From origins that can be traced back through the centuries to a dim and distant Celtic past and known as the ‘Siol Gilchrist’, meaning ‘the race, or posterity, of Gilchrist’, Clan Ogilvie has been a main player on the stage of Scotland's dramatic story.
• Accumulating honours and titles as the centuries progressed, Sir Walter Ogilvie was appointed the first Lord High Treasurer of Scotland in 1429, Sir James Ogilvie elevated to the peerage in 1491 and James, 8th Lord Airlie, created Earl of Airlie by Charles I in 1639.
• Their loyalty to the House of Stewart was unswerving and remained undimmed even following the carnage of the final Jacobite defeat at Culloden in 1746, while they were also instrumental in saving the sacred royal regalia of sceptre, crown and sword from the rapacious grasp of English invaders.
Gordon Ancestry Scottish Clan History Booklet, Scottish Gift
A name with a number of possible points of origin, the Gordons hold a prominent place in the pages of the drama that is Scotland's frequently turbulent history. • From about the twelfth century, they...
Smith Ancestry Scottish Clan History Booklet, Scottish Gift
The origins of the surname Smith can be traced back to the mists of time when man discovered how to extract precious metals from ores and skillfully fashion them into implements of both war and peace...
Robinson Ancestry Scottish Clan History Booklet, Scottish Gift
Although to be found throughout Scotland, it was mainly in what for centuries was the largely untamed far north that bearers of the Robinson name led a particularly precarious and violent existence...
Boyd Ancestry Scottish Clan History Booklet, Scottish Gift
The blood of Norman warriors who first arrived on British shores with the Conquest of 1066, flows through the veins of the Boyds of today. • By the twelfth century they had found a new home in...
MacLeod Ancestry Scottish Clan History Booklet, Scottish Gift
A rich and heady brew of the blood of norsemen and Celts runs through the veins of bearers of the proud name of MacLeod today. • They are believed to descend from the thirteenth century Leod, son of...
Gordon Ancestry Scottish Clan History Booklet, Scottish Gift
A name with a number of possible points of origin, the Gordons hold a prominent place in the pages o…
Smith Ancestry Scottish Clan History Booklet, Scottish Gift
The origins of the surname Smith can be traced back to the mists of time when man discovered how to …
Robinson Ancestry Scottish Clan History Booklet, Scottish Gift
Although to be found throughout Scotland, it was mainly in what for centuries was the largely untame…
Boyd Ancestry Scottish Clan History Booklet, Scottish Gift
The blood of Norman warriors who first arrived on British shores with the Conquest of 1066, flows th…
MacLeod Ancestry Scottish Clan History Booklet, Scottish Gift
A rich and heady brew of the blood of norsemen and Celts runs through the veins of bearers of the pr…