Honorable Alexander Colville followed a naval career instead joining the navy in 1731. He was promoted to the rank of commodore and took the Northumberland to America in 1755. he was involved in the relief of Quebec which had been under siege by the French. After this he was raised to the rank of Vice Admiral. Sir Charles Colville was made Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath after serving at the Battle of Waterloo and the Peninsular War. His son Charles was made peer after his death and was later created Viscount Colville of Culross.

The town of Colville in northern Washington, U.S., is named after Sir Andrew Colville, who discovered a tribe in that region. The title Viscount Colville of Culross is one of several held by this family. The present Viscount (the thirteenth Lord Colville of Culross) succeeded to the title in 1945.

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Gaelic Name: Maca’Chobaich
Motto: Si je Puis (If I can)
Badge: Hazel
Lands: Loch Lomond-side
Origin of Name: Placename, Dunbartonshire
Pipe Music: The Colquhoun’s March

Associated Names and Septs (with spelling variations):
Caan Cachoune Cahoon Cahoun Cahoune Cahun Cahund Cahune Calhoon Calhoun Calquhoun Calquhoune Calwhone Caun Choquoyn Cohune Colchoun Colechon Colfune Colhoun Colhoune Collquhone Colqhoun Colqhuen Colquhone Colquhoun Colquhoune Colquhowne Colquhyn Colqwhone Colwhone Colwhoun Couen Cowan Cowane Cowans Cowen Cowhen Cowing Cowquhowne Culchon Culchone Culchoun Culquhone Culquhoun Culquhoune Culqwhone Culqwon Culqwone Culwone Gahn Kelquon Killichoan Kilpatric Kilpatrick Kilwhone Kirkpatrick Kirkpatrik Kulwoon Kulwoun Kylkone Kylpatrik Kylpatryk Mac- A-Chounich Mac-A-Chonnick Mac-A-Chounich MacCoan MacCowan MacCowen MacCowne MacGillecoan MacGillequhoan MacGillequhoane MacGillichoan MacGillichoane MacGillochoaine MacIlchoan MacIlchoane MacIlchoen MacIlchomhghain MacIllichoan MacInturner MacKillichoan MacKilquhone MacKowean MacKowen MacKowie MacKowin MacKowne MacKownne MacKowyne MacLehoan MacMagnus MacMain MacMaines MacMainess MacMains MacMan MacManes MacManis MacMann MacMannas MacMannes MacMannus MacManus MacMayne MacMhannis MacOwan MacOwen Main Mainn Mainsoun Makgillechoan Makgillichoan Makillichoan Makilquhone Mane Mayne Qulchom Qulchone Qulwone Quohon Turneour Turner Turnor Turnour Turnoure

History

In 1241, the time of Alexander II, Malcolm, Earl of Lennox, granted the lands of Colquhoun in Dunbartonshire to Humphrey of Kilpatrick. Humphrey’s son Ingram is the first person recorded as taking Colquhoun for his surname.

Around 1368, Luss, on Loch Lomond, was acquired by Sir Robert Colquhoun through marriage. From then on the chiefship has been described as of Colquhoun and Luss.

His grandson Iain Colquhoun of Luss married Margaret, the daughter of the Earl of Lennox. When James I returned from English imprisonment a few years later in 1424, one of the people he took his vengeance upon was the unsupportive Lennox. The position of Lennox was decimated and Iain of Luss took advantage of this to win the King’s favour by capturing Dumbarton Castle from Lennox.

By 1427 he was Sheriff of Dumbarton and by 1439 he was dead, like his King, killed by those he had treated so badly. By way of compensation, James II made Luss a free barony for Colquhoun’s grandson Sir Iain. It remained this way until the Rising of 1745.

Luss was raided by thieving MacGregors in 1603, leading to a bloody battle and defeat of five hundred Colquhoun men, three hundred of whom were on horseback, by four hundred MacGregor men at Glen Fruin. Over two hundred of the Colquhoun men were lost when the MacGregors, who had split into two parties, attacked from front and rear and forced the horsemen onto the soft ground of the Moss of Auchingaich.

It meant the proscription of the Clan Gregor.

It wasn’t until the eighteenth century that the enmity between the clans was laid to rest when, at Glen Fruin on the site of the massacre, the chiefs of the Clan Gregor and Colquhoun met and shook hands.

