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Clan Nairn (Tartans, Crest) and The Story Behind

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Nairn

Clan Crest: A celestial globe on a stand, Proper

Clan Motto: Plus Ultra (More beyond this)

Origin of Name: Territorial

Clan Chief: None, armigerous clan

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Nairn Clan History

Nairn, or Nairne, is a geographical name derived from the former burgh and now town of Nairn in the Highlands. Adam de Narryn appears to be the first Nairn recorded, and in 1361, he was chaplain of the Blessed Virgin's altar in Inverness.

A Michael de Narne was a witness to a charter in Perth in 1406, and Sir John of Narn, sheriff of Forres, and his father, John of Narn, laird of Ardmuthach, appear in an Atholl charter in 1414.

Alexander de Narn is recorded in Glasgow in 1440, while ten years later, in 1450, a different Alexander de Narne of Sandfurde (in Fife) witnesses a Perthshire charter, and another Alexander Narne, a Scots messanger, receives a gift in 1451.

In 1431, John of Narn served on an inquest, and in 1457, Robert Narne was provost of Stirling, while Thomas Narne, a possible relative, was a witness there in 1481.

A family of Nairns, well-known for their linoleum manufacturing, made significant financial contributions to the Fife town of Kirkcaldy.

Charles Murray Nairne (1808-1882), born in Perth, was a professor at Columbia University in New York, where he taught moral philosophy and literature.

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Nairn Tartans

Tartan of Nairn

The tartans listed below are also appropriate for this name:

Ancient MacIntosh

Mac OS X Modern

Ancient MacIntosh Hunting 

Modern MacIntosh Hunting

Weathered MacIntosh Hunting

Nairn Crest & Coats of Arms

Clan Nairn Crest

Proper description of the crest: A celestial globe on a stand.

Coats of Arms of Nairn

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. 

Arms of the Nairn County Council

Nairn County Council's arms (LR xxvii/43, 21st July 1927) from the Craigellachie Bridge plaque

Sandfurd / St. Ford AIRN

Argent and Sable, per pale, on a chaplet four mullets, counterchanged.

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