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Marte Suo Tutus (Safe by his own exertions)

Byres takes its name from the lands of Byres near Haddington in East Lothian. Sir William Lindsay obtained a charter of those lands from David II on 17 January 1365-6, and his descendant Sir John Lindsay of the Byres was created Lord Lindsay of the Byres in 1445. The Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs lists no Byres chief, and the surviving ruin on the lands, Byres Tower, is a Category B listed 16th-century fortified farmhouse.

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The Byres Story

  1. 1365-1366

    David II grants the lands of Byres, East Lothian, to Sir William Lindsay[4]

  2. 1445

    Sir John Lindsay of the Byres is created Lord Lindsay of the Byres[4]

Visit the Byres Homeland

Map of Scotland with Byres places marked

Byres Tower, Haddington parish, East Lothian

Category B listed 16th-century bastel (fortified farm) house on the lands once held by the Lords Lindsay of the Byres; roofless, within a walled enclosure.[3][4]

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

Clan Byres Today

ChiefNo chief is listed by the Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs for Byres.

Surnames linked to Clan Byres

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

Spellings of the name

  • Buyers
  • Byars
  • Byris
  • Birse

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Questions about Clan Byres

Is Byres connected to Clan Lindsay?

Yes. The lands of Byres in East Lothian were granted to Sir William Lindsay by David II in 1365-6, and his descendant was created Lord Lindsay of the Byres in 1445; the Council of Scottish Clans & Associations also gives Lindsay Modern as the tartan associated with Byres.

Does Clan Byres have a chief?

No. The Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs does not list a Byres chief.

Is there still a Byres Castle?

The surviving ruin on the lands, Byres Tower, is a 16th-century fortified farmhouse (a 'bastel house'), listed Category B by Historic Environment Scotland.

What is the Byres motto?

Marte Suo Tutus, Latin for 'Safe by his own exertions'.

Sources

  1. Find a clan: Byres, Council of Scottish Clans & Associations (COSCA)
  2. Members of the Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs, Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs
  3. Byres Tower (LB43534), Historic Environment Scotland
  4. Lindsay, Electric Scotland