Clan Scrymgeour

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Contents 1 Welcome to Clan Scrymgeour 2 Clan Team 2.1 Team Goals 2.2 Team To Do List 3 Septs 4 Clan History 5 Clan Branches 5.1 Other Names Associated with the Clan 6 Allied Clans 6.1 Rival Clans 7 Clan Research and Free Space Pages 7.1 Source Material 7.2 Image Credits and Acknowledgements

Welcome to Clan Scrymgeour

Clan Scrymgeour Team
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Clan Team

Team Goals

The focus of this team's work is to identify, improve and maintain profiles associated with the Lairds and Chiefs of Clan Scrymgeour together with members bearing the name Scrymgeour, the related families and those recognised as septs of Clan Scrymgeour.

Team To Do List

This list will be developed by the Team. If you are working on a specific task, please list it here:

• promoting the entries of those bearing the name Scrymgeour on Wikitree.
• ensuring entries appearing on Wikitree are as accurate as possible, correcting mistakes once spotted.
• encouraging interest in and study of Clan Scrymgeour

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Septs

Clan History

Clan Branches

Other Names Associated with the Clan

Allied Clans

Rival Clans

Clan Research and Free Space Pages

Source Material

Image Credits and Acknowledgements

Information below this line should be summarized and incorporated into this Team page. Detailed information should be moved to additional Clan pages.

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The name Scrymgeour is probably derived from skrymsher which is Old English for a swordsman. The Scrymgeour family was well established in Fife long before their connection with Dundee. The clan chiefs were later created constables, Earls of Dundee, and hereditary royal standard bearers.

Iain Moncreiffe stated that the Scrymgeours were probably descended from the MacDuff Earls of Fife. The Scrymgeours may have claimed their office as standard bearers from their early Celtic origins, as it was customary for Celtic armies to be accompanied by sacred holy relics that were borne by a hereditary keeper. It is therefore possible that the Scrymgeours carried a relic such as a staff of St. Columba which was later replaced by a heraldic banner.

THE NAME SCRYMGEOUR OR SCRIMGEOUR COMES FROM THE FRENCH WORD ESCREMSHIERE MEANING FENCER OR SWORDSMAN. THE WARLIKE WORDS SKIRMISH, SKIRMISHER , SPORTING TERMS, SCRIMMAGE, SCRUM , ALL COME FROM THIS NAME. THEY WERE AN ANCIENT CELTIC HIGHLAND AND EAST CLAN. THEY WERE PROBABLY DESCENDED FROM THE MACDUFFS OF FIFE. THEY WERE LATER ESTABLISHED IN DUNDEE AS CONSTABLES AND EARLS.THEY WERE STANDARD BEARERS FOR THE COUNTRY AND ROYALTY OF SCOTLAND. THE SCRYMGEOUR WERE ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE TO SUPPORT WILLIAM WALLACE AND ROBERT BRUCE. THE CLAN PAID A HEAVY PRICE. THEIR CREST IS DOMINATED BY GOLD LION WITH A SILVER SWORD ON A RED SHIELD. THEIR TARTAN IS A BEAUTIFUL BLEND OF RED, ORANGE AND GOLD. THEIR SEAT IS IN BIRKHILL NORTH OF CUPAR IN FIFE. THEY HAD 2 HISTORIC CASTLES, FINCHARN AND DUDHOPE. THEIR MOTTO WAS DISSIPATE(DISPERSE) . THIS DIDN'T MEAN RUN AWAY. ALEXANDER SCRYMGEOUR THE RT.HON. THE 12TH EARL OF DUNDEE (MAC MHIC LAIN)

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Motto: Dissipate (Disperse)

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Region: Highlands and East of Scotland

District: Fife

Plant badge: Rowan

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Seat : Birkhill north of Cupar in Fife

Historic seat:

• Fincharn Castle
• Dudhope Castle

Septs:

Scirmechour, Scrimgeour, Scrimger, Scrimiour, Scrymgeour, Scrymsour, Skrimagour, Skrimshire, Skymezour.

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