Oliphant
Motto: A tout pouvoir (Provide for all)
Origin of Name: Oliphant, from elephant, indicating great strength
History
The Oliphants were a Norman family who first held lands in England around Northampton. David de Olifard is commonly held to be the progenitor of House of Oliphant and in the 12th century he was granted lands in Roxburghshire by the Earl of Huntingdon, later to become David I of Scotland.
The Oliphants took up the cause of Scottish Independence and defended Stirling Castle against Edward I. The leader of the Oliphant clan was captured here and sent to the Tower of London. However, he was later released and awarded land at Gask in Perthshire as compensation.
The fourth Lord Ogilvie was a staunch supporter of Mary, Queen of Scots, and fought for her at the Battle of Langside in 1568. The Oliphants remained devoted to the Jacobite cause and the last Lord Oliphant played an active role in the campaign of Charles Edward Stewart in 1745.
After defeat at Culloden, Lord Oliphant fled to Sweden and ended up taking refuge in France.
The principal seat of the Oliphant family is the historic Ardblair Castle near Blairgowrie in Perthshire.
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