Clan Gayre Collection

Unlike Scotland's historic clans, 'Clan Gayre' is a twentieth-century creation.…

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About Clan Gayre

Unlike Scotland's historic clans, 'Clan Gayre' is a twentieth-century creation. It was assembled in the 1950s by Robert Gayre (born George Robert Gair in 1907), who in 1957 changed his surname to 'Gayre of Gayre and Nigg', a style never used before, and constructed a clan identity and set of traditions with no basis in earlier Scottish clan history. In 1975 the Glasgow Herald described him as having been able to create a Scottish clan from scratch, providing it with traditions, rituals, precedences and privileges

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Modern or Ancient?

Same pattern, different dyes. Modern uses deep, saturated colours; Ancient uses the softer tones associated with natural dyes.