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The Grays are said to descend from Fulbert, great chamberlain to Robert, Duke of Normandy, who held the castle and lands of Croy or Gray in Picardy. The chiefly line held Fowlis, near Dundee, and the barony of Longforgan in Perthshire, and was raised to the peerage as Lord Gray before October 1437. The Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs' published members list has no Gray entry.

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Crest & Motto

Clan Gray Crest Badge & Motto

The motto of Clan Gray is Anchor Fast Anchor. It appears on the Clan Gray crest badge: the chief’s heraldic crest set inside a strap and buckle that carries the motto.

In Scotland a crest belongs to the chief, not to everyone with the surname. Clan members may wear the crest badge, with the crest inside the strap and buckle, to show that they belong to the clan. The plain crest without the strap remains the chief’s own.

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The Gray Story

  1. 1296

    Sir Hugh and Henry de Gray swear fealty to Edward I of England[6]

  2. 1312

    Sir Andrew Gray is present at the taking of Edinburgh Castle[6]

  3. 1397

    Sir Andrew Gray of Broxmouth marries Janet Mortimer, heiress of Fowlis[2][6]

  4. 1437

    Andrew Gray is created Lord Gray, before 9 October 1437[6][2]

  5. 1452

    Andrew, first Lord Gray, is licensed to build the castle at Longforgan[7]

  6. 1950

    Campbell-Gray, Petitioner: a compound surname bars recognition as a chief[4]

Clan Gray Crest & Plant Badge

CrestAn anchor in pale, Or.

Visit the Gray Homeland

Map of Scotland with Gray places marked

Fowlis Castle, Fowlis Easter, near Dundee

Held by the Grays from the 14th century; the surviving tower house was built about 1640 by Andrew, 8th Lord Gray.[8][2]

Castle Huntly, Longforgan, Perthshire

Andrew, first Lord Gray, was licensed to build a castle here in 1452; it was renamed Castle Lyon in the 1630s.[7][2]

Map outline: Natural Earth (public domain). Pins use official Historic Environment Scotland grid references.

Clan Gray Today

ChiefThe Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs' published members list has no Gray entry. In the 1950 case Campbell-Gray, Petitioner, it was established that no person bearing a compound, double-barrelled surname may be recognised as a chief.

Surnames linked to Clan Gray

These family names are connected with Clan Gray. Each list says who records the link.

Listed by the clan society or COSCA

  • Croy

Spellings of the name

  • Graye
  • Grey
  • Groy

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Questions about Clan Gray

Does Clan Gray have a chief?

The Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs' published members list has no Gray entry. In the 1950 case Campbell-Gray, Petitioner, it was established that no person bearing a compound, double-barrelled surname may be recognised as a chief.

What is the Gray motto?

Anchor Fast Anchor, matching the crest, which Nisbet's System of Heraldry blazons as an anchor in pale, Or.

Where were the Gray lands?

Fowlis, near Dundee, and the barony of Longforgan in Perthshire, granted to Sir Andrew Gray by Robert the Bruce; the family later built the castle at Longforgan now called Castle Huntly.

What did the 1950 Campbell-Gray case decide?

The case of Campbell-Gray, Petitioner, established in 1950 that no person may bear a compound, double-barrelled surname and be recognised as a chief.

Sources

  1. Find a clan: Gray, Council of Scottish Clans & Associations (COSCA)
  2. Traditions and Stories of Scottish Castles: Fowlis Castle, Electric Scotland
  3. Members of the Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs, Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs
  4. Collins Scottish Clan & Family Encyclopedia (George Way of Plean & Romilly Squire, 1994) - 'Campbell-Gray, Petitioner', 1950, verified by Internet Archive full-text search, HarperCollins / Internet Archive full-text search
  5. Alexander Nisbet, A System of Heraldry (1816) - Gray crest and motto, verified by Internet Archive full-text search, Internet Archive full-text search
  6. The Scottish Nation: Gray, Electric Scotland
  7. HMP Castle Huntly including Garden Terraces and Statues, Longforgan, near Dundee (LB12868), Historic Environment Scotland
  8. Fowlis Castle (LB13619), Historic Environment Scotland