Clan Scott

Badge:

A stag encircled by a leather strap inscribed with the motto.

Motto:

I Love

War Cry:

A Bellendaine!

The Scott clan originated in the Borders region of Scotland in the middle and eastern Marches areas of West Teviotdale, Ewesdale, Eskdale and Liddesdale. They were one of the six major riding clans of Scotland. Uchtred, son of Scot, lived in the first half of the 12th century and his two sons began the branches of the Scott family. The Scotts of Buccleuch, whose Dukedom dates from 1673, ended in Anne, who married James, Duke of Monmouth, natural son of Charles II, who was beheaded for rebelling against his uncle, James II. From this marriage comes the line of the later Dukes of Buccleuch and Queensberry. One of Scotland’s greatest men, Sir Walter Scott of Abbotsford, descended from the line of Harden, originating in the 14th century.