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appropriate for members of Clan Grant.]] Clan Grant is a Highland Scottish clan
Scottish clan

Scottish clans , give a sense of identity and shared descent to people in Scotland and to their relations throughout the world, with a formal structure of Scottish clan chiefs officially registered with the court of the Lord Lyon, King of Arms which controls the heraldry and Coat of Arms....
 which inhabited land in Northern Scotland
Scotland

conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
 since 1316, although the clan is known to have existed farther back than that. During the various times of personal financial hardship in Scotland (particularly in the aftermath of the Jacobite rebellions) many Grants moved elsewhere, mostly across the former British Empire
British Empire

The British Empire comprised the dominions, Crown colony, protectorates, League of Nations mandate, and other Dependent territory ruled or administered by the United Kingdom , that had originated with the overseas colonies and trading posts established by England in the late 16th and early 17th centuries....
 including Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
, the United States of America, Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
 and New Zealand
New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses , and numerous Islands of New Zealand, most notably Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands....
.






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appropriate for members of Clan Grant.]] Clan Grant is a Highland Scottish clan
Scottish clan

Scottish clans , give a sense of identity and shared descent to people in Scotland and to their relations throughout the world, with a formal structure of Scottish clan chiefs officially registered with the court of the Lord Lyon, King of Arms which controls the heraldry and Coat of Arms....
 which inhabited land in Northern Scotland
Scotland

conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
 since 1316, although the clan is known to have existed farther back than that. During the various times of personal financial hardship in Scotland (particularly in the aftermath of the Jacobite rebellions) many Grants moved elsewhere, mostly across the former British Empire
British Empire

The British Empire comprised the dominions, Crown colony, protectorates, League of Nations mandate, and other Dependent territory ruled or administered by the United Kingdom , that had originated with the overseas colonies and trading posts established by England in the late 16th and early 17th centuries....
 including Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
, the United States of America, Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
 and New Zealand
New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses , and numerous Islands of New Zealand, most notably Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands....
. In the present, Grants live in a large number of nations in most parts of the world - an important faction of the Scottish diaspora.

History


Origins of the clan


Clan tradition is that the Grants are descended from King Alpin of Dál Riata
Dál Riata

D?l Riata was a Gaels overkingdom on the western seaboard of Scotland with some territory on the northern coasts of Ireland. In the late 6th and early 7th century it encompassed roughly what is now Argyll and Bute and Lochaber in Scotland and also County Antrim in Northern Ireland....
. However little is recorded about the clan from before the 13th century. The earliest recorded members by contemporary evidence may include:

  • It is theorized that Aulay Grant (Olav or Alan Grant) was the earliest Chief of the Clan Grant, though Gregory Grant (1214-1249 A.D.) is the first for which there is any reference.
  • Thomas Grant, merchant of the King of Scotland, who retired from his post as visor of York Castle
    York Castle

    York Castle is a fortification in the city of York, England. The principal remains of the 13th century - 14th century castle are the keep and some of the Curtain wall ....
     on 2 January, 1252
  • Sir Laurence le Grant, Sheriff of Inverness, who "rendered accounts to the Scottish Exchequer in 1263 and 1266
  • Richard le Grant, Chancellor of the diocese of Lincoln
    Diocese of Lincoln

    The Diocese of Lincoln forms part of the Province of Canterbury in England.It traces its roots in an unbroken line to the Diocese of Lindine founded in 678....
    , who was consecrated Archbishop of Canterbury in 1229
  • William le Graunt, said by Henry III of England
    Henry III of England

    Henry III was the son and successor of John of England as King of England, reigning for fifty-six years from 1216 to his death. His contemporaries knew him as Henry of Winchester....
     to have travelled to Scotland with Alexander III of Scotland
    Alexander III of Scotland

    Alexander III , King of Scots, was born at Roxburgh, the only son of Alexander II of Scotland by his second wife Marie de Coucy. Alexander's father died on 6 July 1249 and he became king at the age of eight, inaugurated at Scone, Perth and Kinross on 13 July 1249....


Members of Clan Grant have owned land in Strathspey
Strathspey, Scotland

Strathspey is the area around the strath of the River Spey, Scotland, in both the Moray council area and the Badenoch and Strathspey committee area of Highland ....
 at least since 1316, most likely in Stratherrick, to the east of Loch Ness
Loch Ness

Loch Ness is a large, deep, freshwater loch in the Scottish Highlands extending for approximately 37 km southwest of Inverness. Its surface is 15.8 metres above sea level....
. In 1316, John Grant of Inverallan sold his land to John le Grant, who was father of Patrick le Grant, Lord of Stratherrick. The clan's lands in Stratherrick would later become controlled by Clan Fraser
Clan Fraser

Clan Fraser is a Scottish clan of French people origin. The Clan has been strongly associated with Inverness and the surrounding area since the Clan's founder gained lands there in the 13th century....
.

