All hail to the female chiefs
Men and women have long been recognised in Scotland as equals. A good example of this is that female chiefs supply a goodly number of places in the current 135-strong listings of the Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs. They hold exactly the same responsibilities as their male counterparts. Here are some shining examples of female clan chiefs:
Madam Arabella Kincaid
Chief of Clan Kincaid, Madam Arabella Kincaid says: ‘When I became chief it was almost like being a mother for the first time. I get letters all the time, mainly from the US, and we’ve had an active clan association for more than 50 years.’
Flora Fraser, Lady Saltoun Chief of Clan Fraser is not only a female Clan Chief but is currently the only female holder of a lordship who also holds a seat in the House of Lords as an elected hereditary peer. Now that’s impressive.
To celebrate this and upcoming Mother’s Day I have started to put together a list:
- Clan Elliot : Madam Margaret Elliot of Redheugh
- Clan Fraser: Rt Hon. The Lady Saltoun
- Clan Grierson: Sarah Grierson of Lag
- Clan Hunter: Madam Pauline Hunter of Hunterson
- Clan Kincaid: Madam Arabella Kincaid of Kincaid
- Clan MacDougall: Morag MacDougall of MacDougall
- Clan MacKay: The Hon. Elizabeth Fairbairn
- Clan MacKinnon: Madam Ann MacKinnon of MacKinnon
- Clan Mar: Margaret of Mar, 31st Countess of Mar
- Clan Moffat: Madam Jean Moffat of that ilk
i just wanna say hi to my family the Kincaids Madam Arabella Jane Kincaid of Kincaid will u email me please theres a lot i wanna learn that i havent im in the us Detroit MI i check my email everyday so i hope to hear from you
Myles,
My immediate family was from Detroit. My grandparents, Robert Kincaid and Margaret Muir Clark were from Scotland and emigrated from there to Detroit and I am told lived many years. My Dad, Robert Douglas Haig Kincaid and his sister Margaret Ann Kincaid were both born in Detroit. I lived there briefly as a toddler.
I, too, am looking for more information about the Kincaid Clan.
I am descended from both the Rosses and the Kinkaids. Would love to hear from you and share family history.
yes i would love to hear history about us and we got a lot of history in detroit just haveing the kincaid name i got a kincaid tat across my shoulders its kincaid in gaelic wrighting and im gettin another tat that has to do with the kincaids well im on facebook if u guys have a facebook u can look up myles kincaid or facebook.com/chaoz313 and to all my kincaids just remember kincaids dont die we mutiply
Myles,
Hopefully someone has answered your email above. If not, apologies. I just happened upon it today. The Clan Kincaid Commissioner for MI is Kelly Kinkade and he can be reached via michigan@clankincaid.org.
We would welcome you to be a member of the Clan. Please do check out our website: http://www.clankincaid.org.
Sherrye Dix
Clan Kincaid Assoc. Int’l
Advisory Council
Beautiful picture of Anabella Kincaide. Did not know Scots held
the hawk feathers in regard. Much like my native american
Cherokee people. Believe I descend from MacKinnon.
Greg Kinion
Dear relatives from a long forgotten time. This swedish girl (57) have the last years found out my heritage from Scotland and the Moffat family. Just read this: Whilst serving the crown of Sweden in a military capacity over the course of many years, Robert Moffat became personally known to the king, Charles X, who helped arrange a marriage for Robert with Elisabeth Rutenskjöld, the daughter of Sten Rutenskjöld, another successful and recently ennobled military officer. It would also seem that Hedvig Eleonora, wife of Charles X, was acquainted with Karin Wagner, wife of Sten Rutenskjöld, and had a hand in the marriage arrangement. Robert and Elizabeth had a family of many children. However, while on duty at the garrison town of Varberg, Robert fell into an adulterous affair with another officer’s wife. He was sentenced to execution. His wife not only forgave him, but exerted her utmost influence to have him pardoned. Elizabeth’s letter to Hedvig Eleonora, the dowager Queen of Sweden, is still extant, and is translated here.
Be back and for sure – a visit.