Clan Chisholm

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Clan Chisholm
coat of arms

Clan member crest badge - Clan Chisholm.svg
Motto : Feros ferio ( "I'm combative with the Militant")
portrait
region Highlands
district Ross-shire
Heraldic animal Boar
Chief


Blason Clan Chisholm.svg
Andrew Francis Hamish Chisholm of Chisholm
33. Chief of Clan Chisholm
Historic seat Erchless Castle


Chisholm is the name of a Scottish clan that originally came from the county of Chiesholme in Berwick and Roxburghshire and was of Norman origin.

history

When Robert von Chiesholme became Constable of Urquhart Castle on the west bank of Loch Ness in 1359 , parts of the family settled in the Inverness area, especially in the north-west of Loch Ness. In 1715 about 200 members of the Jacobite clan took part in the battle of Sheriffmuir ; In 1746 the clan fought at the Battle of Culloden . The motto of the clan is Feros ferio ("I am combative with the combative").

  • Clan badge

  • Coat of arms of the Chisholm of Chisholm

  • Chisholm tartan

literature

  • Alexander Mackenzie: History of the Chisholms with genealogies of the principal families of the name. A. e. W. Mackenzie, Inverness 1891. ( Internet Archive ).
  • Alan Bold: Scottish tartans. Pitkin Pictorials, London 1978, ISBN 0-85372-245-5 .

Web links

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