Clan MacQuarrie

Clan MacQuarrie
Crest: Out of an antique crown, An arm in armour embowed, grasping a dagger, all proper.[1]
MottoTurris fortis mihi Deus, (translation from Latin: God is to me a tower of strength).[2]
SloganAn t'arm breac dearg, (translation from Scottish Gaelic: The red tartaned army).[1]
Profile
RegionInner Hebrides
Scottish Highlands
DistrictUlva, Staffa and the Isle of Mull
Plant badgepine.[2]
Clan MacQuarrie no longer has a chief, and is an armigerous clan
Last ChiefLachlan Macquarrie of Ulva
Died1818
Fingal's Cave on Staffa, originally part of the MacQuarrie estate.
Major-General Lachlan Macquarie CB, "The Father of Australia."
Coat of arms belonging to the Chief of the MacQuarries of Ulva.

Clan MacQuarrie (also Quarrie, MacQuarie, McQueary, McQuary, MacQuaire, Macquarie) is an ancient Highland Scottish clan which owned the islands of Ulva, Staffa and Gometra as well as large tracts of land on the Isle of Mull, which are all located in the Scottish Inner Hebrides.[2] Clan MacQuarrie (Scottish Gaelic for: son of Guaire) is one of the seven Siol Alpin clans descended from the Kings of the Picts and Dál Riata. Clan MacQuarrie is one of the four oldest Highland clans and can trace its ancestry to 9th century Kenneth MacAlpine, the first King of Scots. A 1450 manuscript describes the descent of Clan MacQuarrie from their namesake progenitor Guaire (Scottish Gaelic for: noble), brother of Fingon (ancestor of Clan MacKinnon) and Anrias (ancestor of Clan Gregor).[3] They were fierce fighters in the Wars of Scottish Independence and fought in support of King Robert the Bruce at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314.[citation needed]

The MacQuarrie Modern tartan.
  1. ^ a b MacQuarrie Heraldry Archived 5 February 2006 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 14 September 2007
  2. ^ a b c Smibert, pp.113-117.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Skene263-264 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).