Wars of Scottish Independence


  • During the Wars of Scottish Independence
    Wars of Scottish Independence

    The Wars of Scottish Independence were a series of military campaigns fought between the Kingdom of Scotland and the Kingdom of England in the late thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries....
     Clan Grant were supporters of William Wallace
    William Wallace

    William Wallace was a Scotland knight and landowner who is known for leading a resistance during the Wars of Scottish Independence and regarded as a patriot and national hero....
     and fought at the Battle of Dunbar
    Battle of Dunbar

    There were two Battles of Dunbar:*Battle of Dunbar , in the Wars of Scottish Independence.*Battle of Dunbar , in the Third English Civil War....
     in 1296 where both Randolph and John de Grant were captured and imprisoned for a time.


  • The Clan Grant later supported King Robert the Bruce
    Robert I of Scotland

    Robert I, King of the Scots usually known in modern English as Robert the Bruce was King of the Scots from 1306 until his death in 1329....
     and it was this support that secured their landholdings in Strathspey upon Bruce's ascent to the throne.


  • The taking of Castle Grant
    Castle Grant

    Castle Grant stands a mile north of Grantown-on-Spey and was the former seat of the Clan Grant chiefs of Strathspey in Moray....
    , 14th century; Originally a Comyn Clan
    Clan Cumming

    Clan Cumming, also known as Clan Comyn, is a Scottish clan from the central Scottish Highlands that played a major role in the history of 13th century Scotland and in the Wars of Scottish Independence where they were among the clans who defeated the English at the Battle of Roslin in 1303....
     stronghold, Clan traditions tell us that the castle was taken from the Comyns by a combined force of the Grants and MacGregors.


15th and 16th centuries


  • The next available reference is of Duncan le Grant in 1434, and later, Sir Duncan Grant of Freuchie (Castle Grant), who inherited land in Dulnain valley in upper Speyside from his mother, Matilda of Glencarnie. Her family had partially owned it since 1180, when Richard I of England
    Richard I of England

    Richard I was King of England from 6 July 1189 until his death in 1199. He also ruled as Duke of Normandy, Duke of Aquitaine, Duke of Gascony, Lord of Ireland, Cyprus, Count of Anjou, Count of Nantes and Brittany at various times during the same period....
     gave Kinveachy (approximately ten miles southwest of Castle Grant) to Gilbert, 3rd Earl of Strathearn
    Earl of Strathearn

    The Mormaer of Strathearn or Earl of Strathearn was a provincial ruler in medieval Scotland. Of unknown origin, the mormaers are attested for the first time in a document perhaps dating to 1115....
    .


  • By the late 16th century, Clan Grant became an important clan in the Scottish Highlands
    Scottish Highlands

    The Scottish Highlands include the rugged and mountainous regions of Scotland north and west of the Highland Boundary Fault, although the exact boundaries are not clearly defined, particularly to the east....
    . During this period, the clan's actions resulted in the murder of the Earl of Moray
    Earl of Moray

    The title Earl of Moray has been created several times in the Peerage of Scotland.Prior to the formal establishment of the peerage, Earl of Moray, numerous individuals ruled the kingdom of Moray or Mormaer of Moray until 1130 when the kingdom was destroyed by David I of Scotland....
     and the defeat of the Earl of Argyll
    Duke of Argyll

    The title Duke of Argyll was created in the British Peerage of Scotland in 1701 and in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1892. The Earls, Marquesses, and Dukes of Argyll were for several centuries among the most powerful, if not the most powerful, noble family in Scotland....
     at the Battle of Glenlivet
    Battle of Glenlivet

    The Battle of Glenlivet was fought on the 3rd of October in 1594 near Allanreid and Morinsh in Scotland. This battle is often seen as a religious conflict, and was fought by the Catholic forces of the George Gordon, 2nd Marquess of Huntly who were victorious over the Francis Hay, 9th Earl of Erroll and the Protestant forces of the Earl of Arg...
     in 1594. The Chief of Clan Grant ordered his men to retreat as soon as the action began. This treacherous move led to the defeat of Clan Campbell
    Clan Campbell

    Clan Campbell is historically one of the largest, most powerful and most successful of the Scottish Highlands Scottish clans....
     of Argyll.


