|
Clan Cranstoun is a Lowland Scottish clan. 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...
[edit]
Origins of the Name
The name Cranstoun comes from the Barony of Cranstoun in Midlothian. The family owned lands in the counties of Edinburgh and Roxburgh. The central portions of the old province of Lothian in Scotland, centred around Edinburgh, became known as Midlothian, Scotland. ...
Edinburgh (pronounced ; Dùn Èideann () in Scottish Gaelic) is the capital of Scotland and its second-largest city. ...
Historically, the Royal Burgh of Roxburgh (Gaelic: Rosbrog), in the Scottish Borders, was an important trading burgh in the economy of Scotland. ...
[edit]
History The fisrt known person of the Cranstoun family was Elfric de Cranstoun who was a witness to a charter by William the Lion in Holyrodd in about 1170. Around that time he also appears in a deed between Robert de Quincy and the Abbot of Newbattle.
The Cranstouns of that Ilk prospered until they became mixed up in the unstable political situation of 1592. Thomas and John Cranston were amongst those accused of treason for assisting the Earl of Bothwell in his attack on the palace of Holyrood House.
The Croanstoun family are known to have lived up to their motto ""thou shalt want before I want" as they are known to have often taken part in the boarder clan raids of England.
[edit]
Civil War The Clan Cranstoun took the side of the Royalists during the Civil War. The clan was led by chief, third Lord Cranston at the Battle of Worcester in 1651 where he was captured. He launguished in the Tower of London. All of his estates were forfeited apart from a small amount that were left for his family and children. The Battle of Worcester was the final battle of the English Civil War. ...
For the film with this title, see Tower of London (1939 film). ...
[edit]
Napoleonic Wars James, eighth Lord Cranstoun, was a distinguished officer in the Royal Navy who commanded HMS Bellerophon in a squadron of only seven ships which was attacked on 17 June 1795 by a French fleet three times larger. After a running battle which lasted more than twelve hours, the French were completely defeated, and eight ships of the line were destroyed. Lord Cranstoun was later appointed Governor of Grenada, but before he could set foot upon the island, he died, it is believed of lead poisoning, in 1796. The peerage became extinct in 1813. Three ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Bellerophon after the mythological Greek hero Bellerophon. ...
[edit]
See also [edit] 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...
An armigerous clan or Family, is a Scottish clan which does not currently have (a) a chief recognised by the Lord Lyon, King of Arms and therefore has no official position under Scots law and (b) a member of which is armigerous. ...
External links - http://www.electricscotland.com/webclans/atoc/cransto2.html
| 
Feeds |
Contact