Dr Simon Peter Carruthers of Holmains, is Chief of Carruthers. his parents, Charles and Molly were married in St Jude's Church, South Kensington in London in 1951 and while working for a British tea company in India in 1954, their only child Simon Peter was born. After returning home to the UK with his family… Continue reading CLAN CARRUTHERS: Interview with the Chief, by Clan MacEwen
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CLAN CARRUTHERS: The Unicorn, Scotland and the Scottish Monarchy
The Unicorn According to the Encyclopedia Brittanica, the Unicorn was a mythological animal resembling a horse or a goat with a single horn on its forehead. The unicorn appeared in early Mesopotamian artworks, and it also was referred to in the ancient myths of India and China. The earliest description in Greek literature of a… Continue reading CLAN CARRUTHERS: The Unicorn, Scotland and the Scottish Monarchy
Clan Carruthers: Do Clans, Chiefs and Coats of Arms still matter today?
This excellent piece is taken from the "Claymore", the Journal of the Council of Scottish Clans and Associations from July 2020, of which Clan Carruthers Society-International is a full member. Although looked at from a highland clan perspective, this excellent piece may help to answer many of your questions. Carruthers were known supporters of the… Continue reading Clan Carruthers: Do Clans, Chiefs and Coats of Arms still matter today?
Clan Carruthers: Article in the COSCA Claymore
After the Society's inception in 2017, our Clan Commissioner for the USA, Dana Caruthers Norton advised us that the Council Of Scottish Clans & Associations was the premier clan organisation to be in membership of in the US. She discussed her plans with us and enrolled us into this organisation. We are proud to be… Continue reading Clan Carruthers: Article in the COSCA Claymore
Clan Carruthers: The Chiefs Arms
Carruthers as a proud Scottish Border Clan and Family. It is more ancient than many, with the Name taken from a place in Scotland around 500 AD. There is no evidence to suggest we are Norman, Gaels or Norse as name from Brythonic Celt language, suggesting we could well be descended from the indigenous population around… Continue reading Clan Carruthers: The Chiefs Arms
Clan Carruthers: You can’t defend what can’t be defended!
It always bemuses us when people attempt to rationalise and promote the correctness of their actions by posting large amounts of text. This is usually done without a full insight or understanding of the subject at hand, in this case an issue of ownership and the process around it. Defence of a stance is always… Continue reading Clan Carruthers: You can’t defend what can’t be defended!
Clan Carruthers: Even a woman remains open to abuse, it seems!
These arms have been posted before on our web-pages and appeared by consent of the individual concerned, after their granting by the Lord Lyon in 2017. They are the arms of the Clan Society Convenor and that of his immediate family. However, in order to try to prevent plagiarism (see left), we are posting them… Continue reading Clan Carruthers: Even a woman remains open to abuse, it seems!
Clan Carruthers: The History of the Carruthers Coat of Arms, 1200 – 2020
Since Carruthers were first recorded in the 1200's they have been a well known and respected family, originating in the area of Carruthers in Annandale, Dumfrieshire. Their history is noted elsewhere but here is a different viewpoint through the Armorial History of the Carruthers Clan. It takes us from very early Mouswald (Carruthers of Carruthers)… Continue reading Clan Carruthers: The History of the Carruthers Coat of Arms, 1200 – 2020
Clan Carruthers: Climate Change – In the footsteps of a Carruthers Explorer.
In his 2011 thesis, submitted to the University of Montana, Kevin McManigal wrote in his abstract: The Turgen Mountains lie in northwestern Mongolia, roughly 80 kilometers south of the Russian border. The area was visited in 1910 by a Royal Geographical Society (RGS) expedition led by Douglas Carruthers. They undertook an extensive survey of the… Continue reading Clan Carruthers: Climate Change – In the footsteps of a Carruthers Explorer.
Clan Carruthers: Lawrence of Arabia and Carruthers of Holmains
Our family's rich and interesting history has always managed to stand on its own, without embellishment or exaggeration. In the Smithsonian Magazine of July 2014, written by Scott Anderson, on the life of Thomas Edward (T.E.) Lawrence, aka Lawrence of Arabia, it is stated: Today, T.E. Lawrence remains one of the most iconic figures of… Continue reading Clan Carruthers: Lawrence of Arabia and Carruthers of Holmains
