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Nadine Lee
Royal Stewart Descendents Alive and Well
The Seal of Robert II, King of Scots. 1316-1390 Half of all men in the United Kingdom with the surname Stewart, or Stuart, can claim ancestry from Scotland's Royal family. Research released by Scot...
Tartan Footprint
A Scottish Soldier's Story From D-Day
  While clearing out a few things the other day I came across a very interesting scrap of paper. It was an old sheet of A4 lined paper and on it was a scribbled map and some text. It was given to m...
Owen Wright
Historic Preservation & Heritage Managment
This is an area where topics can be discussed relating to the preservation, protection, and interpretation of Scotland's historic architecture and landscapes. From the castle to cottage and formal gar...
Nadine Lee
Calling all Murrays
Blair Castle, one of Scotland’s biggest tourist destinations and the ancestral home of the Murray Clan, is marking Scotland’s Year of Homecoming with an open invitation to all Murrays across the glo...
Donald
James Taylor - “The Father of the Ceylon Tea Industry”
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Over the weekend of the 22nd to the 24th of August, Scotland's Tea Festival will be hosting a series of events in Laurencekirk and Auchenblae in Aberdeenshire celebrating tea and Scotland's contributi...
Donald
Duncan Campbell and the Ghost of his Brother
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Major Duncan Campbell of Inverawe was fatally wounded at the Battle of Carillon in 1758 during the Seven Years' War. The night before the battle Campbell had a ghostly encounter with his dead foster...
Amanda Moffet
Burns Night Emergencies - What we have in stock
Here at ScotClans we see that ordering clothes for Burns night always catches people by surprise and we get inundated with people desperately needing some tartan to wear to their Burns event. The dea...
Donald
ScotClans Visit the South West.
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On the 4th of March, two of the ScotClans team (Amanda and Donald) went on a resource finding trip down and around the south west of Scotland. We took in a number of castles and places of interest alo...
Donald
'The Scottish Clans' e-book now available from ScotClan...
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Do you have a kindle? Because ScotClans can now proudly present an e-book version of their extensive clan histories. 'The Scottish Clans' features brief histories of over 300 Clans and Armigerous fam...
Nadine Lee
The Legend of Twinlaw Cairns
The Twinlaw Cairns, Lammermuir Hills, East Lothian This weekend I visited my friends in the countryside, as I had heard there was going to be snow. Being from a semi-tropical climate, snow is still...
Nadine Lee
Scottish Register of Tartans Criticised
Peter Rabbit's Tartan, created to commemorate the 110th anniversary of the first publication of The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter. The Scottish Register of Tartans has been criticised for...
Nadine Lee
MSP Calls for Macbeth Review
Imagined 19th Century Portrait of Macbeth Prompted by historical revisions to Richard III's reign upon discovery of his remains, Scottish MSP Alex Johnstone has called for a motion in parliament to ...
Nadine Lee
'World's Worst Poet' Has Last Laugh
Scottish Poet William McGonagall dubbed 'world's worst' A handwritten, unpublished work by a Scottish music hall performer known as the world's worst poet is set to fetch thousands of pounds at au...
Nadine Lee
Clan Douglas and The Battle of Ancrum Moor
Archibald Douglas In 1545 the aptly titled War of Rough Wooing was in full, ruthless swing. In order to gain Scotland’s allegiance to England, King Henry VIII employed the curious tactic of scorching...
Nadine Lee
Nigel Ivan Forbes, 22nd Lord Forbes 1918-2013
Nigel Ivan Forbes, 22nd Lord of Forbes, KBE, JP, DLChief of Clan Forbes(19 February 1918- 5 March 2013) Nigel Ivan Forbes, 22nd Lord of Forbes and Chief of Clan Forbes, has died aged 95. A distinguish...