Clan Home

Clan Home
MottoTrue to the End
SloganA Home, A Home, A Home
Profile
RegionBorders
DistrictBerwickshire
Plant badgeBroom[1]
Chief
Michael David Alexander Douglas-Home, 16th Earl of Home
Earl of Home
SeatThe Hirsel
Historic seatHume Castle
Fast Castle
Septs of Clan Home
Ayton, Aytoun, Aiton, Blackadder, Buccles, Buglass, Bugloss, Buikles, Bukeles, Buncle, Bunkle, Dunbar, Eaton, Greenlaw, Greenlee, Greenlees, Greenley, Grindlay, Grindley, Haliburton, Halliburton, Halyburton, Hewme, Hom, Hoom, Hoome, Houm, Houme, Hum, Huym, Landels, Lansdale, Mack, Paxton, Nesbit, Nesbitt, Nisbet, Trotter, Trotters, Wedderburn
Clan branches

Clan Home (pronounced and sometimes spelt Hume) is a Scottish clan.[2] It held immense power for much of the Middle Ages and dominated the eastern Scottish Borders. It produced no fewer than eight Wardens of the Eastern March – more than any other family.[2]

  1. ^ Clan Home Profile Archived 8 February 2013 at the Wayback Machine scotclans.com. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
  2. ^ a b Way, George and Squire, Romily. Collins Scottish Clan & Family Encyclopedia. (Foreword by The Rt Hon. The Earl of Elgin KT, Convenor, The Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs). Published in 1994. Pages 168 – 169.