Clan Menzies

Chief
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David Ronald Steuart Menzies of Menzies,
The Menzies, Representer of the House and Family of Menzies of that Ilk, Head of the Clan Menzies.
Chief Title (Gaelic)	At Meinnearach.
Historic seat	Castle Menzies

Clan Menzies
coat of arms
	Motto : Vill God I Zall ( "I will, God willing")
	Battle cry : Geal 'us Dearg a suas.
portrait
region	Highlands
district	Perthshire
Piece of music for bagpipes	Piobairreachd a 'Mheinnearaich.
Gaelic names	Clann Mèinnear

Menzies is the name of a Scottish clan that comes from the area between Perth and the Great Glen .

history

It was first mentioned in an early form in 1249 when Alexander III. of Scotland appointed Sir Robert de Meyners Lord High Chamberlain . Robert's son Alexander acquired Weem and Aberfeldy and received the baronies of Glendochart and Durisdeer from Robert the Bruce as a reward for his support . In the Jacobite uprisings of 1715 and 1745, the Menzies were clearly on the side of the rebels and so both times were on the side of the losers. The clan seat was Castle Menzies in Weem until 1910, when the direct family line ended . In 1957 it was bought back and restored by the Menzies Clan Society .