Clan Gunn

Clan Gunn
Na Guinnich[1]
MottoAut pax aut bellum (Either peace or war)[2]
Profile
RegionHighlands
DistrictSutherland and Caithness[2]
Plant badgeJuniper[2]
Pipe musicFailte na’n Guinnach (The Gunns' Salute)[2][3]
Chief
Iain Alexander Gunn of that Ilk
The Gunn of Gunn
Historic seatGunn's Castle (Clyth Castle)[4]
Septs of Clan Gunn
Robinson, Gallie, Gaunson, Georgeson, Henderson, Jameson, Jamieson, Johnson, Kean, Keene, MacComas, MacCorkill, MacIan, MacKames, Mackeamish, MacKean, MacRob, MacWilliam, Mann, Manson, Nelson, Robson, Sandison, Swanson, Williamson, Wilson[5][note 1][note 2]
Clan branches
MacHamish Gunns (chiefs)[7]
Robson Gunns or Gunns of Braemore[7]
Bregaul Gunns[7]
Hendersons of Caithness[7]
Allied clans
Rival clans
Clan Mackay (15th & 16th century)
Clan Keith (from 1478 to 1978)

Clan Gunn (Scottish Gaelic: Na Guinnich) is a Highland Scottish clan associated with lands in northeastern Scotland, including Caithness, Sutherland and, arguably, the Orkney Isles. Clan Gunn is one of the oldest Scottish Clans, being descended from the Norse Jarls of Orkney and the Pictish Mormaers of Caithness.

  1. ^ Mac an Tàilleir, Iain. "Ainmean Pearsanta" (docx). Sabhal Mòr Ostaig. Retrieved 15 October 2009.
  2. ^ a b c d "Clan Gunn Profile". scotclans.com. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
  3. ^ "The Gunn's Salute (Sheet music)" (PDF). pipesdrums.com. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  4. ^ Coventry, Martin (2008). Castles of the Clans: The Strongholds and Seats of 750 Scottish Families and Clans. Musselburgh: Goblinshead. p. 248. ISBN 978-1-899874-36-1.
  5. ^ "Membership". clangunnsociety.org. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  6. ^ Scots Kith & Kin. HarperCollins. 2014. p. 62. ISBN 9780007551798.
  7. ^ a b c d Gunn, Robert (2002). "The Septs of Clan Gunn - which belong ?". skyelander.orgfree.com. Retrieved 5 January 2021. Quoting: Gunn, Mark Rugg (1969). 'History of the Clan Gunn'. p. 268


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