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Clan Ochterlony - Clan Ochterlonie ( Ochterlony Tartan - Ochterlonie Tartan)

Also spelled: Auchterlonie, Auchterlony, Ouchterlony Crest (Pitforthy line): A swan, wings elevated, Argent, ducally collared and chained Or Origin of Tartan: First recorded by James Logan in "The Scottish Gael", 1831 Clan Ochterlony History The Ochterlony (or Auchterlonie) name is territorial, taken from the lands of Auchterlonie near Forfar in...

Also spelled: Auchterlonie, Auchterlony, Ouchterlony
Crest (Pitforthy line): A swan, wings elevated, Argent, ducally collared and chained Or
Origin of Tartan: First recorded by James Logan in "The Scottish Gael", 1831

Clan Ochterlony History

The Ochterlony (or Auchterlonie) name is territorial, taken from the lands of Auchterlonie near Forfar in Angus. Between 1226 and 1239, John of Othirlony exchanged his lands of Othirlony for those of Kenny with Walter, son of Turpin - an early transaction that places the family firmly among the landed gentry of medieval Angus. In 1296, Wauter de Oghterlovey of Fife, said to be Auchterlonie of that Ilk, rendered homage to Edward I of England on the Ragman Rolls.

The family appears repeatedly across subsequent centuries of Scottish civic and legal life: Alexander de Uchtirlowny witnessed a charter at Perth in 1410, Thomas de Ochtirlony witnessed one at Dundee in 1430, and David Ochterlovnie appears as a witness in Brechin in 1457. William Auchterlouny of Kellie served as sheriff of Forfar in 1514, and Eduard Auchtirloyne sat as sheriff-depute at Cupar in 1518.

The family's most celebrated member, Major-General Sir David Ochterlony, gave rise to two separate baronetcies in recognition of his military service in Nepal and India - the Ochterlony Baronetcy of Pitforthy, created in 1816, and the Ochterlony Baronetcy of Ochterlony, created in 1823. Ochterlony never married, though he had six children by at least two of his thirteen concubines; the 1816 creation became extinct on his death in 1825, and the 1823 creation ended with the death of the fifth baronet in 1964.

Clan Ochterlony Tartans

The Ochterlony tartan follows the wider 19th-century revival of Scottish family setts, first recorded in the standard pattern-books compiled after 1815. It is available today across the standard range of dress and kilting weights.

Clan Ochterlony Crest & Coats of Arms

Ochterlony is classified as an armigerous Angus family without a chief currently recognised by the Lord Lyon King of Arms. The Pitforthy baronets' crest shows a swan, wings elevated, Argent, ducally collared and chained Or, its breast charged with a rose Gules; Sir David Ochterlony's own augmented crest - granted in recognition of his Nepal and India campaigns - depicts an arm issuing from an eastern crown inscribed "Nepaul," the hand grasping a baton of command entwined by an olive branch. Under Scottish heraldic law, these arms belong to the specific individuals to whom they were granted.

Clan Ochterlony Places & People

Auchterlonie, near Forfar in Angus, gave the family its name and marks the origin point of its long documented history in the region.

Major-General Sir David Ochterlony, whose distinguished military career in Nepal and India earned him two baronetcies, remains the name's most celebrated historical figure.