The 11th Laird of Luss, Sir John Colquhoun, became a Baronet of Nova Scotia in 1625. Seven years later, however, he vanished along with Lady Catherine Graham, his wife’s sister. He was accused of using witchcraft and sorcery to woo her and so, wisely, never returned to clear his name.

Today the family is seated in the great mansion of Rossdhu.

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Crest: A horse passant argent
Motto: Virtue et labore (By valour and exertion)

Associated Names and Septs (with spelling variations):
Cawchrin Coachran Coachrin Cocheran Cocherane Cochran Cochrane Cochrein Cochren Cochroune Cogherane Coheran Cohern Coichraine Coichran Colquheran Colquhran Couchran Coughran Coweran Cowran

History

It is thought that the ancestry of this family began with a Viking warrior who decided to settle in Renfrewshire in the ninth century. There are a number of theories as to the creation of the name this Viking’s descendants took.

After fighting so ferociously in a battle, an early family member was praised by his leader as ‘brave fellow’. In the Gaelic they spoke he would have pronounced him ‘coch ran’. Another Gaelic manipulation of the words ‘battle cry’ or ‘the roar of battle’ leads to Cochrane.

The three boars found on the shield of the chief represent the game of a Cochrane warrior who killed three wild boars who had been spreading terror through the countryside.

In 1456 Allan Cochrane of Cochrane had the Cochrane lands resigned to him from his father Robert. James II then gave him a charter for the lands. The manor house had a tower added to it by William Cochrane of that ilk before he died in 1594.

It was then known as Cochrane Castle.

The chiefship was in jeopardy when, during the early 1600′s, William Cochrane of that ilk had no male children. He ensured that whoever married his daughter Elizabeth be bound to assume as their own the Cochrane name and coat of arms. The first Earl of Dundonald was William’s grandson and heir and attained this position in 1669.

But it was Elizabeth’s eldest son Alexander who became a colonel for Charles I and began the recurring ‘fighting Cochranes,’ a line of chiefs who consistently served their country, both at sea and on land, with distinction. The most famous of these was Thomas, the tenth Earl, who, amongst a lifetime of greatness, took command of a brig and only fifty-four men, and boarded and captured a Spanish frigate of thirty-two heavy guns and 319 crew in 1801.

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Gaelic Name: Siosal
Motto: Feros ferio (I am fierce with the fierce)
Badge: Fern
Lands: Roxburghshire and Invernesshire
Origin of Name: Placename, Roxburghshire
Pipe Music: Chisholm’s March

Associated Names and Septs (with spelling variations):
Cheishame Cheishelm Cheisholme Chesame Chesehelme Cheseholm Cheseim Cheshelm Cheshelme Chesholm Chesholme Cheshom Chesim Chesolm Chesolme Chesom Chesome Chessam Chessame Chesseholme Chisholm Chisholme Chism Chisolm Chisolme Chisomme Chissem Chissim Chissolme Schisholme Schishome Schisolme Schisome Sheshelm Shisholme

History

This name is formed from the Norman ‘chese’ which meant ‘to choose’, and ‘holm’ which is a Saxon word that meant ‘meadow’.

The kingdom of Gododdin was taken by the Northumbrian English in the 7th century and then taken in turn by the Normans three hundred years later. The early Chisholms came across the North Sea and the lands they claimed in Roxburghshire became a feudal barony.

The name of Alexander de Cheschelme appears on a charter from 1249, and the Ragman Roll of 1296, listing the supporters of England’s Edward I mentions Richard de Cheschelme and John de Cheshome. The seal used by the family shows a boar’s head which represented the traditional story of two Chisholm brothers who saved a king from a wild boar.

This symbol is used in Chisholm heraldry today. By 1359 the family had gained the post of constables of Urquhart Castle, the important royal stronghold on the shores of Loch Ness that guarded the pass to the western highlands.

The various Chiefs of the Clan of Strathglass and Glen Cannich were known as ‘The Chisholm’. One of them would say that only three people on earth were entitled to use the definite article for their appellation: The Pope, The King and The Chisholm.

Less than fifty of the Chisholms who fought for Prince Charles at Culloden survived. Three of the seven men who shepherded the Prince away across the country were Chisholms: Alexander, Donald and Hugh. Hugh vowed, after shaking the Prince’s hand at the end of their journey, he would never shake another man’s hand. He kept his vow for life.

