Clan Irvine

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Clan Irvine
coat of arms

Motto : SUB SOLE SUB UMBRA VIRENS ( Latin : "Flourishing Both in sunshine and in shade" ).
portrait
Gaelic names Irbhinn
Chief


Irvine of Drum arms.svg
David Charles Irvine of Drum
Chief of the Name and Arms of Irvine and 26th Baron of Drum.
Seat Drum Castle , Bonshaw Tower

Clan Irvine kin
Ervin, Ervine, Erving, Erwin, Erwyn, Hurven, Hurvene, Hurvine, Hurwen, Hurwin, Hurwine, Hurwyn, Hurwynn, Hurwynne, Irvene, Irvin, Irvine, Irving, Irvink, Irwin, Irwine, Irwing, Irwink, Irwran, Irwrand Irwrane, Irwrant, Irwren, Irwrend, Irwrent, Irwrind, Irwrint, Irwryn, Irwrynd, Irwynn, Irwynne, Orvene, Orvine, Orwin, Orwine, Orwynn, Orwynne, Urvene, Urvine, Urwand, Urwane, Urwant, Urwent, Urwent Urwin, Urwind, Urwine, Urwint, Urwyn, Urwynd, Urwynn, Urwynne, Uryn, Yurand, Yurane, Yurant, Yurend, Yurent, Yurind, Yurint, Yurven, Yurvene, Yurvine, Yurwan, Yurwand, Yurwane, Yurwant, Yurwane, Yurwant Yurwent, Yurwin, Yurwind, Yurwine, Yurwint, Yurwyn, Yurwynd, Yurwynn, Yurwynne, Yurynd.
Clan branches
Irvine of Drum (chiefs)
Irvine of Bonshaw

Irvine is the name of a Scottish clan in the Lowlands .

history

The name of the clan Irvine is derived from two places. One from Irving (an old parish in Dumfriesshire ) and the other from Irvine in Ayrshire .

The first person of the clan recorded in writing was Robert de Herwine, who was mentioned as a witness in a document. In 1324 William de Irwyne, the Clerk of the Register, received the Forest of Drum in Aberdeenshire from King Robert I and is therefore the tribal father of the Irvines of Drum. Robert also gave him a coat of arms and a motto.

19th and 20th centuries

During the 19th century, most of the Lairds of Drum were legal practitioners and sheriffs in various parts of Scotland.

Alexander Irvine, the 22nd laird, was badly wounded in World War I. He fought as Grenadier Guard in France in 1916 and died in 1922. His eldest son followed him, but died at the age of only 33, so that Alexander's second son eventually became Laird of Drum. He served with the King's African Rifles in British East Africa during World War II . After his death in 1975, Drum Castle and the surrounding area became the property of the National Trust for Scotland . He was followed by his younger brother Colonel Charles Irvine , who also fought with the Gordon Highlanders in World War II .

The clan today

In 2002 the Chief of Clan Irvine signed a peace treaty with Michael Keith, 13th Earl of Kintore (who is the head of Clan Keith ) in an elaborate ceremony on the banks of the Dee , which ended the 600 year feud between the two clans.

literature

  • George Way, Romilly Squire: Clans & Tartans. Harper Collins, Glasgow 2000, ISBN 0-00-472501-8 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Way, Squire: Clans & Tartans. 2000, p. 134.
  2. ↑ burkes peerage
  3. ↑ a b c d electricscotland.com: Clan Irvine History . Retrieved December 11, 2011.