17th century & Civil War


  • During the Civil War Captain David Grant led his forces in support of the Covenanter forces against the Royalist forces at the Battle of Tippermuir
    Battle of Tippermuir

    The Battle of Tippermuir was the first battle James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose fought for the king during the Scotland in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, and was the last battle ever fought with archers in Britain....
     in 1644.


  • In October 1645 the Clan Cameron
    Clan Cameron

    Clan Cameron is a West Highland Scottish clan, with one main branch Lochiel, and numerous cadet branches such as Erracht, Clunes, Glen Nevis, and Fassifern....
     raided the lands of the Clan Grant. The Grants gave chase catching the Camerons in the Braes of Strathdearn, where the Cameron men were defeated and many clansmen were slain.


  • By 1651 the Scottish Covenantor Government was no longer in agreement with the English Parliament of Oliver Cromwell. Sir James Grant of Grant, 16th Chief, led the clan to fight for Charles I
    Charles I of England

    Charles I was List of English monarchs, List of monarchs of Scotland and King of Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his capital punishment on 30 January 1649....
     and the Royalists
    Cavalier

    Cavalier was the name used by Roundheads for a Royalist supporter of Charles I of England during the English Civil War . Prince Rupert of the Rhine, commander of much of Charles I's cavalry, is often considered an archetypical Cavalier....
     at the Battle of Worcester
    Battle of Worcester

    The Battle of Worcester took place on 3 September 1651 at Worcester, England and was the final battle of the English Civil War. Oliver Cromwell and the Parliament of England defeated the Cavalier, predominantly Scotland, forces of King Charles II of England....
     in 1651. Also, an alliance between Sir James Grant and the Earl of Huntly
    Marquess of Huntly

    Marquess of Huntly is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created on April 17, 1599, for George Gordon, 1st Marquess of Huntly, making it the oldest existing marquessate in Scotland, and the second-oldest in the British Isles, only the English Marquess of Winchester being older....
     led to the annihilation of the Clan Farquharson
    Clan Farquharson

    Clan Farquharson of Invercauld is a Scottish Highlands Scottish clan. The clan hails from Aberdeenshire and is a member of the Chattan Confederation....
    .


  • After the Civil War the Clan Grant supported the British government. A force of over 600 Grants joined Colonel Livingstone who fought against and defeated the Jacobites at the Battle of Cromdale
    Battle of Cromdale

    The Battle of Cromdale took place at the Cromdale in Strathspey, Scotland on April 30 and May 1, 1690. Despite being a relatively minor encounter, this battle marked the effective end of the Jacobite rising....
     in 1690. These same Grants fought against the Jacobite Grants of Glenmoriston who had fought at the Battle of Killiecrankie
    Battle of Killiecrankie

    The Battle of Killiecrankie was fought between Highland Scottish clans supporting King James VII of Scotland and government troops supporting King William III of England on July 27, 1689, during the Glorious Revolution....
     in 1689.


18th century & Jacobite uprisings


  • Battle of Sheriffmuir
    Battle of Sheriffmuir

    The Battle of Sheriffmuir was an engagement in 1715 at the height of the Jacobite rebellion in England and Scotland.John Erskine, 6th Earl of Mar, standard-bearer for the Jacobitism cause in Scotland, mustered Scottish Highlands chiefs, and on September 6 declared James Francis Edward Stuart King of Scots....
     1715; here Grants fought on both sides. The British government forces won the battle with many of the Jacobites surrendering to General Grant.


  • In 1725 six Black Watch
    Black Watch

    The Black Watch, 3rd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland is an infantry battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland.Prior to 28 March 2006, the Black Watch was an infantry regiment in its own right; The Black Watch from 1931 to 2006, and The Royal Highland Regiment from 1881 to 1931....
     regiments were formed to support the Government. One from Clan Grant
    Clan Grant

    File:Clan member crest badge - Clan Grant.svgClan Grant is a Highland Scottish clan which inhabited land in Northern Scotland since 1316, although the clan is known to have existed farther back than that....
    , one from Clan Fraser
    Clan Fraser

    Clan Fraser is a Scottish clan of French people origin. The Clan has been strongly associated with Inverness and the surrounding area since the Clan's founder gained lands there in the 13th century....
    , one from Clan Munro
    Clan Munro

    Clan Munro is a Highland Scottish clan. The clan name, Munro or Rothach, Roich, or Mac an Rothaich in Scottish Gaelic language means Ro - Man or Man from Ro....
     and three from Clan Campbell
    Clan Campbell

    Clan Campbell is historically one of the largest, most powerful and most successful of the Scottish Highlands Scottish clans....
    . Taking advantage of the partisan nature and warrior instincts of the Highlanders, these men were authorised to wear the kilt and to bear arms, thus it was not difficult to find recruits. The Regiment was then officially known as the Regiment of Foot.


