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Clan Scott (Tartans, Crest) and The Story Behind

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Scott

Gaelic Name: Scotach

Clan Crest: A stag trippant Proper, attired and unguled Or

Clan Motto:Amo (I Love)

Origin of Name: National name

Clan Badge: Blaeberry

Lands: Borders and Fife

Clan Chief: His Grace The Duke of Buccleuch

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Scott Clan History

The Latin term "Scotti" originally referred to the Irish Celts, and later to the Gaels in general.

Uchtredus filius Scotti, who lived around 1130, had the earliest certain record of the name. The Scotts of Buccleuch and Scotts of Balwearie descended from him.

The Scotts married well, accumulated more lands, and eventually rose to become one of the most powerful border clans. By the end of the fifteenth century, it was said that the Scott chief could easily summon "1000 spears" to enforce his will.

The Scotts, like most Borders families, fought with their neighbors on a regular basis and would gather for battle at Bellendean, near the head of the Borthwick Water in Roxburghshire. "A Bellendaine" is cited as their war cry in ballad books of the time, and it is also the slogan of the clan Scott on the standard of the "Bold Buccleuch," as they are known.

The importance of the Scott clan is demonstrated by Anne Scott's marriage to James, Duke of Monmouth (the illegitimate son of King Charles II) and his adoption of the surname Scott when the marriage was agreed upon. The Scott family is best known today for the internationally acclaimed Buccleuch art collection, which is housed in the family's three great houses.

Scott Places & People

Sir Walter Scott (1590s)

Sir Walter Scott was known as the "Bold Buccleuch" by his admirers for his daring military leadership.

Sir Michael Scott (died in 1300)

Sir Michael Scott was a well-known wizard and one of the most learned men of his era.

Mrs. Anne Scott

She was considered one of Scotland's greatest heiresses when she married James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, the illegitimate son of Charles II, in 1673. She later became Duchess of Buccleuch.

Walter Scott, Sir

Sir Walter Scott, novelist and poet, was born in Edinburgh in 1771, one of six surviving infants from a family of twelve. He became ill with poliomyelitis at the age of eighteen months and survived with a lame right leg. He had a good education, having attended Edinburgh University.

He was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1792 and served as Sheriff-Depute of Selkirkshire from 1799 to 1806 before becoming Principle Clerk to the Court of Session. In 1797, he married French Charlotte Charpentier, who bore him four children.

Scott's first love was literature and writing, which he was inspired by as a child while recovering from illness at his grandfather's farm. His early works merged and reworked traditional tales and ballads. This quickly evolved into a new genre of writing, blending history with romantic adventures.

He wrote contemporary works about Scottish history, Napoleon, France, and past writers.

He lived lavishly, with a house on Castle Street in Edinburgh during court term and another in the country, notably Abbotsford, near Melrose, which he purchased in 1812 and rebuilt, as well as land extensions. His life was going well until January 1826, when the economy collapsed and he lost his legal work, writing, and shares in his publishing and printing companies.

There was no limited liability at the time, and he found himself with £120.95,000 in business debts. Rather than declare bankruptcy, he embarked on an excruciatingly difficult work schedule to pay his creditors. His wife died the following May.

He suffered four strokes beginning in 1830 and died in September 1832. Scott's work has gone in and out of favor, and he has even been chastised for writing about history during the American and Industrial Revolutions.

He explained that he felt compelled to write stories set in historical Scotland because he saw this country 'daily melting and dissolving into those of her sister and ally'. He attempted to capture the essence of an earlier, still independent and proud Scotland in his work.

It is a testament to his writing ability that the world's'shortbread tin lid' perception of Scotland is entirely derived from his works of fiction, in images that no historian can hope to correct today.

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Clan Scott Crest

A stag trippant is depicted on the crest. Properly dressed and unguled

Coats of Arms for Scott:

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.

Redland's Eoin Flett Scott. Arms: Or, on a bend Azure, a rose slipped Gules, leaves barbed and seeded Vert, sinister chief, and a mullet Gules, dexter base, a six-pointed star between two crescents of the First. Crest: An affrontee eagle, wings endorsed Or, holding a rose Gules, slipped and leaved Vert, barbed and seeded Or in its beak. Dexter, mermaid, upper part Proper, maritime portion Argent, holding in outside hand, rose slipped leaved Vert, barbed seeded Or, sinister, collie sheepdog Proper, gorged CORNUA REPARAVIT is the motto. Grant: 20th January 1967, Lord Lyon's Court. Volume 49, folio 87 of the Register.

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