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
This is part 1 of a 3 part series taken in part from the exhibition at Tullie House Museum in Carlisle, which was opened in 1893. For anyone interested in our Reiver ancestry, or in fact local history going back from Roman times to the near past, it is well worth the visit. It can… Continue reading CLAN CARRUTHERS: The Border Reiver Exhibition. Pt 1
Scottish-Australian Heritage Council NOTICE OF PASSING As members, we have just been informed by Carol Budlong of the Scottish - Australian Heritage Council, received from the State Commissioner of New South Wales/Australian Capital Territory for Clan Donald of the sad passing of a prominent member of that clan out there. Clan MacDonald Lachlan Macdonald, or… Continue reading CLAN CARRUTHERS: Lachlan MacDonald.
There is an old British nursery rhyme called ‘ring a ring of roses ’ which relates to the the Black Plague in Britain in 1665 and covers the symptoms and treatment ie ‘posies’ which were believed to work at the time. The information of treatments in the rhyme has since proved inaccurate and not based… Continue reading CLAN CARRUTHERS: No Scot Would Wear an English Tartan? Do Carruthers?
The Council of Scottish Clans and Associations (COSCA), the association for Scottish Clans and Families in the USA, have issued new guidance on what constitutes a Scottish Clan/Family Chief and their jurisdiction. This is an evidenced and updated piece of information which may help our readers understand who may become chief and the process ie… Continue reading CLAN CARRUTHERS: COSCA (USA) Update – Scottish Clan and Family Chiefs.
As a Scottish clan and family with a confirmed chief, CARRUTHERS is now recognised in Scots law as a noble incorporation. The right to bear Scottish arms, both for a clan chief or a clan armiger is controlled and regulated through the office of the Lord Lyon on behalf of the British Monarchy. Evidence supporting… Continue reading CLAN CARRUTHERS: the Letters Patent for the Arms of Gary John Carruthers, FSA Scot.
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