We have just received the sad news that Ian Francis Wallace of that Ilk, Chief of the Name and Arms of Wallace passed away at the weekend. Our hearts go out to his friends and family. This is a massive loss to Clan Wallace. Ian was 89 years old. Ian was the 35th Chief of the Clan. He became Chief […]
At a ceremony in Edinburgh on April 16th Iain Alexander Gunn was appointed chief of Clan Gunn. The Clan has been without a chief for more than 230 years. This is wonderful news for this Scottish Clan and the hard work of the Gunn Society. This is a truly historic event. The Clan Gunn is […]
A clansman has acquired an interesting pair of flintlock belt pistols, which bear the Macnab crest and motto. The pistols were made about 1770 by Joseph Adams of Birmingham and are very finely decorated with silver furniture. […]
This Friday is the funeral of Major Stuart Young, Convener of Clan Young UK and prospective Clan Chief. A massive loss for his family and friends as well as for all of Clan Young. He was a man who meant so much to so many people. Stuart passed away on April 2nd 2016 at only 57. He […]
We have just received the sad news that Michael Fergus Bowes-Lyon, 18th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne has passed away. Out thoughts go out to his friends at family at this tragic loss. He was only 58 years old, and died after a long battle with cancer. Known to those who knew him as ‘Mikey’ […]
To get the title of ‘The Worst Reiver Ever’ you must have been really bad, the worst of the worst. Lang Sandy Armstrong of Rowanburn is known as ‘The Worst Reiver Ever’. He gained this nickname mostly because of his height he was well over six foot tall which was a giant 400 years ago. […]
More often than not feuds happened between the clans because of a dispute over livestock. Cattle and sheep owned by different Clans would roam freely and would often graze together. The animals were marked by small cuts on their ears to show who owned them. Even to this day in areas like Lewis the […]
Firstly can I introduce myself I am heriditary Clan Chief of the Pocasset Wampanoag Tribe Pokanoket Nation, otherwise known as Daryl Black Eagle Jamieson Suki Wompsikuk (Black Eagle). I live in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, and have long known about my combined Native American and Scottish Ancestry. My surname is Scottish and even have red haired […]
For a long time in the fifteenth century and beyond the families of Cunninghams of Glancairn and the Montgomeries of Eglinton were deadly and bitter rivals, a bloody feud that makes Romeo and Juliet looks like child’s play. It was described by John Lesie (exiled bishop of Ross who wrote the ‘Historie of Scotland’) as ‘the auldest […]
A few weeks ago, we took a peek into the late nineteenth-century world of frontier Colorado with a most remarkable little Victorian era explorer named Lady Isabella Bird. On one of her many adventurous journeys around the globe, Englishwoman Lady Isabella introduced us to the Chalmers family in the foothills of the front range in […]
