Clan Gartshore
Clan Gartshore is an armigerous lowland Scottish Clan from Dumbartonshire.[1]
| Clan Gartshore | |||
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| Motto | I Renew my age.[1] | ||
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| Clan Gartshore no longer has a chief, and is an armigerous clan | |||
| Historic seat | Gartshore, Kirkintilloch, Dunbartonshire | ||
| Last Chief | Gartshore of that Ilk | ||
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The name comes from lands of that name in the parish of Kirkintilloch in Dumbartonshire. There are references to the Gartshore Clan as far back as the late 12th century.[2] Thomas Watson describes the earliest emergence of the clan in his 1894 book on Kirkintilloch.[3]
References
- "MyClan.com : Armigerous Clan Gartshore Home Page". 22 May 2006. Archived from the original on 22 May 2006.
- "GARTSHORE HISTORY". gartshorefamilyhistory.co.uk.
- Watson, Thomas (1894). Kirkintilloch, Town and Parish. pp. 97–104.
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