  • The Grants of Glenmoriston sided with the Jacobites and fought at the Battle of Prestonpans
    Battle of Prestonpans

    The Battle of Prestonpans was the first significant conflict in the second Jacobite Rising. The battle took place at 4am on 21 September 1745. The Jacobitism army loyal to James Francis Edward Stuart and led by his son Charles Edward Stuart defeated the army loyal to the Hanoverian George II of England led by John Cope ....
     in 1745 and are credited with winning the day due to their timely reinforcement. 850 of the Grants of Glenmoriston fought at the Battle of Culloden
    Battle of Culloden

    The Battle of Culloden was the final clash between the French-supported Jacobitism and the House of Hanover British Government in the 1745 Jacobite Rising#The 'Forty-Five'....
     in 1746.


Highland clearances


Clan Grant was one of the few clans not to be affected by the Highland Clearances. The "Good Sir James" Grant (Clan Chief from 1773-1811) built the town of Grantown-on-Spey
Grantown-on-Spey

Grantown-on-Spey is a town in the Highland council area in Scotland.It was founded in 1765 as a New town on a low plateau at Freuchie beside the river River Spey at the northern edge of the Cairngorms mountains, about 20 miles South East of Inverness ....
 for the purpose of establishing a textile industry in the north, and for the expressed purpose of providing for his clansmen to keep them from emigrating. While other Highlanders were emigrating in the face of the changes that were sweeping away the old Highland way of life, Sir James Grant was busy building an entire new Highland town to provide for his Clan. Grantown-on-Spey is a monument to Sir James's loyalty to his clansmen.

castle


  • Castle Grant
    Castle Grant

    Castle Grant stands a mile north of Grantown-on-Spey and was the former seat of the Clan Grant chiefs of Strathspey in Moray....
     was the seat of the Chief of Clan Grant.
  • Ballindalloch Castle
    Ballindalloch Castle

    Ballindalloch Castle is a castle between Dufftown and Grantown-on-Spey, in the Moray region of Scotland.The first tower of the Z plan castle was built in 1546....
     was owned by the Macpherson
    Clan Macpherson

    Clan Macpherson is a Highland Scottish clan from Badenoch, on the Spey River, Scotland. It is a leading member of the Chattan Confederation....
    -Grants from the middle of the 16th century.


Clan chief


The current Chief of Clan Grant is the Rt. Hon The Lord Strathspey, Sir James Patrick Trevor Grant of Grant, Bt
Baronet

A baronet or the rare female equivalent, a baronetess , is the holder of a hereditary title awarded by the British Crown known as a baronetcy....
, 6th Baron Strathspey
Baron Strathspey

Baron Strathspey, of Strathspey in the Counties of Inverness and Moray, is a title that has been created twice, both times in the Peerage of the United Kingdom....
, 33rd hereditary Clan chief
Scottish clan chief

for a list of the Scottish Chiefs and their clan, see Scottish clans.The Scottish Gaelic word clann means children. In early times, and possibly even today, clan members believed themselves to descend from a common ancestor, the founder of the Scottish clan....
 of Clan Grant.

Clan profile


  • Motto: Stand Fast (It is said to come from the Norse
    Norsemen

    Norsemen is used to refer to the group of people as a whole who speak one of the North Germanic languages as their native language. The meaning of Norseman was "people from the North" and was applied primarily to Nordic people originating from southern and central Scandinavia....
     King Haakon
    Haakon

    Haakon is an older spelling of the modern Norwegian form of the Old Norwegian masculine first name H?kon meaning "High Son" from h? and konr ....
     who was ambushed by his enemies and, having no weapon to hand, tore a tree from the earth in order to defeat his attackers. "Stand Fast" then became the motto of Haakon
    Haakon

    Haakon is an older spelling of the modern Norwegian form of the Old Norwegian masculine first name H?kon meaning "High Son" from h? and konr ....
    's family. Haakon
    Haakon

    Haakon is an older spelling of the modern Norwegian form of the Old Norwegian masculine first name H?kon meaning "High Son" from h? and konr ....
     Magnus is the "Name Father" of Clan Grant.) .
  • Slogan
    Slogan (heraldry)

    A slogan is used in Scottish heraldry as a heraldic motto or a secondary motto. They usually appear above the heraldic crest on a coat of arms, though sometimes they appear as a secondary motto beneath the Escutcheon ....
    : "Stand Fast Craig Elachie!"
  • Crest: An image of a burning hill. (The burning hill represents "Craig Elachie", the rallying point for the Grants. When signal fires were lit upon the summit of Craig Elachie, or "The Rock of Alarm", members of the clan would gather there in order to organize for an attack or defense.)
  • Pipe Music: "Craigelachie"
  • Gaelic Names: Grannd (Surname), Granndach (Singular), Na Granndaich (Collective).


