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Clan Shaw

Clan Shaw of Tordarroch is a 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....
. It is one of the member clans of the Chattan Confederation

Chattan Confederation

Clan Schaw

File:Arms of Schaw of Sauchie.svgClan Schaw is a Lowland Scottish clan. The clan has no connection with the similarly named Clan Shaw of Tordarroch which is one of the Highland clans of the Chattan Confederation....
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14th century
Farquhart Shaw, Shaw 'Mor', was leader of a sept of the Mackintosh from the Rothiemurchus area.

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Clan Shaw of Tordarroch is a Scottish clan

Scottish clan

Chattan Confederation

Clan Schaw

History

Origins of the clan

The Shaw family found themselves constantly beset by their larger neighbour the Clan Cumming

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....
. They sought support by becoming allies with the powerful Clan Donald

Clan Donald

Clan Donald is one of the largest Scottish clans. The MacDonald clan has many separate branches:These are the Clan Donald branches with extant chiefs, including the main Clan Donald followed by their Gaelic patronymics:...
through marriage. Later they also became part of the Chattan Confederation as a sept of the Clan Mackintosh and then later they became a clan of their own.

14th century

Farquhart Shaw, Shaw 'Mor', was leader of a sept of the Mackintosh from the Rothiemurchus area. It is believed that the lands and stronghold of Rothiemurchus were bestowed upon Shaw 'Mor' in 1396 for leading the Chattan Confederation

Chattan Confederation

Clan Chattan or the Chattan Confederation is a confederation of 16 Scottish clans who joined for mutual defence or blood bonds and is closely linked with Clan Macpherson and Clan Mackintosh....
to battle on the North Inch Perth. It is possible, however, that these lands were received as early as 1226.

The Shaws are an ancient Scottish clan, which played a considerable role in Highland history, and which traces its ancestry to the old Earls of Fife and thus the royal line of the Scottish kings. Initially, prior to the general adoption of surnames and, specifically, the use of the name Shaw for that purpose, the Shaws were the first Chiefs of Clan Mackintosh. The Clan name derives from Shaw "Mor" "Coriaclich", great-grandson of Angus (6th Chief of Mackintosh) and Eva (heiress of Clan Chattan (a large confederation of Highland clans)). By tradition, he led the Clan Chattan contingent to victory at the famed Clan Battle of the North Inch at Perth in 1396 and was, as a reward, given the lands of Rothiemurchus, which became the first seat of the Clan. He is numbered as the third Chief of Clan Shaw. The lands of Rothiemurchus (site of the well-known castle Loch-an-Eilean), were sold and lost to the Clan in 1539.

Jacobite Uprsings

By the time of the 1715 Jacobite Rising

Jacobite rising

The Jacobite Risings were a series of uprisings, rebellions, and wars in the kingdoms of Kingdom of England, Kingdom of Scotland , and Kingdom of Ireland occurring between 1688 and 1746....
, the Shaws had lost Rothiemurchus to 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....
. Shortly after, the lands were forfeit by the Crown following the murder of the Chief's stepfather, at the hands of the Chief. Shaw and the Chattan Confederation tried to have the lands restored, but were unsuccessful.

Clan profile

Origin of the name

The surname Shaw has several different origins. The clan name is however derived from an Anglicisation of the Gaelic personal name

Personal name

A personal name is the proper name identifying an individual person, and usually comprises a given name bestowed at Childbirth or at a young age....
Sitheach meaning "wolf". The Gaelic names for the clan are Na Siach, or Mhic Sheaghd.

Clan badge and chief

Clan badge
Clan badge

A clan badge, sometimes called a plant badge, is a badge or emblem, usually a sprig of a specific plant, that is used to identify a member of a particular Scottish clan....
: Red Whortleberry(Lingonberry) or Boxwood (By old tradition, also a sprig of fir).
Clan chief: John Shaw of Tordarroch, 22^nd Chief of Clan Shaw and Feudal Baron of Newhall

Clan septs

*Adamson
*Adamsone
*Ademson
*Ademsoun
*Ademsoune
*Aesone
*Aison
*Aissone
*Aissoun
*Aissoune

*Asson
*Assone
*Aue
*Ave
*Ay
*Aye
*Ayesone
*Ayson
*Aysone
*Aysoun

*Ayssoun
*Eason
*Easone
*Easson
*Esson
*Ison
*Isone
*MacAy
*Saythe
*Scaith

*Scayth
*Schau
*Schaw
*Schawe
*Scheoch
*Scheok
*Schiach
*Schioch
*Schioche
*Seah

*Seath
*Seith
*Seth
*Sha
*Shau
*Shawe
*Shay
*Sheach
*Sheath
*Sheehan

*Sheoch
*Shiach
*Siache
*Sith
*Sithach
*Sithech
*Sithig
*Skaith
*Sythach
*Sythag

*Sythock
*Tordarroch

External links

- Clan Shaw and the Society
- personal site of W.G.A. Shaw of Easter Lair
- Clan Chattan Association