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'''Clan MacIver''', also known as '''Clan Iver''', is [[Scottish clan]] recognised by the [[Lord Lyon King of Arms]].<ref name="[clanchiefs.org][Mciver]">{{cite web|url=http://www.clanchiefs.org/?init=clanfinder&id=Mciver|title=Clan MacIver |accessdate=September 14, 2008|work=[[Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs]]}}</ref> The clan, however, does not have a [[chief]] recognised by the Lord Lyon King of Arms. Because of this the clan can be considered an [[armigerous clan]].<ref name="[electricscotland.com][clanmenu]">{{cite web |url=http://www.electricscotland.com/webclans/clanmenu.htm |title=Official Scottish Clans and Families |accessdate=31 May 2007 |work=www.electricscotland.com}}</ref> The clan name of MacIver is of Gaelic origin, derived from an Old Norse personal name. Various forms of the surname MacIver are considered [[sept (social)|sept]] names (followers or members) of several historically large Scottish clans, such as clans [[Clan Campbell|Campbell]] and [[Clan Mackenzie|Mackenzie]]. There exists a Clan Iver society in Fife, Scotland. |
'''Clan MacIver''', also known as '''Clan Iver''', is [[Scottish clan]] recognised by the [[Lord Lyon King of Arms]].<ref name="[clanchiefs.org][Mciver]">{{cite web|url=http://www.clanchiefs.org/?init=clanfinder&id=Mciver|title=Clan MacIver |accessdate=September 14, 2008|work=[[Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs]]}}</ref> The clan, however, does not have a [[Scottish clan chief|chief]] recognised by the Lord Lyon King of Arms. Because of this the clan can be considered an [[armigerous clan]].<ref name="[electricscotland.com][clanmenu]">{{cite web |url=http://www.electricscotland.com/webclans/clanmenu.htm |title=Official Scottish Clans and Families |accessdate=31 May 2007 |work=www.electricscotland.com}}</ref> The clan name of MacIver is of Gaelic origin, derived from an Old Norse personal name. Various forms of the surname MacIver are considered [[sept (social)|sept]] names (followers or members) of several historically large Scottish clans, such as clans [[Clan Campbell|Campbell]] and [[Clan Mackenzie|Mackenzie]]. There exists a Clan Iver society in Fife, Scotland. |
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==Origin of the name== |
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Clan MacIver, also known as Clan Iver, is Scottish clan recognised by the Lord Lyon King of Arms.[1] The clan, however, does not have a chief recognised by the Lord Lyon King of Arms. Because of this the clan can be considered an armigerous clan.[2] The clan name of MacIver is of Gaelic origin, derived from an Old Norse personal name. Various forms of the surname MacIver are considered sept names (followers or members) of several historically large Scottish clans, such as clans Campbell and Mackenzie. There exists a Clan Iver society in Fife, Scotland.
Origin of the name
The surname MacIver is an Anglicisation of the Gaelic Mac Íomhair "meaning son of Íomhar". The Gaelic personal name Íomhar is derived from the Old Norse Ivarr.[3] An early man bearing the surname MacIver was Malcolm McIuyr, whose appears on a list of men in the Sheriffdom of Argyll/Lorne in 1292.[4]
Origin, confusion and Campbells
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According to Alastair Campbell of Airds, it is very unlikely that there is a common origin for one Clan MacIver. Campbell of Airds maintains that the Victorian Principal P. C. Campbell confused matters with his Account of the Clan Iver. Principal Campbell, at the time publication of his Account, was petitioning the Lord Lyon King of Arms to recognise him as "Chief of Clan Iver".[5] Campbell was ultimately unsuccessful in his bid for chiefship. According to Campbell of Airds, the modern Clan MacIver is also a dubious a concept because it encompasses all MacIvers regardless of their origin, and that the "modern game of clan-constructing is again being played".[5]
Campbell claimed that the MacIvers originated in Glenlyon, and settled in Argyll in 1222.[5] The Victorian illustrator R. R. McIan considered the MacIvers to have descended from Duncan, Lord of Lochow, making them descend from the same stock as the Campbells.[1] According to legend, a stronghold of the MacIvers was the ancient fort of Dun Mor (Dunmore)[1], located near Lochgilphead.[4]
According to Ane Accompt of the Genealogie of the Campbells, the eponymous Iver was one of two illegitimate sons of Colin Maol Math (the other illegitimate son being Tavish Coir, from whom the MacTavishes claim descent). Also, that Iver's mother was to have been a daughter of Suibhne, founder of Castle Sween, member of the kindred of Anrothan who held lands in Cowal, Glassary and Knapdale (Suibhne is claimed as the eponymous ancestor of the MacSweens).[4]