Twenty-second chief Ruairidh, in the mid 1700s, followed the chiefs of other clans of the time by squeezing his tenants for as much rent as he could. The pressure was relieved for a generation upon his death but William, twenty-third chief in 1793, burned his family’s loyal supporters out of their homes to make way for sheep.

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Gaelic Name: Clann Gillacatan
Motto: Touch not the cat without a glove
Badge: Red whortleberry
Origin of Name: Clan of the cats

Associated Names and Septs (with spelling variations):
Adamson Adamsone Ademson Ademsoun Ademsoune Aesone Aison Aissone Aissoun Aissoune Alees Aleese Archibald Ason Asone Asson Assone Aue Ave Ay Aye Ayesone Ayson Aysone Aysoun Ayssoun Bain Baine Baines Bane Bayin Bayn Bayne Baynes Baynne Bean Beanes Beine Bene Bhaine Brabener Brabiner Brabnar Braboner Brabunar Brabuner Braibener Braymer Brebener Brebner Breboner Brember Brembner Bremner Brimer Brimmer Brimner Brobner Brymer Brymner Caidh Caig Catan Catanach Catanache Catanoch Cate Cathan Catnach Cattan Cattanach Cattanoch Cattenach Cattenoch Ceiteach Chatain Chattan Chombeich Chombich Chombie Claerk Clark Clarke Clarkson Clarksone Clearkson Cleary Clerach Clerc Clerck Clercsone Cleric Cleric Clerie Clerk Clerke Clerkson Clerksone Clerksoun Clerksson Clunie Clunnie Cluny Clwny Clwnye Coates Coats Coitis Coittes Coittis Comb Combach Combe Combich Combie Conlay Conley Cotis Cottes Cottis Coults Couric Coutes Coutis Couts Coutts Couttss Coutys Cowltis Cowtes Cowtis Cowttis Crarer Crerar Crerer Criathrar Cultis Cults Curie Curray Curre Curri Currie Curry Currye Cutis Dallas Dallass Dallyas Dason Dasone Daueson Dauesoun Dauiesone Dauison Dauisone Dauisoun Dauson Dausoun Dauyson Dauysone Daveson Davidson Davidsone Davie Daviesoune Davis Davison Davisoun Davitson Davyson Davysone Daw Dawe Dawes Daweson Dawson Dawsone Dawysone Dawysoun Dean Deane Deason Deasone Deasson Deassoun Dein Dene Desson Deyne Dick Dickason Dickeson Dickie Dickison Dickson Dicsoun Dikiesoun Dikkyson Dikson Diksonne Dikyson Dixon Dolace Dolas Dolasse Dolays Doles Doleys Dollace Dolles Eason Easone Easson Eldar Eldare Elder Esson Fail Fairhar Fall Farahar Farcar Farchar Farchare Farcharsone Farcharsoun Farchyrson Farhard Farqhar Farqrson Farquar Farquhar Farquharson Farquharsone Farquhart Farthquhare Faurcharson Faurcharsone Fearachar Fearchair Fercard Ferchar Ferchard Ferchart Fercheth Ferchware Feresoun Ferghard Ferhare Ferkar Ferquard Ferquhar Ferquharsoun Fersen Ferson Ferthet Findel Findelasone Findlaisone Findlauson Findlaw Findlay Findlayson Findley Findleysone Finlaison Finlason Finlasone Finlasoun Finlaw Finlawsone Finlawsoune Finlay Finlayson Finley Finlinson Fionnla Fionnlach Fionnlagh Forquhair Fourcharsoun Fyndelay Fyndelosoun Fyndlae Fyndlasoun Fyndlaw Fynlaw Fynlawesone Fynloson Galashan Galeaspe Gellas Gellion Ghillaspic Gilasp Gilaspy Gilderoy Gilhaspy Gilhespy Gilies Gilise Gilispie Gillan Gillas Gillaspik Gillaspy Gillean Gilleis Gilleon Gilles Gillespey Gillespie Gillian Gillice Gillie Gillies Gilliosa Gillis Gillise Gilliss Gillon Gilray Gilroy Gilry Gilvray Gilyean Gilzean Gilzeane Glashan Glashen Glashin Glen Glene Gleney Glenn Glennay Glennie Glenny Gleny Golane Golin Gollan Golland Gollane Gollin Gollon Gove Gow Gowan Gowans Gowen Gowie Gowin Gracey Gracie Gracy Graisich Grasich Grass Grasse Grasseich Grassiche Grassichsone Grassick Grassie Grasycht Graysich Greasaighe Greasich Grecie Greishich Greoschich Greoshich Greshach Gresich Gressiche Greusach Greusaich Grevsach Griasaich Griesck Gylis Gyllis Hairdy Hardie Hardy Hardye Heagie Heagy Heegie Heggie Hegie Hegy Higgie Hosack Hosak Hosick Hossack Hossok Hossoke Ison Isone Kae Kay Kaye Kayt Keathe Keay Kee Keht Keith Kellas Kelles Kerracher Ket Keth Kethe Key Keyth Keythe Keytht Kite Knevan Kowtis Leary Lees Leys Lion Lione Lios Lioun Lyon Lyoun Lyoune MacAig