The Great Clans Catalogue

Lawyers, soldiers, and statesmen of Lanarkshire and the north-east.

Norman blood, Scottish crown — the line that won Bannockburn.

Sons of Lochiel — fierce in the Stewart cause.

From Argyll, the great political clan of the west.

A border clan of jurists and queen's men.

Earls of Glencairn and Ayrshire's milk-pail name.

Two-word motto, three centuries of soldiering.

One of the most powerful houses in medieval Scotland.

One of the great riding clans of the Borders.

Earls of Mar — and 'Bobbing John', who led the '15.

Arrow-makers to the great clans, patriots in their own right.

Of Lovat — 'I am ready'.

The Cocks of the North — Earls and Dukes of Aberdeenshire.

Smiths of Clan Chattan — and the Prince of Scottish Fiddlers.

Dukes second only to the crown — and once heirs to it.

Hereditary Constables of Scotland — second only to the crown.

Bodyguards of the chiefs of MacDonald of Glencoe.

The fighting Johnstons of the Western Borders.

An ancient earldom that bred a king consort.

Soldiers of fortune — Scots field-marshals across Europe.

The largest of the Highland clans — Lords of the Isles.

Heirs of Somerled, lords of Lorn.

The persecuted clan — proscribed but never broken.

Earls of Seaforth — masters of Ross and Cromarty.

Captains of Clan Chattan, of Moy Hall.

Of Mull and Duart — Gillian of the Battle Axe's line.

Of Dunvegan, on Skye — keepers of the Fairy Flag.

Of Ulva — and the Father of Australia.

Disciples of Columba — admirals and aimers-high.

Dukes of Atholl — and Jacobite generals.

Inventors of logarithms and Celtic earls of Lennox.

Children of Duncan — fierce when roused.

Of Kilravock — Norman roots in the Highlands.

Of the Borders — Buccleuch and Walter Scott.

Earls of Orkney and Caithness — and builders of Rosslyn.

From High Stewards to the throne — the royal name of Scotland.

For liberty — the patriot's family.