Clan Moncreiffe - Wikipedia
网页Clan Moncreiffe is a Highland Scottish clan. [2] History. Origins of the clan. The name Moncreiffe comes from the feudal barony of Moncreiffe in Perthshire. [2] . The lands of Moncreiffe take their name from the Monadh croibhe which is Scottish Gaelic for Hill of the sacred bough. [2] .
Clan Moncreiffe Society
网页Welcome to the official Clan Moncreiffe Society website. Our community exists for those who bear the name Moncrief, families, or their descendants and friends. We hope to cultivate a spirit of kinship, to collect genealogical records, and to provide a gathering place at the various Highland Gatherings. We extend an invitation to join us and ...
History of the Clan - Clan Moncreiffe Society
网页HISTORY OF THE CLAN. Moncreiffe is an old Scottish name. The name is derived from the Gaelic words "monadh" meaning a moor or hill pasture and "craoibhe" meaning tree; therefore the name means "the moor of hill-land of the trees." Moncreiffe Hill lies on a peninsula between the Rivers Tay and Earn, 3 miles southeast of Perth.
Tartan - Clan Moncreiffe Society
网页The official Clan Moncreiffe Tartan. According to a research report from The Scottish Tartan Museum in Comrie Perthshire Scotland, the Moncreiffe/Moncreiff/Moncrieff "tartan is undoubtably one of the oldest tartans existing and is one known by at least four seperate names: Moncreiffe, Old Grant, Old MacLachlan, and Robin Hood.
Moncrieffe Clan History - ScotClans
网页Though not having the spectacular and kaleidoscopic history of some Scottish clans, the Moncreiffe family often held great prominence in Scottish and foreign affairs. One Laird of Moncreiffe was Chamberlain to young King James III, and the Moncreiffe clansmen fought alongside James IV at Flodden.
网页Clan MONCREIFFE. PLANT BADGE Oak. T his name is derived from the feudal barony of Moncreiffe in Perthshire. The lands themselves take their name from the Gaelic, ‘Monach croibhe’, ‘Hill of the sacred bough’. The plant badge of the clan is …
The Clan Moncrieff - tartans
网页The three main lines of the family descended from the eighth Laird of Moncreiffe. The Moncreiffes of Moncreiffe are the chiefly line, the principal cadets are the Lords Moncreiff of Tulliebole and Moncrieffe of Bandirran. The Scott-Moncreiffs and the Moncreiffs of Kimmoth descended from Moncrieff of Bandirran.
Clan Moncreiffe - WikiTree
网页Clan Moncreiffe. Origins of the clan. The name Moncreiffe comes from the feudal barony of Moncreiffe in Perthshire. The lands of Moncreiffe take their name from the Monadh croibhe which is Scottish Gaelic for Hill of the sacred bough. The plant badge of the clan is the oak, which presumably comes from the sacred tree.
Moncreiffe - Scotland
网页Moncreiffe Hill, which dominates the southeast Perth valley, was a stronghold of the Pictish kings, thereby connecting the clan with the lands of Atholl and Dundas, both held by branches of the Picto–Scottish royal house. The late Sir Iain Moncreiffe of that Ilk, Albany Herald and chief of the clan, asserted that the coat of arms of the red ...
Clan Moncrieffe » Tartan Footprint » Scottish Heritage Social …
网页Charles Kenneth Scott Moncrieff, MC (25 September 1889 – 28 February 1930) was a Scottish writer, most famous for his English translation of most of Proust's À la recherche du temps perdu, which he pu...
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