Clan Lennox

Clan Lennox
Crest: Two broadswords in saltire behind a swan's head and neck all Proper.
MottoI'll defend[1]
Profile
Plant badgeA rose slipped Gules
Chief
Edward Lennox of that Ilk and Woodhead,
Chief of the Name and Arms of Lennox.[2]
SeatLeintwardine, UK
Historic seatLennox Castle
Allied clans
Clan Kincaid (18th century)
Rival clans
Clan Kincaid (16th century)

Clan Lennox is a Lowland Scottish clan.[3] The clan chiefs were the original Earls of Lennox, although this title went via an heiress to other noble families in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. The chiefship of the clan then went to the Lennox of Woodehead branch.

  1. ^ Clan Lennox Profile scotclans.com. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
  2. ^ burkes-peerage.net
  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. 192–193. ISBN 0-00-470547-5.