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Baxter is an occupational surname: Clan MacMillan's sept list derives it from "mac Bacasdair", "son of the Baker", and notes that because it is a common Scottish name only some Baxters are of MacMillan origin. The name has no chief of its own and appears among Clan MacMillan's septs and related names. The Scottish Register of Tartans records the principal branch of the name as the Baxters of Earlshall, who live at Leuchars in north Fife.
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View all Baxter productsNivein M'Bhaxter recorded as 'principal man' of the Baxter sept in Glendaruel, Cowal[3]
William Baxter and his sons build a new linen mill at Lower Dens, Dundee[4][7]
Sir David Baxter purchases Kilmaron Castle, near Cupar, Fife[4]
David Baxter is created a baronet for his charitable works; the title dies with him in 1872[4]
George Baxter opens a grocery shop at Fochabers, the start of Baxters of Scotland[5]
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No. Baxter is not listed by the Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs. Clan MacMillan lists Baxter among its septs and related names, while noting that Baxter is a common Scottish name, so only some Baxters are of MacMillan origin.
Vincit Veritas, Latin for 'Truth prevails'.
Clan MacMillan's sept list holds that a son of a MacMillan chief killed "a certain man of repute" and disguised himself as a baker in the kitchens of Inveraray Castle to evade pursuit; the "Principal Man" of the sept in the early 18th century was Nivein M'Bhaxter in Glendaruel, Cowal. The same list cautions that Baxter is a common Scottish name, so only some bearers will be of MacMillan origin.
Yes. The Scottish Register of Tartans records a Clan/Family tartan "Baxter" (STA ref 3664, STWR ref 175, design date 1856). Its registration note says the thread count matches a Buchanan tartan recorded by Logan but is also called "Baxter", and that the principal branch of the clan is the Baxters of Earlshall who live at Leuchars in north Fife.
No. Baxter Brothers & Co was a Dundee flax, linen and jute firm: William Baxter and his sons built a new linen mill at Lower Dens in 1822, and Sir David Baxter headed the firm by 1867. Baxters of Scotland is an unrelated grocery business founded by George Baxter at Fochabers in 1868.
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Clan MacMillanClan MacMillan lists Baxter among its septs and related names, by an Argyll tradition.