Clan Brisbane (Brisbane Tartan)

1. About Clan Brisbane (Brisbane Tartan)

2. Clan Brisbane History (Brisbane Tartan)

The word "brise bane," which means "break bone" or "bonebreaker," is Anglo-French in origin.

William Brisbone, who was most likely from England and was listed among the archers dispatched from Berwick to Roxburgh in 1298, is the first person by that name to be found in Scotland.

Thomas Brisbane possessed a charter from Robert I for Litill Rothy in Aberdeenshire.

Soon about 1334, Alanus dictus Brisbane filius quondam Willelmi Brisbane received grants from Donald, Earl of Lennox for the lands Mucherach in the earldom of Levenax and Holmedalmartyne.

In 1415, Thomas Brysbane, dominus de Latheris, was there when William de Haya de Erole received the charter for the barony of Cowie, and in 1417, he was there when Tarwas and Udny's holdings were inspected.

In 1498, James Brisbane was the proprietor of the Reise and Akirgyll lands in Caithness.

In the early fourteen hundreds, the Brisbanes of Bishoptoun purchased the lands of Killincraig and Goga in the parish of Largs. By virtue of a Crown charter issued in 1695, the land was elevated into the status of a barony, and the family became known as the Brisbanes of Brisbane.

The Australian city of Brisbane is named in honor of Thomas Brisbane, 1st Baronet (1773–1860), who had a notable military career.

According to George Robertson's book, "A Genealogical Account of the Principal Families in Ayrshire," "this family, confessedly chief of the name, appears to have owned Bishopton in Renfrewshire, as well as lands in the counties of Stirling and Ayr, long before the date of any charters they have preserved."

Around 1332, the clan purchased the Bishopton grounds, on which Bishopton House was later constructed. The Brisbane family owned the land for more than 400 years before it was transferred to the Walkinshaws around 1671.

3. Clan Brisbane Tartans

Brisbane Family Tartan (Not a synthetic fiber)



The Paisley District tartan, which represents the area where the name is typically found, or the Gordon tartan—of which Clan Brisbane is a sept—can be worn by those related with the name.

Paisley District

Gordon Ancient

Gordon Modern

4,. Clan Brisbane Crest & Coats of Arms

4.1 Clan Brisbane Crest

Worn by all of the name and ancestry

4.2 Clan Brisbane Coat of Arms

Note on Coats of Arms: A coat of arms is given to an individual under Scottish heraldic law (with the exception of civic or corporate arms). 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.

5. Clan Brisbane Places & People

5.1 Clan Brisbane Places

Brisbane House

5.2 Clan Brisbane People

Major-General Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane, 1st Baronet (1773 – 1860)

Ayrshire's Noddsdale, close to Largs, is where Brisbane was born. At the University of Edinburgh, he majored in mathematics and astronomy. Brisbane.

After receiving his degree, he served in the British Army under the Duke of Wellington in Flanders, the West Indies, Spain, and North America. He advanced to the position of Major General, participated in the Peninsular War, and was given the Army Gold Cross.

He was chosen to be the governor of New South Wales in 1821, and he served in that capacity for five years as the colony rapidly grew.

The oldest academic institution in the Southern Hemisphere, the Royal Society of New South Wales, which he served as its first president, was once known as the Philosophical Society of Australasia.

Moreton Bay received a designation as a prison settlement in 1824. This was given the name Brisbane and recognized as a town in 1834 before becoming a free settlement five years later. Brisbane, a city, was founded from the settlement.

Brisbane spent his life working on his estate before returning to Scotland in 1826. In 1832, he succeeded Sir Walter Scott as the head of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and in 1836, he was made a baronet.

Brisbane passed away in Largs and is interred in the Brisbane Aisle Vault, which is in the tiny kirkyard next to Skelmorlie Aisle, Largs Old Kirk.