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Merito (Deservedly)
The Dunlops take their name from the lands of Dunlop in the Cunninghame district of Ayrshire. Their old seat was an ancient stronghouse called Hunthall, standing on the Clerkland Burn; it was almost completely demolished and replaced on the same site by the present Dunlop House, built in 1831-4 by the Glasgow architect David Hamilton for Sir John Dunlop, head of the clan and MP for Ayr. Bearers of the name include Lieutenant-General James Dunlop of Dunlop, a Peninsular War commander, John Boyd Dunlop of pneumatic-tyre fame, and the Australian wartime surgeon Sir Edward 'Weary' Dunlop.
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The motto of Clan Dunlop is Merito (Deservedly). It appears on the Clan Dunlop crest badge: the chief’s heraldic crest set inside a strap and buckle that carries the motto.
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View all Dunlop productsThe family seat is an ancient stronghouse called Hunthall, on the Clerkland Burn[4][5]
Lt-Gen James Dunlop, a Peninsular War commander, sits as MP for the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright[6]
Dunlop House is built by David Hamilton for Sir John Dunlop, MP for Ayr[4][5]
John Boyd Dunlop is granted a pneumatic tyre patent on 7 December[7]
Sir Edward 'Weary' Dunlop, Australian surgeon and prisoner of war on the Burma Railway[8]
These family names are connected with Clan Dunlop. Each list says who records the link.
Hamilton: Listed as an associated surname for Dunlop by COSCA; the link is not independently explained.
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The Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs does not list a Dunlop chief. The Clan Dunlop Society states that the Dunlop arms belong to the Chief of the Name, not to everyone who bears the surname.
"Merito", meaning 'deservedly'.
An ancient stronghouse called Hunthall, on the Clerkland Burn in the parish of Dunlop, Ayrshire, replaced on the same site by the present Dunlop House in 1831-4.
He applied for a pneumatic tyre patent on 23 July 1888 and was granted it on 7 December 1888, and his tyres transformed cycling and motor transport. The patent was later declared invalid, because Robert William Thomson had patented the same concept in the 1840s.
Sir Edward 'Weary' Dunlop AC CMG OBE (1907-1993), an Australian surgeon who as a prisoner of war on the Burma Railway set up a jungle hospital and saved the lives of a great many allied prisoners.
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Clan WallaceLieutenant-General James Dunlop's mother was Frances Anne, daughter of Sir Thomas Wallace, baronet, of Craigie.