An armigerous clan or Family, is a Scottish clan the chief of which has matriculated arms with the Lyon Office. Some believe that those clans which do not currently have a chief recognised by the Lord Lyon, King of Arms (a law officer under Scots law) but do have a member who has matriculated arms can be considered armigerous. The clan itself cannot be considered armigerous since in Scotland only a natural or legal person can be armigerous. Clan map of Scotland Scottish clans give a sense of identity and shared descent to people in Scotland and to their relatives throughout the world, with a formal structure of Clan Chiefs officially registered with the court of the Lord Lyon, King of Arms which controls the heraldry and Coat... Arms of the Office of the Lord Lyon The Lord Lyon King of Arms, the head of Lyon Court, is the Scottish official with responsibility for regulating heraldry in that kingdom, issuing new grants of arms, and serving as the judge of the oldest Heraldic court in the world that... Scots law (or Scottish law) is the law of Scotland. ...

While there are a number of reasons why a clan may have no chief the most common are listed below.

• Following the 1745 Jacobite Rising and the dismantling of the clan system, many of the chiefly lines of clans and families were lost. Due to gaps in the genealogical evidence, it has thus far been unable to prove a direct descent to current claimants.
• Over time, some smaller clans were absorbed and became a sept of the larger clan. While the smaller clan retains a clan crest, it owes allegiance to the chief of the larger clan. Some of these smaller clans now wish to be identified separately from the larger clan, however, proving a genealogical link to the chiefs before absorption is very difficult.
• As Scots law and English and Welsh law differ over inheritance, some individuals are barred from being matriculated as chief.
• As punishment for acts against the monarch, it was possible for chiefs to be stripped of land and titles. Though often restored to later generations of the family, this was not always the case.

There are currently over 200 armigerous clans and families of Scotland. // Events May 11 - War of Austrian Succession: Battle of Fontenoy - At Fontenoy, French forces defeat an Anglo-Dutch-Hanoverian army including the Black Watch June 4 – Frederick the Great destroys Austrian army at Hohenfriedberg August 19 - Beginning of the 45 Jacobite Rising at Glenfinnan September 12 - Francis I is elected... Each Jacobite Rising formed part of a series of military campaigns by Jacobites attempting to restore the Stuart kings to the thrones of England and Scotland (and after 1707, Great Britain) after James VII of Scotland and II of England was deposed in 1688 and the thrones claimed by his... A sept is a division of a family, especially a division of a clan. ... English law is the law of England and Wales, rather than Scotland and Northern Ireland. ...

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See also

• Scottish clan
• Heraldry