Beveridge

Clan Crest: Out of a mural crown Or a demi beaver, Proper

Clan Motto: Perseverando (By persevering)

Historic Seat: Brucefield estate, Fife

Clan Chief: None, armigerous clan

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Clan Beveridge History

The name is said to derive from the island of Beverege in the Severn, which Florence of Worcester described as a Danes' retreat during an English revolt.

The name appears for the first time in Scotland in 1302 when Walter Beverage is named as a juror on an inquest in St. Andrews.

Henry Beveragh testified in Paisley in 1504.

A decree against Alexander Bauerage is recorded in 1531.

In 1534, David Beverage was cup-bearer to James V, and in 1567, James Baverage, son of the Queen's midwife, received a payment.

Alexander Bavirige was a Culross monk in the 16th century.

In 1677, James and Andrew Beverage were fined for brewing beer that was too weak, and their name was recorded as 'Belfarge' when they appealed for a remission of their fines a few days later.

A John Beverich lives at Houburn-mill in the parish of Coldingham in 1724.

Clan Beveridge Places & People

Sir Gordon Smith Grieve Beveridge (1933 – 1999)

From 1986 to 1997, he was President and Vice-Chancellor of Queen's University Belfast in Northern Ireland. During his tenure, he was in charge of expanding the University's reach to the country's south and west.

He was born in St Andrews and raised in Inverness before attending the University of Glasgow to study engineering. After spending time in the United States on fellowships and as visiting professors, he returned to Scotland and became Head of the Department of Chemical and Process Engineering at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow.

He has served on the boards of numerous professional and academic organizations since 1981.

William Wightman Beveridge (1858 – 1941)

Footballer and track and field athlete from Scotland. He was born in Cumnock, Ayrshire, and represented Scotland three times between 1879 and 1889, scoring one international goal. He was also a sprint champion in athletics.

He was also a divinity student at Edinburgh University, and in 1883 he was ordained as a Church of Scotland minister as Reverend Beveridge. He lived and worked in Port Glasgow until 1927, when he retired.

Clan Beveridge Tartans

Although there is no registered Beveridge tartan, the clan can wear the Fife District tartan, which reflects where the Beveridges once held lands.

District of Fife

Clan Beveridge Crest & Coats of Arms

Clan Beveridge Coat of Arms

Worn by everyone with the same name and ancestry

Description of the Crest:

Properly made from a mural crown or a demi beaver,

Coats of Arms of Clan Beveridge

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.

William Beveridge, Bishop of St Asaph, portrait

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BEVERIDGE, Rev. Thomas George

Argent on a wavy bend Vert cottised wavy Azure, a cross crosslet between two rampant beavers Or

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DAMSIDE'S JAMES BEVERIDGE DUNCAN

Esquire, Chief of the Surname of Beveridge in Scotland, in the Counties of Perth and Blackheath in the Counties of Kent Quarterly first and fourth Gules a chevron erminois betweeen two cinquefoils in chief Argent and a huntinghorn in base of the last, stringed Azure for Duncan second and third Vert two beavers combatant Or, the base wavy Argent and Azure for Beveridge, with two crests that on the dexter side a ship in full sail each charged with a cinquefoil Gules and the fore tack with a hunting horn of the last stringed Azure. DISCE PATI for Duncan, with a demi beaver proper out of a mural crown Or on the sinister side. Beveridge's motto is PERSEVERANDO. Supporters on a compartment where this motto is displayed Forward two proper beavers as Chiefs of the Surname of Beveridge in Scotland.

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DAMSIDE'S JAMES BEVERIDGE DUNCAN

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BEVERIDGE, Robert Erskine

Two beavers combatant Or and a sea undy Argent and of the first.

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William Ian Beardmore is an English author. BEVERIDGE

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BEVERIDGE, John Calwell (John Calwell)

A wavy barrulet azure Argent, two beavers combatant Or supporting an open book of the second in chief and a roundel of the third in base charged with a fountain between two wavy piles of the second issuing from the barrulet within a bordure engrailed Or.