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
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
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
For those of us in traditional clan societies, the celebration of our Scottish heritage, culture and history remains very important to us. We believe that in order to be recognised and respected as a clan in general and a society in particular, following proper protocol is an important part of who and what we are.… Continue reading Clan Carruthers: Clan Visual Signatures, are they Important?
The Chief of any Scottish clan is confirmed in their use by the Lord Lyon in Edinburgh. This is based on their genealogical right to do so, either historically or after an evidenced petition is presented and accepted. Most certainly within countries with recognised heralds from the Crown, to include Canada, registration of arms which… Continue reading Clan Carruthers: What Matters to a Clan – The Chiefly Line
Part of the information below, especially relating to a Clan Grand Council has been taken from ancient texts, by courtesy of Michael Grewar Esq, and changed to reflect the name of Carruthers. Clan History. History of the House of Carruthers has been published in one volume with amendments, authored by the Rev Stanley Arthur Carruthers… Continue reading Clan Carruthers: Construct of a Clan Grand Council
In the case of Carruthers, like many other large clans who had multiple branches of the family, the head of that branch was simply named after their lands. For instance, those who lived in Rammerscales or Dormant were simply known by their locations. With regards Carruthers of Holmains, our chiefly line, the chief of the… Continue reading Clan Carruthers: Last Chief of Carruthers, John, 12th of Holmains, until now!
Currently and excluding the Carruthers petitions in the process of presentation, there are 12 recorded Carruthers arms in the armorial records of Scotland, although one is deemed a mistake. As an armigerous clan, if there were no surviving descendants of the chiefly line of Holmains, then during a Derbfine, the armigers would play a role.… Continue reading Clan Carruthers: Armigers and how to obtain Carruthers Arms.
Not all are what they seem. Firstly what are Carruthers Arms: Arms are registered to an individual and not a family or clan. Although Carruthers Arms existed centuries before the the Lyon Act in 1672, to date only 12 Carruthers Arms have been registered or recorded although one is in the petition stages and one… Continue reading Clan Carruthers: When is a Coat of Arms, not a Carruthers Coat of Arms
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