Founded on the Royal Charter to John Carruthers 12th of Holmains, 1755 and his Marriage Contract of 1762, our Society was officially set up in 2017.
Historical and genealogical works on Carruthers had begun in Scotland in the mid to late 1800’s and early 1900’s by both members of the family and others with an interest in the same. These were based on documentations and proofs going back to the 11th century .
These efforts were built on, Â culminating in a bringing together of likeminded individuals in 2007 to have a Carruthers Chief officially confirmed.
On 19 August 2019, Dr Simon Peter Carruthers of Holmains was confirmed by the Lord Lyon King of Arms, Edinburgh, Scotland as Chief of the Name and Arms of Carruthers
This in turn raised Carruthers to official status rather than remaining armigerous and again allows us to be represented on the Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs in Edinburgh
Having succeeded in the legal recognition of a Clan Chief by the Lord Lyon in 2019, we are authorised by the Chief to represent the Carruthers family worldwide.
We hope you will continue to support us in our endeavours to  maintain our Carruthers heritage and history with dignity, transparency and honour.
*The Arms above are the recognised Arms of the Chief of the Clan and Family of Carruthers. Scottish arms belong to an individual not a family. They are registered to his name and only he can bear the.The Arms are reproduced here with his kind permission.
*The official Carruthers Tartan was commissioned and registered with the Scottish Register of Tartans by Dr George Carruthers, a clan armiger and Shennachie to the Chief, in 2017. The copyright was gifted to the Chief who accepted it on behalf of the Clan on its adoption as the official clan/family tartan in 2019.
How about doing something on the Battle Of Dunbar 1650 or a story on the Gallant 51st (51st Highland Division )I was a piper with the 51st Highland volunteers in Kirkcaldy recently and we wore the Croix De Guerre from 1918. But the WW2 conflict had the 51st Captured at St Valery in 1940.Then resurrected to fight at El Alamein and beyond.The Dunbar Battle has recently come to light with the Scottish prisoners who died at Durham being reinterred and it was the last Scots against the English battle fought.Hope this is food for thought – from Charlie Cameron Carruthers (Dunbar and Edinburgh) and ex RAF Leuchars piper and RAF Pitreavie Castle Telegraphist and Marconi SDS Hillend elec eng. CU CCC
I will happily do one on my return. I would also like to do one on you if you put info together and some pics?
…enjoying your 2003 production “Secrets of Middle Earth: Inside LotR”, especially the footage of the Tolkien, himself, and his children. Thank you for it.
Is there any way to contact Bob? He made a documentary on Robert Fripp in the 90s and included lost footage from a concert Fripp did and I’d like to ask Bob where he got it from
Hi Bob. I was once an extra in your English Civil War videos. Is there any way to get hold of copies nowadays? Keep up the good works pal 🙂. Wendy Tyler.
Hello Robert
This is probably not the right way to contact you but on watching your program Scorched Earth Fighters on the defence of the battle of Britain i was disappointed with the factual coverage no mention about the fact that nearly half the pilots involved were not born in Britain Australian Canadian and a very high proportion of New Zealanders didn’t get a mention the Poles who shot down the greater proportion of Germans only got a backhanded comment Dowding rightly got some credit but Keith Park the real winner not even spoken of Barder was and i was surprised you left that incompetent Mallory out i rate the whole program as i do the British winning the battle of Alamein a rewrite of history forgetting that without the Australians New Zealanders and the 51 Highland division it would have been another British loss as it very nearly was with everyone again running away to Cairo
Hi Bob, I was told that there were no SS in stalingrad, or in Barbarossa, I find it to be untrue. They were everywhere. I also enjoy your documentary concerning the Red Army. Best Army at that time, to defeat Hitler. I want to know everything about red army soldiers and I continue to educate myself. Sadly WW3 is about to begin. Make sure you give IRAN there voice.