Clan Carruthers (Carruthers Tartan)

1. About Clan Carruthers (Carruthers Tartan)

2. Clan Carruthers History (Carruthers Tartan)

The Carruthers family owned land in Middlebie parish, Dumfrisshire, hence the name Carruthers. to Caer Rydderch or Rythyr, an ancient British fort.

A long-standing rumor holds that the Carruthers family may be descended from ColeHen, King of Cumbria (also known as Old King Cole), as one of his sons, Rhideris, constructed a caer, or castle, close to Ecclefechan.

The name was pronouced "Cridders" locally.

The Carruthers managed Annandale for the Bruces in the 13th century. The primary strongholds of the Clan in the past included Mouswald, Holmains, Dormont, Little Dalton, Rammerscales, and a few smaller places.

William de Karruthers, who donated to the Abbey of Newbattle during the reign of Alexander II of Scotland (1215–1245), is the first person with that name to be mentioned in "Records of Carruthers" by the Rev. A. S. Carruthers and R.C. Reid.

With Simon de Karruthers, a churchman from the Middlebie parish, the name was also mentioned in a record that dates from between 1272 and 1307.

The priest Sir Nigel de Karrutheris, who acquired the rectory of Ruthwell in 1330, is named once more as Nigel de Carrothorys, canon of Glasgow, in 1337 and 1351.

Sir Nigel de Carother is listed as Robert Steward of Scotland's chancellor in 1344.

John de Carrutheris received a charter at Moysfald in 1361, Simon de Carrutheris witnessed a document in 1394, and John of Carrutheris was one of the 'borowis' for the Earl of Douglas's boundaries of the West March in 1398.

In 1446, John Carruthers served as keeper of Lochmaben Castle (below), and in 1460, William de Carrutheris served as Glasgow's presbyter.

Robert the Bruce handed the Carruther family the estate of Dormont in 1452, and they have owned it ever since.

The Clan, along with many other reiver families, were dispersed by James VI of Scotland and I of England after the Union of the Crowns, 24 March 1603, out of the Marches and to other regions of Scotland, Ireland, and the colonies, which accounts for the extensive use of the name Carruthers around the world. In North America, one may find a lot of Carruthers.

The first member of the Carruthers' chiefly line was Roger, 1st of Holmains, son of John Carruthers (1361), brother of Thomas, the first of Mouswald (1310) and recipient of the charter for Little Dalton and Holmains in 1375.

When a financial crisis struck the family in 1772, the Carruthers estate of Howmains was lost, and the male line died out in the early 18th century with the death of the 12th Laird in 1807.

However, the Holmains line is still in use.

After 210 years without a recognized chief, Clan Carruthers is once again led by a respected leader. The Lord Lyon King of Arms, Dr. Joseph Morrow, CBE, KStJ, QC, DL, LLD, the arbiter in determining chiefships through the confirmation of the right to bear the hereditary Chiefly Arms of a Scottish clan or family, has recognized Dr. Simon Peter Carruthers of Holmains as the Chief of Clan Carruthers.

The Lord Lyon determined that Peter was "entitled to be recognized in the name, style, and title of" in a decision that was issued on August 19 and made public on September 9.

The chief of the Carruthers name and crest is Simon Peter Carruthers of Holmains.

the undivided Arms of Carruthers of Holmains, c. 1672, and maintained, validated, and confirmed them.

3. Clan Carruthers Tartans

Since the Carruthers tartan has a unique weave, it is not commonly found. Since Clan Carruthers is a sept of Clan Bruce, those connected to it can don the Clan Bruce tartan instead.

Carruthers tartan

Bruce Modern

Bruce Ancient

4. Clan Carruthers Crest & Coats of Arms

4.1 Clan Carruthers Crest

Worn by all of the name and ancestry

4.2 Clan Carruthers 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.

CARRUTHERS of Holmains

Three fleurs-de-lis are arranged between two chevronels on gules.
ер аррyтерсов и аусволда (Mouswald), старе ветви рода, who ascended to the throne in the year 1548: Between three fleurs-de-lis, Or, is a chevron.

University of Sydney

The NSW coat of arms, with Sir Joseph Hector Carruthers' arms to its left and Judge Alfred Backhouse's crest to its right, are shown on the Quadrangle Coats of Arms and Crests on the Inner East Wall.

5. Clan Carruthers Places & People

6. Associated Names

Clan Bruce counts Carruthers as a sept. It is also a Clan Douglas linked family.