MacAige MacAindreis MacAlbea MacAleerie MacAlees MacAliece MacAnally MacAndrew MacAndrie MacAndro MacAndy MacAnnally MacA’Phearsain MacA’Phearsoin MacAppersone MacArdie MacArdy MacArquhar MacAy MacBain MacBaith MacBane MacBardie MacBathe MacBay MacBayne MacBea MacBean MacBeane MacBeath MacBeatha MacBeathy MacBee MacBehan MacBeith MacBen MacBeth MacBetha MacBey MacBheath MacBheatha MacBheathain MacBurie MacCagy MacCaig MacCaige MacCannally MacCarday MacCardie MacCardney MacCardy MacCarquhar MacCarracher MacChardaidh MacChardy MacChlerich MacChlery MacChomay MacChombeich MacChombich MacChomich MacClachan MacClachane MacClathan MacClearey MacCleary MacCleche MacClees MacCleiche MacCleisch MacCleish MacCleishe MacCleisich MacClerich MacCleriche MacClerie MacClery MacClese MacCleys MacCliesh MacClirie MacClurich MacCoage MacColeis MacColleis MacColm MacColme MacColmie MacColmy MacComaidh MacComais MacComas MacComash MacComb MacCombe MacCombich MacCombie MacCombs MacCome MacComes MacComey MacComiche MacComick MacComie MacComish MacComy MacConche MacConchie MacConchy MacCondach MacCondachie MacCondachy MacCondie MacCondochie MacCondoquhy MacConnchye MacConquhy MacConquy MacCourich MacCuinn MacCulican MacCuligan MacCuligin MacCulikan MacCuliken MacCune MacCunn MacCurich MacCurie MacCurrach MacCurragh MacCurrich MacCurrie MacCurry MacCwne MacDade MacDaid MacDavid MacEarachar MacEaracher MacEgie MacEleary MacElhatton MacElpersoun MacElroy MacElvain MacElveen MacElwain MacEntyre MacEracher MacErar MacErchar MacErracher MacErrocher MacFaell MacFail MacFal MacFale MacFall MacFarquhar MacFarquher MacFarsane MacFarsne MacFarson MacFaul MacFauld MacFaull MacFayle MacFerchar MacFerquhair MacFerquhare MacFerson MacFersoune MacFoill MacForsoun MacFuirigh MacFyall MacGabhawn MacGhobhainn MacGhowin MacGilchatton MacGiligan MacGillas MacGillavary MacGillebeatha MacGillechattan MacGilleglash MacGilleis MacGillese MacGillevary MacGillevoray MacGillevorie MacGillevray MacGillewra MacGillewray MacGillican MacGillies MacGilligain MacGilligan MacGilligin MacGillis MacGillish MacGillivary MacGillivoor MacGillivraid MacGillivray MacGillivrie MacGillivry MacGillowray MacGillvary MacGillveray MacGillvery MacGillvra MacGillvray MacGilrey MacGilroy MacGilroye MacGilvane MacGilvary MacGilvery MacGilvory MacGilvra MacGilvray MacGilweane MacGilwrey MacGlashan MacGlashen MacGlashin MacGlassan MacGlassin MacGlasson MacGleish MacGouan MacGoun MacGoune MacGovin MacGow MacGowan MacGowen MacGown MacGowne MacGowy MacGruaig MacGuilvery MacGuin MacGulican MacHarday MacHardie MacHardy MacHatton MacHay MacHee MacHillies MacHilmane MacHomas MacHomash MacHomie MacHquan MacHquhan MacHuin MacIlbraie MacIlchattan MacIlchombie MacIlchomich MacIlchomie MacIlchomy MacIlees MacIleish MacIlhatton MacIlishe MacIliwray MacIllees MacIlleese MacIlleglass MacIlleish MacIllory MacIllvain MacIllveyan MacIllvra MacIlmeane MacIlmeine MacIlmeyne MacIloray MacIlra MacIlray MacIlrie MacIlroy MacIluray MacIlvain MacIlvaine MacIlvane MacIlvayne MacIlvean MacIlveane MacIlveen MacIlveerie MacIlvery MacIlvian MacIlvora MacIlvoray MacIlvory MacIlvra MacIlvrach MacIlvrae MacIlvray MacIlwain MacIlwaine MacIlweine MacIlwra MacIlwray MacInally MacInclerich MacInclerie MacInclerycht MacInferson MacInteer MacIntire MacIntyir MacIntyr MacIntyre MacKaggie MacKaig MacKaige MacKaigh MacKandrew MacKardie MacKbayth MacKcaige MacKeag MacKeandla MacKeeg MacKegg MacKeggie MacKeig MacKeith MacKelecan MacKelegan MacKelican MacKelrae MacKelvain MacKentyre MacKeracher MacKerchar MacKercher MacKerichar MacKericher MacKerracher MacKerricher MacKethe MacKglesson MacKhardie MacKigg MacKilferson MacKilican MacKilikin MacKillican MacKillicane MacKillichane MacKilligan MacKilligane MacKilligin MacKilrae MacKilrea MacKilroy MacKilvain MacKilvane MacKilven MacKilwein MacKilweyan MacKilwyan MacKindlay MacKinfarsoun MacKinla MacKinlay MacKinley MacKintishie