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Clan Calder (Calder Tartan)

1. About Clan Calder (Calder Tartan) Crest: A hart’s head cabossed, Sable, attired Gules Motto :Be Mindful Lands: Cawdor Region: Highlands Historic Seat: Cawdor Castle, Nairn Clan Chief: None, armigerous clan 2. Clan Calder History (Calder Tartan) The word "Calder" is believed to have originated from the early Common Brittonic language and meant "hard or violent water" (the...

1. About Clan Calder (Calder Tartan)

Crest: A hart’s head cabossed, Sable, attired Gules
Motto :Be Mindful
Lands: Cawdor
Region: Highlands
Historic Seat: Cawdor Castle, Nairn
Clan Chief: None, armigerous clan

2. Clan Calder History (Calder Tartan)

The word "Calder" is believed to have originated from the early Common Brittonic language and meant "hard or violent water" (the Welsh word for hard is "caled") or "stony river."
It appears as a place name all over Scotland. For instance, the nearby Edinburgh communities of East Calder and West Calder, as well as Calderwood in Glasgow.


According to historian William Anderson, the French knight Hugh de Cadella, who was appointed Thane of Calder and afterwards known as Cawdor, is how the name first gained notoriety in Scotland.
Hugh de Kaledouer is listed by the historian George Fraser Black as having witnessed a land charter in Montrose in or about 1178.

Inverness, where the Calders were prominent nobles with considerable domains beginning in the fourteenth century, is where the name originated.
However, Sir Alexander Rait of the adjacent Rait Castle assassinated the third Calder, Thane of Cawdor.

Between 1178 and 1198, Hugh de Kaledouer was present when William the Lion granted a charter at Montrose and gave Willelmus de Haia a toft in Forfar.

He attested a charter by Swan filius Thori during the same reign and gave the Abbey of Scone forty acres in Buthyrgasc.

William Meignes sold Donald of Calder, lord of that ilk, the other half of Dunmaglas in 1419.

In 1461, Farchardus de Caldor served as prebendarius de Crechmont, and in 1589, John Calder served as Bute Persuivant.

The Calders of Asswanly were granted a baronetcy in Nova Scotia in 1686.

3. Clan Calder Tartans

Clan Calder may don the Campbell tartan because they are related to the Cawdor Campbell family.

 

Campbell of Cawdor Modern

 

Campbell of Cawdor Ancient

 

4. Clan Calder Crest & Coats of Arms

4.1 Clan Calder Crest

Worn by all of the name and ancestry

 

Crest Description:
A hart’s head cabossed, Sable, attired Gules

 

4.2 Clan Calder 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.

 

Calder of Calder

 

THE CAWDOR COAT OF ARMS.

The Calder, Campbell, Lorne, and Lort ancestors are represented by the four quarters of the coat of arms (the shield in the center), clockwise from left. Mottos: Candidus cantabit moriens ('The pure heart shall sing when dying') over the crest; 'Be careful' under the arms. Barony (GB) was founded on June 21st, 1796. 5 October 1827, Earl and Viscount (UK).

5. Clan Calder Places & People

5.1 Clan Calder Places

The oldest known mention of Cawdor Castle, which is close to Nairn, dates to 1454, when William Calder, the 6th Thane of Cawdor, received a "licence to fortify."

This is the earliest known date for the castle. The fortification may include some components that date back to the late 1300s, according to the research.

When Muriel Calder, an heir to the Calder estate, wed Sir John Campbell in 1510, the castle was transferred to the Campbell family via marriage. It is still owned by the Campbell family today.

6. Associated Names

Spelling variants include: Calder, Cadder, Caddell, Cawdor, Cauder, Caldell, Caldille, Cattel and many more. Calder is seen as a sept of the large and powerful Clan Campbell.