Ochterlony
Clan Crest: An eagle spread Azure
Clan Motto: Deus Mihi Adjutor (God is my helper)
Region: Lowlands
Clan Chief: None, armigerous clan
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Ochterlony Clan History
Ochterlony can be spelled in a number of different ways. Auchterlonie, Auchterlony, Ochterlonie, and Ouchterlonie are a few examples.
The name derives from the lands of Auchterlonie, near Forfar in the Scottish county of Angus.
Between 1226 and 1239, John of Othirlony exchanged his Othirlony lands for those of Kenny with Walter, son of Turpin.
In 1296, Wauter de Oghterlovey of the county of Fyfe swore allegiance to King Edward I of England by signing the Ragman Rolls, and he is also said to be Auchterlonie of that Ilk.
Alexander de Uchtirlowny was a witness to a charter in Perth in 1410, and a Thomas de Ochtirlony was also a charter witness in Dundee in 1430.
In 1457, David Ochterlovnie was a witness to a procurator's instrument in Brechin.
William Auchterlouny de Kellie was the sheriff of Forfar in 1514, and Eduard Auchtirloyne served as sheriff-depute in Cupar in 1518.
David Auchterlonyng was elected burgess of Glasgow in 1627 as a servant to the Marquis of Hamilton.
The Auchterlonies of Kelly are descended from the Ochterlonies of Pitforthy in Ayrshire and the Ochterlonies of Kintrockat in Kintrockat.
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Ochterlony Crest & Coats of Arms
Clan Ochterlony Crest
An eagle spread Azure is the description of the crest.
Coats of Arms of Ochterlony
A word about Coats of Arms:
A coat of arms is granted to an individual under Scottish heraldic law (with the exception of civic or corporate arms). A 'family coat of arms' does not exist. With the exceptions noted above, the arms depicted below are personal arms. Only the person who has been granted these weapons has the right to use them.
That OCHTERLONIE (O(u)chterlony, Auchterlony, Auchterlonie)
Azure, a rampant lion rampant within an Argent bordure charged with eight buckles of the first.
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