Clan Crawford

Clan Crawford
Crest: A stag's head erased Gules, between the attires a cross crosslet fitchée Sable
MottoTutum te robore reddam (With my strength I'll give you safety)[1]
Profile
RegionLowlands
DistrictLanarkshire, Renfrewshire and Ayrshire
Plant badgeBoxwood
Animalstag
Clan Crawford no longer has a chief, and is an armigerous clan
21st Laird of Auchinames[2]
Historic seatAuchinames Castle, Renfrewshire.[3]
Last ChiefAdam Crawfurd of Auchinames[2]
Clan branches
Crawford of Auchinames (chiefs)[2]
Craufurd of Kilbirney (senior cadets)[2]
Crawfords of Craufurdland[2]
Craufurd of Jordanhill[2]
Crawfurds of Baidland & Ardmillan
Dalmagregan Crawfords
Allied clans

Clan Crawford is a Scottish clan of the Scottish Lowlands. The clan is of Scandinavian and Anglo-Saxon origin.[1][4][2] There was in the early 18th century a mistaken belief that the clan had Norman origins. While historically recognised as a clan by the Court of the Lord Lyon, it is now an armigerous clan as it no longer has a chief. The last chief was Hugh Ronald George Craufurd, who sold his land (Auchenames, Crosbie and other estates) and moved to Canada in 1904. He died in Calgary in 1942, leaving no male heirs.[2]

  1. ^ a b Clan Crawford Profile scotclans.com. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Way, George and Squire, Romily. (1994). Collins Scottish Clan & Family Encyclopedia. (Foreword by The Rt Hon. The Earl of Elgin KT, Convenor, The Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs). pp. 374 - 375.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Coventry was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ George Crawfurd, Laurus Crawfordiana. Transcribed and annotated by Raymond Crawfurd, Published by Clan Crawford Association, 2013.