MacKintoch MacKintoche MacKintoisch MacKintorss MacKintosh MacKintyre MacKleiry MacKleroy MacKlewain MacKomash MacKomie MacKommie MacKomy MacKperson MacKphaill MacKpharsone MacKqueane MacKquyne MacKreiche MacKritchy MacKulican MacKurrich MacKury MacKygo MacKynioyss MacKyntoich MacKyntossche MacKyntoys MacLear MacLeary MacLeash MacLees MacLeesh MacLeich MacLeish MacLerich MacLerie MacLeroy MacLese MacLess MacLewain MacLglesson MacLise MacLish MacLiss MacLroy MacMhourich MacMhuireadhaigh MacMhuirich MacMhuirrich MacMordoch MacMuiredhaigh MacMuiredhuigh MacMuirigh MacMurich MacMurrich MacMurriche MacMurrycht MacNally MacNaoimhin MacNeiving MacNevin MacNivaine MacNiven MacOmie MacOmish MacOnchie MacOnlay MacOulroy MacOurich MacPaill MacPaul MacPearson MacPerson MacPersone MacPersonn MacPhael MacPhaell MacPhail MacPhaile MacPhaill MacPhale MacPharson MacPhaul MacPhaull MacPhayll MacPhearson MacPhell MacPhersen MacPherson MacPhersone MacPhial MacPhiel MacQhardies MacQuain MacQuan MacQuaynes MacQuean MacQueane MacQueen MacQueeney MacQueenie MacQuein MacQueine MacQuen MacQuene MacQueyn MacQueyne MacQuhan MacQuheen MacQuhen MacQuhenn MacQuhenne MacQuheyne MacQuhyn MacQuhyne MacQuien MacQuin MacQuine MacQuinne MacQuinnes MacRaild MacRaill MacRailt MacReekie MacReiche MacRiche MacRichie MacRikie MacRitchey MacRitchie MacRitchy MacRyche MacSayde MacSeveney MacShuibhne MacSuain MacSuin MacSwain MacSwaine MacSwan MacSwane MacSween MacSwen MacSweyne MacSwyde MacSwyne MacTarlach MacTarlich MacTear MacTeer MacTeir MacTer MacTere MacTerlach MacTeyr MacThearlaich MacThom MacThomaidh MacThomais MacThomas MacThome MacThomie MacTier MacTire MacToiche MacTomais MacToschy MacToshy MacTyr MacTyre MacUirigh MacUne MacUrich MacVail MacVain MacVaine MacVale MacVane MacVarraich MacVarrich MacVean MacVeane MacVeirrich MacVirrich MacVirriche MacVoerich MacVorich MacVoriche MacVorrich MacVourich MacVurich MacVurie MacVurirch MacVuririch MacVurrich MacVurriche MacWean MacWeane MacWhan MacWhanne MacWhin MacWhinn MacWirrich MacWirriche MacWurie MacYlory MacYlroy MacYlroye MacYlveine MacYntyre Maelbeth Makandro Makcome Makcomius Makconchie Makcurrie Makeeg Makfaill Makfale Makfarson Makfassane Makfele Makferquhair Makfersan Makfersone Makfersoun Makferssoun Makghobhainn Makgilroy Makgilvane Makgowane Makgowin Makhaig Makillewray Makilmain Makilmeyn Makilrow Makilvane Makilvene Makilwene Makilwyane Makimpersone Makintare Makkilrow Maklearie Makleis Makmurdie Makmurriche Makmurthe Makphaile Makphersone Makquean Makquene Makquhan Makquhane Makquhen Makquhon Makryche Makteir Makter Makthome Makthomy Maktyre Makulikin Makvirriche Makynparsone Malbeth Maquhon Meikleroy Mekilwaine Melbeth Micklroy Milroy Mordac Mordake Mordik Mordoc Mordok Mordyk Moreduc Morthaich Mourdac Mteir Muireach Muireadhach Muiredach Murdac Murdak Murdoc Murdoch Murdock Murdoson Murdy Murreich Murthac Murthak Naomhin Nickphaile Nobil Nobile Nobill Noble Pal Paul Paule Paull Pearson Pharquhair Pherharchd Phinlaw Pol Pole Quin Quinn Raich Reach Reacht Reaich Reauch Reaucht Reche Rechie Rechtie Rechy Reiach Reith Reithe Reoch Reoche Rethe Reuch Revan Revans Reyth Riach Riauch Riche Richie Rioch Rioche Ritchie Roeoch Rychy Rychze Rytchie Saythe Scaith Scayth Schau Schaw Schawe Scheoch Scheok Schiach Schioch Schioche Seah Seath Seith Seth Sha Shau Shaw Shawe Shay Sheach Sheath Sheehan Sheoch Shiach Siache Sith Sithach Sithech Sithig Skaith Smeayth Smith Smyith Smyithe Smyth Smythe Suain Svan Sveinn Swain Swan Swane Swann Swayne Sween Swein Sweing Swen Sweyn Sweyne Swyde Swyn Swyne Sythach Sythag Sythock Tam Tameson Tamesone Tamson Tamsone Tarall Taroll Tarrel Tarrell Tarrill Terale Terrel Terrell Terroll Thom Thomas Thomason Thomasson Thomassone Thomassoun Thome Thomessone Thompson Thoms Thomson Thomsone Thomsoun Thomsoune Thomsson Thowmis Thowms Tire Toash Toische Tomson Tomsone Tyre Vail Vcgillevorie Vconchie Versen

