Clan Gartshore
Clan Gartshore is an armigerous lowland Scottish Clan from Dumbartonshire.[2]
| Clan Gartshore | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Motto | I Renew my age.[1] | ||
| Clan Gartshore has no chief, and is an armigerous clan | |||
| Historic seat | Gartshore, Kirkintilloch, Dunbartonshire | ||
| Last Chief | Gartshore of that Ilk | ||
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History
Notable members of the Gartshore Clan include:
- Katie Boulter – Tennis player
- James Gartshore Boulter – entrepreneur and contributing Editor at Wonderland Magazine [3][4]
Origins of the clan
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.[5] Thomas Watson describes the earliest emergence of the clan in his 1894 book on Kirkintilloch.[6]
See also
References
- My Clan
- My Clan
- http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/business/news/10958700.Barista_contest_finalist_demonstrates_his_skills_at_new_cafe___GOT/
- http://www.tatler.com/bystander/events/2014/september/james-gartshore-boulters-21st-birthday
- http://www.gartshorefamilyhistory.co.uk/hist.html
- Watson, Thomas (1894). Kirkintilloch, Town and Parish. pp. 97–104.
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