Clan Blane (Blane Tartan)

1. About Clan Blane (Blane Tartan)

2. Clan Blane History (Blane Tartan)

The name is a shortened version of MacBlain and is also used as Blain. found primarily in Wigtown and Ayr.


In 1561, Patrick Blane served as the provost of Wigtown, and in 1674, John Blain received a charter for half of the Meikle-Wig ten-merk estates in the parish of Whithorn.

In 1684, Agnes Blain appears in a parish record for Kirkudbright.

A charter given to the St. Cuthbert's monks at Coldingham by Robert, bishop of St. Andrews, was witnessed by Blahan, presbyter of Linton, East Lothian.

3. Clan Blane Tartans

Since there is no officially recognized Blane tartan, those who go by that name might don the Galloway District tartans, which honor the clan's historical location.

Galloway Red

Galloway District

4. Clan Blane Crest & Coats of Arms

4.1 Clan Blane Crest

Worn by all of the name and ancestry

4.2 Clan Blane Coat of Arms

Observations on coats of arms

With the exception of civic or corporate arms, a person is granted a coat of arms under Scottish heraldic law. A 'family coat of arms' does not exist.

With the exclusions listed above, the weapons depicted below are personal weapons. The only person authorized to use these weapons is the grantee.

Blane Arms

5. Clan Blane Places & People

5.1 Clan Blane People

Sir Gilbert Blane of Blanefield, 1st Baronet (1749 – 1834)

Scottish physician Gilbert Blane was. He was up in Ayrshire, near Blanefield, and attended Glasgow and Edinburgh Universities to study medicine. He relocated to London and treated Lord Rodney privately.

From there, he was appointed Physician to the Fleet and followed Rodney to the West Indies in 1779. All sailors were required to drink lemon juice to stave off scurvy thanks to his insistence on it.

Due to the lack of lemons in several Caribbean colonies, limes were substituted, and it is from this that the slang name "limey" (for a British person) originates.

In December 1784, Blane received the Royal Society's election as a Fellow. As the Prince of Wales, King George IV, and William IV's physician, he relocated to St. Thomas Hospital in 1783.

He developed during this time as a public health advocate and government consultant.

He was elevated to the rank of baronet in 1812. "Observations on the Diseases of Seamen" and "Elements of Medical Logic" are two of his published works.

Both Kirkoswald and Burghfield in Berkshire were Blane's homes. On June 26, 1834, he passed away in Piccadilly, London.