History

The ‘Clan of the Cats,’ was not always a single family but a confederation or community of families, some of whom had been related and some who were not. The wildcat in heraldry can often help as a means of distinguishing the families associated.

Most believe that the name came to be through Saint Cattan. His servant, the baillie of Ardchattan’s abbey lands, called himself Gillichattan Mor and is seen as the first clan chief. The family possessed lands at Loch Arkaig and Glenloy during Malcolm II’s time and Torcastle became the seat of the chief.

In 1291 Eva, the only child of the sixth chief Dougall Dall, married Angus, sixth Laird of MacKintosh. Angus became Captain of Clan Chattan. It was disputed whether the chiefship was a heritable honour that Eva could have conferred on her. The chiefs of Clan MacPherson cited that their descendance from the Clan Chattan chief Muireach in 1173 was their right to be chiefs of Clan Chattan. This dispute was on-going for two hundred years.

Angus and Eva also had land disputes begin in their time which would last four hundred years. Because they had Angus Og of Islay for an enemy, Angus decided to move out of Torcastle and withdraw to Rothiemurchus.

At this the Camerons claimed that the Arkaig lands had been abandoned and, proclaiming right of conquest, moved into them. It was in the fourteenth century that Clan Chattan developed into a confederation. Along with the MacPhersons, other clans who formed an alliance were the MacPhails, MacBeans, Cattanachs, MacKintoshes and their cadet branches the Shaws, MacCombies, Ritchies, MacThomases and the Farquharsons.

Other associate families without blood ties were the Davidsons, MacAndrews. MacGillivrays, MacLeans of Dochgarroch, MacIntyres of Badenoch and the MacQueens of Pollochaig.

Clan Chattan suffered badly after the 1745 rising and the MacKintoshes became the dominant clan.

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