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
During the course of setting up the Society with a view to locating and finding a chief, discussions took place in the background with the Lyon Court, heraldic experts, genealogists, tartan historians, other clan chiefs and the seniors of our Chiefly line. This process inevitabley ended up with Carruthers having a Chief confirmed by the… Continue reading CLAN & FAMILY CARRUTHERS: A little bit of Society history found in the archives leading to a very surprising thank you!!
The title is a bastardisation of the narrative poem by Lewis Carrol; 'the Walrus and the Carpenter', one of my children's favourite books. However, we chose this as it has a more serious educational meaning as there are most certainly differences in titles and the meanings of the same, although some or all may be… Continue reading CLAN & FAMILY CARRUTHERS: The time has come to talk of things, of Lairds, of Lords and Chiefs…………….
We need to share with you a very professional outfit here in Scotland. They supported us at our gathering, have us listed on their site and have given us a 5% discount code for future puchases: CARR24. They do international and UK delivery and the website address that will take you to their Carruthers site… Continue reading CLAN & FAMILY CARRUTHERS: Scotland Shop and the Carruthers discount.
Over the years there has been some speculation on the origins of the Carruthers name and in fact the Chiefly line. This included interestingly some debate during the tour to Carruthers sites during the gathering. However, our current research has shown us that what we now believe is in fact the definitive origins of the… Continue reading CLAN & FAMILY CARRUTHERS: The Origins of Carruthers revisited
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