Clan Gardyne

Clan Gardyne or Clan Garden is an armigerous lowland Scottish Clan from Angus.

Arms of Garden of that Ilk, last chief of Clan Gardyne.

Gardyne Castle, ancient seat of the Garden of that Ilk

The chiefly family of Garden or Gardyne of that Ilk are a very ancient family, who were proprietors in Angus from a remote period, and are first recorded in the locality of Kirkdon in Angus in 1008 when they are called De Garthuen. The family were based around Gardyne Castle and were considerable landowners in Angus up until the 17th century when much of their landholding was confiscated.

13th century

First referred to, as the Gardyne of that Ilk, in the Ragman Roll 1296 the clan was centred on Gardyne Castle and their lands of Cononsyth and Middleton in the county of Angus.

Feud with the Guthrie of Guthrie that Ilk

The family had embarked on a long and bloody feud with their neighbours and cousins the Clan Guthrie of Guthrie Castle situated 2 miles from Gardyne Castle. The feud started in 1558 when the Gardynes stabbed to death the Guthrie of Guthrie in a fight which precipitated 80 years of fighting and litigation. Finally after Patrick Gardyne 9th Gardyne of that Ilk was murdered, King James VI had had enough and confiscated the lands and castles of both families. The Guthries managed to buy their castle back however the Gardynes moved 1 mile east to lands they owed around Middleton.

18th Century

The family were strong Jacobites with the head of the family David Gardyne of Middleton out in 1715 and his eldest son by his wife Anne, daughter of David Graham 10th of Fintry, raised a troop to fight in the rebellion of 1745. Their eldest son also David was forced into exile after the rebellion and he died in poverty in Nieuport Flanders, in 1749. Their daughter Clementina married the Jacobite James Graham 6th Viscount Dundee in the Jacobite peerage, who also died in exile after the rebellion.

Founding of Friockheim

The birth of the village of Friockheim took place soon after 1814 when Thomas Gardyne of Middleton succeeded his brother as the laird of the lands of Friock and feued them to Mr John Anderson, of Arbroath, who built a flax spinning mill and as proprietor-in-feu attracted many textile workers to come and settle on easy terms in what was at first known as Friock feus [2].

In the 19th century the family purchased Finavon Castle which had been owned previously by their Lindsay ancestors.

The Current head of the family is Charles Bruce-Gardyne 14th Laird of Middleton , and son of Captain Evan Bruce-Gardyne the 13th Laird. Charles Bruce-Gardyne was born 15 Feb 1927 and he is a member of the Royal Company of Archers and a member of the Sovereign's Bodyguard in Scotland. He married Dorothy Margaret Blair-Imrie, daughter of Lt.-Col. Hew Angus Christopher Blair-Imrie killed in action, on 16 April 196l. Charles Bruce-Gardyne's son Hugh is married to Lucinda Bruce-Gardyne

People with this surname include:

• Patrick Gardyne of that Ilk of Gardyne Castle
• John Gardyne of Lawton and Middleton MP for Angus 1667
• Thomas Gardyne of Middleton Scottish landowner founder of Froickheim.
• Major William Bruce-Gardyne Laird of Middleton, Angus
• David Greenhill Gardyne (1796-1867) of Craignathro, Angus, Scotland. Baron of Findhaven. Member of the East India Company's Civil Service. Changed his name from Greenhill to Greenhill Gardyne upon inheritance of baronage. Bore a modified form of the coats of arms of the Greenhills of Harrow and Abbots Langley of England.
• Captain Evan Bruce-Gardyne DSO Laird Of Middleton Angus, Naval Captain and Scottish Landowner
• John Bruce-Gardyne Baron Bruce-Gardyne of the Kirkden of Angus, Conservative MP for Angus
• Lucinda Bruce-Gardyne Writer, entrepreneur and cookery expert.

Places associated with the Clan

• Gardyne Castle
• Ravensby
• Friockheim
• Carnoustie
• Gardyne's Land
• Finavon Castle
• Middleton House

Profile

• The name has been spelled sometimes as Garden.

• Last chief: The Garden of that Ilk
• Ancient seat: Gardyne Castle
• Chiefs crest: Two dexter hands conjoined Proper upholding a cross crosslet fitchée Or
• Chief's motto: Cruciata cruce junguntur
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