Clan Carruthers

Clan Carruthers
Clan Carruthers
	Crest: A seraphim volant Proper
Motto	Promptus et Fidelis (Ready and faithful)
War cry	Holmains/We ride
Profile
Region	The Scottish Western Marches Scottish Borders
District	Dumfriesshire
Plant badge	Gorse (Ulex europaeus)
Chief
	Dr Simon Peter Carruthers of Holmains, Chief of the Name and Arms of Carruthers, 22nd of his line.
Seat	Holmains
Historic seat	Mouswald Tower; Holmains Towerhouse (Howmains); Kirkwood House
Clan branches
	Carruthers of Mouswald (Historic Chiefs); Carruthers of Holmains (Howmains) (Chiefs); Carruthers of Dormont (Cadet)
Allied clans
	Clan Bruce; Clan Stewart; Clan Douglas; Clan Irving of Bonshaw
Rival clans
	Clan Kirkpatrick
Kindreds
	All derivatives of the name Carruthers to include: Carrutherses, Caruthers, Carothers, Carrothers, Carrithers, Carithers, Corruthers, Corrithers, Crothers, Carathers,Carothers, Crouthers, Carruther, Credeur, Cardus, Carother, Carouthers, Carradice, Carrauthers, Carrederys, Carrodus, Carrotheris, Carrothorys, Carrothis, Carutherys, Caruthris Carrothyris, Carruderes, Carruderis, Carruthirs, Carruthoris, Caruderis, Caruyeris, Cerrothers, Corithers, Crathers, Cridders, Curthers, Cruthers, Carradus, Crowthers, Karruthers, Karruther amongst others

Carruthers, a Scottish Lowland clan and family from Annandale in Dumfriesshire.

Clan Carruthers is a Lowland Scottish clan of the Scottish Borders headed by their Chief, Simon Peter Carruthers of Holmains and is recognised as such by the Lord Lyon King of Arms.

A Clan Chief of Carruthers was confirmed after over 12 years of research and investigation by the official representatives of Carruthers internationally; Clan Carruthers Society (International). This research was headed by Dr George Carruthers from Fife, now the Clan/Family Convenor, assisted in his efforts by Mr Antony Maxwell, a renowned Scottish heraldist from Edinburgh.

The Society, based in Scotland with regional representatives worldwide, took the official and legal route through the auspices of the Lord Lyon King of Arms in Edinburgh. After 20 months of analysis of the petitioned evidence and proofs, on the 19 August 2019, and after over 200 years, a Chief was confirmed by the Lord Lyon.

This takes Clan Carruthers from armigerous status (without Chief) to attaining legal recognition and thus becoming a 'Noble Incorporation' in Scots law. Carruthers is now an officially recognised Scottish clan internationally with all that that entails.^[4]

^ ^a ^b Clan Carruthers Profile Archived 30 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine scotclans.com. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
^ ^a ^b Cite error: The named reference Coventry was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ ^a ^b Way, George of Plean; Squire, Romilly of Rubislaw (1994). Collins Scottish Clan & Family Encyclopedia. Glasgow: HarperCollins (for the Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs). pp. 370–371. ISBN 0-00-470547-5.
^ "In the Court of the Lord Lyon in the PETITIONS" (PDF). Retrieved 25 February 2024.

[ScotClans-1] Clan Carruthers Profile Archived 30 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine scotclans.com. Retrieved 11 November 2014.

[Coventry-2] Cite error: The named reference Coventry was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[Clan.Encyclopedia.Carruthers-3] Way, George of Plean; Squire, Romilly of Rubislaw (1994). Collins Scottish Clan & Family Encyclopedia. Glasgow: HarperCollins (for the Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs). pp. 370–371. ISBN 0-00-470547-5.

[courtofthelordlyon.scot-4] "In the Court of the Lord Lyon in the PETITIONS" (PDF). Retrieved 25 February 2024.

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