The MacIver-Campbells
The leading family of the MacIver Campbells were the MacIvers of Lergachonzie and Stronshira. A branch of the MacIvers were Captains of the Castle of Inveraray, where the standing stone in the grounds of the castle was said to have been the boundary between the lands of the MacIvers and the MacVicars. Other branches of MacIver Campbells include the MacIver Campbells of Ballochyle in Cowal, the Campbells of Kirnan in Glassary, the Campbells of Pennymore on Loch Fyne, south of Inveraray, and the Campbells of Ardlarach near Ardfern, Craignish.[4]
Principal Campbell himself belonged to the Campbells of Quoycrook in Caithness. They were claimed to have descended from MacIvers of Lergachonzie. Campbell also claimed that the related families to this branch were the Campbells of Duchernan, the Campbells of Thurso and Lochend, and the Iverachs of Wideford in Orkney. Campbell of Airds notes that both the arms of the Iverachs and the Campbells of Duchernan display the gyronny prevalent in Campbell heraldry.[1]
In June, 1564, at Dunoon, in an agreement between Iver MacIver of Lergachonzie, and Archibald Campbell, 5th Earl of Argyll, the earl renounced all calps from those of the name MacIver, in return for a sum of money, though the Earl reserved the calp of Iver MacIver and his successors. According to Campbell of Airds, it would seem that dating from this agreement many MacIvers began using the name Campbell or MacIver-Campbell.[4]
Northern MacIvers
The northern MacIvers/MacIvors were thought to have been among the ancient inhabitants of Kintail, of these the "MacIvors, MacAulas, MacBollans, and Clan Tarlach" were thought to have descended from Norwegian families.[6]
Battle of Bealach na Broige
The Battle of Bealach na Broige was a battle fought in 1452 between various north-western highland clans from the lands of Ross, against the followers of the Earl of Ross including the Dingwalls and Munros of Foulis. Though the date of the battle is obscure what is known is that the rising consisted of the "Clan-juer" (Clan Iver), "Clantalvigh" (Clan-t-aluigh, ie. Clan Aulay), and "Clan-leajwe" (Clan-leaive, ie. Clan Leay).[7]
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The Munros and Dingwalls pursued and overtook the rising clans at Bealach na Broige, where a bitter battle ensued, fed by old feuds and animosities. In the end the MacIvers, MacAulays and MacLeays where almost utterly extinguished and the Munros and Dingwalls won a hollow victory, having lost a great number of men including their chiefs.[7]
Modern clan symbolism
Modern Scottish clan members can show their allegiance to their clan and chief by wearing a Scottish crest badge. These heraldic badges usually display the clan chief's heraldic crest and motto surrounded by a strap and buckle. Such crest badges have been used since the Victorian era. The crest badge used by members of Clan MacIver contains the Latin motto NUNQUAM OBLIVISCAR ("i will never forget"), and the heraldic crest A boar's head couped Or.[9] Both the crest and motto are very similar to the crest and motto of the chief of Clan Campbell, the Duke of Argyll. The motto on the MacIver crest badge actually answers that of the Campbell's chief.
There is little evidence to account for the MacIver tartan, and it is thought to be of relatively recent origin.[8] The tartan is very similar to the Clan Macfie tartan.
See also
Notes
- ^ a b c "Clan MacIver". Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs. Retrieved September 14, 2008.
- ^ "McIver Name Meaning and History". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 14 September 2008.
- ^ a b c d e "Official List of Septs of Clan Campbell". www.ccsna.org. Retrieved 14 September 2008.
- ^ a b c Campbell of Airds, Alastair (2000). A History of Clan Campbell; Volume 1, From Origins To The Battle Of Flodden. Edinburgh University Press. pp. 46–47. ISBN 1-902930-17-7.
- ^ Thomas, F. W. L. (1879–80). "Traditions of the Macaulays of Lewis" (pdf). Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. 14. Society of Antiquaries of Scotland: 371.
{{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|quotes=(help)CS1 maint: date format (link) - ^ a b Thomas, F. W. L. (1879–80). "Traditions of the Macaulays of Lewis" (pdf). Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. 14. Society of Antiquaries of Scotland: 381.
{{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|quotes=(help)CS1 maint: date format (link) - ^ a b Stewart, Donald C. (1974). The Setts of the Scottish Tartans, with descriptive and historical notes. London: Shepheard-Walwyn. p. 77. ISBN 0 85603 011 9.
{{cite book}}: Check|isbn=value: checksum (help) - ^ Way of Plean, George; Squire, Romilly (2000). Clans & Tartans. Glasgow: HarperCollins. p. 196. ISBN 0-00-472501 8.
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