CLAN CARRUTHERS SOCIETY (INTERNATIONAL) Founded on a Royal Charter to Holmains, 1755.
Official Home of the Scottish Border Clan and Family of Carruthers. Honorary President: Dr Peter Carruthers of Holmains, Clan Chief
The feud between the Maxwell and Johnston clans, supersedes even the infamy of the Hatfield- McCoy feud in West Virginia and Kentucky. It was also classed as one of the bloodiest in Scottish history. Being who we are, Carruthers played their part it seemed, and on both sides of the fence. The Johnstones along with… Continue reading Clan Carruthers: Maxwell and Johnston Feud.
Sadly, after James IV's death on Flodden field in 1513, Scotland was left under the government of a Regency Council headed by the Dowager Queen Margaret who was sister to Henry VIII. Her power base was eventually lost after a civil war, initiated in part by her Marriage to the 6th Earl of Angus, Archibald… Continue reading Clan Carruthers: the Battle of Solway Moss.
It is obvious that the Scots/Ulster Scots played an important role in the American War of Independence and then in the birth of America as we know it. Many of these were Border Scots, running from the post-reiver persecution initiated by James IV to clean up the bad lands of the Anglo-Scottish border of his newly… Continue reading Clan Carruthers: Carruthers and the American Revolution
The Jacobite cause was an underground dynastic and cultural movement that supported the restoration of the main line of the House of Stuart to the throne. It took its name from Jacobus, Latin for James. It was initiated after the 'Glorious Revolution' in 1688 and supported the deposed Roman Catholic King, James II of England's… Continue reading Clan Carruthers: Carruthers and the Jacobites
The Blitz was a German bombing offensive against Britain in 1940 and 1941, during the Second World War. The term was first used by the British press and is the German word for 'lightning'. The appearance of German bombers in the skies over London during the afternoon of September 7, 1940 heralded a tactical shift… Continue reading Clan Carruthers: Carruthers and the Blitz
Carruthers, like many families and clans with descendants located around the world, is represented by a diverse population of those bearing our name. One of the most famous of which is George Robert Carruthers, an African-American Scientist and inventor of some renown. George was born in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1939, being the eldest of 4… Continue reading Clan Carruthers: George R. Carruthers
Within the lists of British nobility headed by the Royal family, only a Duke is deemed senior to that of a Marquess. The title of Marquess of Queensberry, a member of the Scottish peerage, has been held by a branch of the Douglas family since 1682, being bestowed upon them by King Charles II of… Continue reading Clan Carruthers: Marquess of Queensberry and Carruthers
Clan Carruthers: Petitioners for Chief and their Genealogy? Again to answer questions posed to us: Our family and Clan have not had a chief since John Carruthers, 12th of the house of Holmains and 8th Baron, claimed the title for the last time and held it until he died in 1809. We are therefore classed… Continue reading Clan Carruthers: Petitioners for Chief
According to the Dormont Estate website, "there have been Carruthers on the land since 1452, having been granted the land to the chiefly line of Mouswald by King Robert the Bruce in the 1300's". The first of the Dormont line however was William Carruthers, who is recorded as the 1st of Dormont, having received a… Continue reading Clan Carruthers: Carruthers of Dormont
The crests on the Arms of the Carruthers Family have been in existence at the very least, since 1672. Carruthers as a Scottish riding family of ancient pedigree, played a role in both the Church and if legend is true, the Knights Templars as well. It is suggested that this is reflected in the use… Continue reading Clan Carruthers: Our Family Crests
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