Clan tartans

The official tartan for the Grant clan is the "1860 sett", and taken directly from the sett of Grant of Dalvey, which was declared official by Lord Strathspey, chief of the clan. The 1860 sett is used to define both the Ancient and the Modern colours, the Ancient colours being lighter and less sharp (for example, the red of the modern colours is more orange for the ancient colours). The Chief's sett is a smaller stitch count of the same sett.

Modifications of the official tartan are recognized for Grants of specific regions: the Grants of Ballindalloch and the Grants of Rothiemurchus. There is also a hunting tartan for the Grant clan, which was adopted by the Black Watch
Black Watch

The Black Watch, 3rd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland is an infantry battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland.Prior to 28 March 2006, the Black Watch was an infantry regiment in its own right; The Black Watch from 1931 to 2006, and The Royal Highland Regiment from 1881 to 1931....
. This tartan, with a green and black sett was used in the military (and still is today by the Black Watch) and for hunting, as the name implies. Due to the green and black colours of the hunting tartan, one wearing a kilt with such a design would be able to blend in with his surroundings. The green and black sett was adopted by some clans as their official tartan.

Sir James Grant of Grant does not recognise the white so called 'dress' Grant tartan, and therefore it should not be counted amongst the many acknowledged Grant tartans.

  • Grant (Modern)
  • Grant (Ancient)
  • Grant (Hunting)


Clan septs


A sept
Sept

:For the numerical prefix...
 is a division within a Scottish clan. Due to either peaceful splits or conflicts of various types and degrees, a member of a clan would leave to form their own family or clan. Some septs were not related to the ruling clan but lived in the territory for mutual protection. The known and accepted septs of Clan Grant are:
  • Allan
    Allan

    Allan can refer to:* Allan, Saskatchewan, Canada* Alan or Allan, Barbie's friend* Allan, a Clan Grant split * Ahlawat or Allan, an ethnic clan in India...
  • Allen
    Allen

    Allen is an English name and surname which means "little rock." Variant spellings include Alan, Allan, etc. The noble family of this surname, from which a branch went to Portugal, is descended of one Alanus de Buckenhall....
  • Bisset
    Bisset

    Bisset is a surname of Scottish people origin. At the time of the British Census of 1881 , its relative frequency was highest in Kincardineshire , followed by Aberdeenshire , Fife, Perthshire, Ross-shire, Linlithgowshire, Haddingtonshire, Forfarshire, Edinburghshire and Elginshire....
     or Bissett
    Bissett

    Bissett may refer to:* Bissett, Manitoba, a community in Canada* Bissett , people with the surname BissettSee also* Bisset...
  • Bowie
    Bowie

    Bowie is a Scots language surname, derived from the Scottish Gaelic word buie , meaning yellow-haired. The family is a sept of Clan Donald and originates from the area of Kilmarnock, Ayrshire....
  • Buie
  • Gilroy
    Gilroy

    Gilroy may refer to:...
  • MacAllan
  • MacGilroy or McGilroy
  • MacIlroy or McIlroy
    McIlroy

    McIlroy is a surname, and may refer to:*Anne McIlroy*Douglas McIlroy*James Mcilroy*James Mcilroy *Jimmy McIlroy*Joel McIlroy*Payne McIlroy...
  • MacKerran or McKerran
  • MacKiaran or McKiaran
  • MacKessock or McKessock
  • Pratt
    Pratt

    Pratt is a surname, may refer to:* Al Pratt , American baseball player* Atom , fictional comics character The Atom* Andy Pratt , American baseball player...
  • Suttie


See also


  • Grant family, William Grant
    William Grant

    Sir William Grant was a Kingdom of Great Britain lawyer, Member of Parliament from 1790?1812 and Master of the Rolls from 1801?1817.He was born at Elchies, Moray , Scotland....
    , Siol Alpin
    Siol Alpin

    Siol Alpin, , is a family of seven Scottish clans that were thought to have been able to trace their decent from Alpin, supposed father of Cin?ed mac Ailp?n, King of the Picts, of whom the Scots tradition considered the first King of Scots....
    .
  • Scottish clan
    Scottish clan

    Scottish clans , give a sense of identity and shared descent to people in Scotland and to their relations throughout the world, with a formal structure of Scottish clan chiefs officially registered with the court of the Lord Lyon, King of Arms which controls the heraldry and Coat of Arms....
     List of Scottish Clans.


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