David Olifard

Sir David Olifard (c.1113/1117 – c. 1170) was the first recorded Justiciar (of the Lothians),[1][2] governing the southern half of Scotland south of the rivers Forth and Clyde (excluding Galloway).[3] Olifard was godson to King David I of Scotland,[2][4][5] whose life he saved at the Rout of Winchester in 1141.[6] Olifard is the first known chief of Clan Oliphant today.[5]

  1. ^ Book of Bruce; ancestors and descendants of King Robert of Scotland
  2. ^ a b The Red Book of Perthshire, by Gordon MacGregor Page 649
  3. ^ "Political dictionary; forming a work of universal reference, both constitutional and legal; and embracing the terms of civil administration, of political economy and social relations, and of all the more important statistical departments of finance and commerce"[1]
  4. ^ The Kingdom of the Scots: Government, Church and Society from the Eleventh ... By G. W. S. Barrow [2]
  5. ^ a b Burke's Peerage & Baronetage 107th Edition
  6. ^ War and Chivalry: The Conduct and Perception of War in England and Normandy pages 238/239... By Matthew Strickland [3]