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Clan Inglis (Tartans, Crest) and The Story Behind

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Inglis

Clan Crest: A demi lion rampant Argent

Clan Motto: Nobilis Est Ira Leonis (The Lions Anger is Noble)

Origin of Name: Old English for ‘Englishman’

Clan Chief: None, armigerous clan

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Inglis Clan History

The name Inglis is thought to have originated from the old English word for "Englishman." The name (Richard Anglicus) first appears in the witnessing of a charter of David I to Melrose Abbey in the early 12th century.

When Edward I invaded Scotland in 1296, the names of John de Inglis, Walter de Inglis, and Philip de Inglis were recorded as having a large amount of land.

Along with the Douglases, an Inglis family lived in Douglasdale, Lanarkshire, in the early 14th century. Douglasdale was frequently invaded and held by the English at the time. When one of the Douglases overheard an English plot to take the castle and sent a warning at great personal risk, the English did the Douglases a great service. The Inglises were asked to name their reward, and they were given a section of the local church, St Brides, as a place for their family burial. To this day, the Inglis coat of arms can be seen on the south transept wall.

Sir William Inglis killed Sir Thomas Struthers in a duel in 1395 during the reigns of Robert the Second and Third. As a reward, the family was granted the Barony of Manner by royal charter the following year, tracing their lineage back to Sir William. The family had been fans of the Douglases for some time and had now strengthened their bond by adding the three Douglas stars to their own coat of arms.

The barony was finally sold in 1707, when Charles Inglis of Craigend, an Edinburgh lawyer who died in 1743, was appointed Chief.

Since purchasing land from the Bishop of Dunkeld in 1624, a prosperous branch of the family has lived in Crammond, Edinburgh.

In 1680, John Inglis built Crammond House near the Bishop's Palace, and Sir James Inglis received a baronetcy a few years later, in 1687. Sir James's son went on to serve as Postmaster General of Scotland until 1725.

During the Spanish and French wars, Charles Inglis of Crammond (1731-1791) served as a Rear-Admiral.

The Baronetcy was abolished in 1817 due to the lack of a male heir. Lady Torphicen, the daughter of Sir John Inglis, inherited the estate.

Other well-known Inglises include Lieutenant-General Sir William Inglis, who fought in the Peninsular Wars, Lord Justice General of Scotland John Inglis in 1867, and Elsie Inglis.

Elsie Inglis was a medical student at Edinburgh and Glasgow Universities at a time when women were admitted in small numbers. She established an all-female maternity hospital in Edinburgh and the Scottish Women's Suffrage Movement in 1906. She was also in charge of establishing three military hospitals while stationed in Serbia during World War I.

Crammond House is still in use and now belongs to Crammond Kirk.

Craigend Castle in Mugdock Park was the home of the Inglis Family in that area before being passed on to the Buchanans.

Inglis People and Places

Clan Inglis People

KCB Lieutenant General Sir William Inglis (1764-1835)

Senior, well-respected, and experienced British officer of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars who served in several of the Peninsula War's bloodiest engagements. He was wounded several times and gained national attention when he shouted to his regiment, "Die hard 57th, die hard!" as he lay seriously wounded behind their lines during the Battle of Albuera. The regiment held and the battle was won thanks to Inglis' leadership, and despite his wounds, Inglis returned to action two years later as a Brigadier to see the war out. Following the war, Inglis was knighted and served in several military governorships, including a stint as Governor of Cork, where he died in 1835.

Lord Glencorse John Inglis (1810–1891)

Judge and politician from Scotland. He served as Lord President of the Court of Session from 1867 to 1891.

Inglis was born in August 1810 in Edinburgh. He attended Balliol College, Oxford, after graduating from the University of Glasgow. He was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1835, and in 1852 he was appointed Solicitor General for Scotland before becoming Lord Advocate three months later, a position he held from May to December of that year. In March 1858, he was re-elected to the House of Commons as the member for Stamford in Lord Derby's second administration. His second term was also brief, ending in July 1858. He was the author of the Universities of Scotland Act of 1858, and he was appointed to the bench as Lord Justice Clerk in the same year, with the judicial title Lord Glencorse. He was appointed Lord Justice General of Scotland and Lord President of the Court of Session in 1867. In 1859, he was appointed Privy Counsellor and awarded a Doctor of Civil Law by the University of Oxford.

Aside from his judicial duties, he was in charge of a lot of useful public work, especially in the department of higher education. He was elected Chancellor of the University of Edinburgh against Gladstone in 1869, having previously served as Rector of the University of Aberdeen in 1857 and the University of Glasgow in 1865. He passed away in August 1891.

He was the President of the Scottish Texts Society and the author of Historical Study of Law in 1863.

Elsie Inglis (1864-1917)

Scottish suffragist and doctor. She was born in India and received an excellent education. She attended the Edinburgh School of Medicine for Women, where she studied medicine. She completed her training at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary after establishing her own breakaway medical college.

She was shocked by the standard of care and the lack of specialisation in the needs of female patients after qualifying. When she returned to Edinburgh in 1894, she established a medical practice with fellow student Jessie MacGregor, as well as a maternity hospital for poor women, which became the Elsie Inglis Memorial Hospital. She worked as a consultant for women and children at Bruntsfield Hospital.

Her dissatisfaction with the standard of medical care available to women prompted her to become politically active and play a key role in the early years of the Scottish Federation of Women's Suffrage Societies.

During World War I, she was instrumental in establishing the Scottish Women's Hospitals for Foreign Service Committee, a women's suffrage-funded organization with the express goal of providing all female-staffed relief hospitals for the Allied war effort. The organization dispatched teams to France, Serbia, and Russia. She went with the teams sent to Serbia, where her presence and work in improving hygiene helped to reduce typhus and other epidemics that were raging. She was captured and repatriated in 1915, but upon her return, she began organizing funds for a Scottish Women's Hospital team in Russia. She led the team when it left for Odessa, Russia in 1916, but she only lasted a year before being forced to return to the United Kingdom due to cancer.

She died on November 26, 1917, the day after she returned to Newcastle upon Tyne. Her funeral service at St Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh on November 29 was described as "the occasion of an impressive public tribute" by The Scotsman. "They will shine in history," Winston Churchill said of Inglis and her nurses.

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Inglis Crest & Coats of Arms

Clan Inglis Crest

A demi lion rampant Argent is the description of the crest.

Coats of Arms of Inglis:

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.