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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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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.
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View all Gray productsSir Hugh and Henry de Gray swear fealty to Edward I of England[6]
Sir Andrew Gray is present at the taking of Edinburgh Castle[6]
Sir Andrew Gray of Broxmouth marries Janet Mortimer, heiress of Fowlis[2][6]
Andrew Gray is created Lord Gray, before 9 October 1437[6][2]
Andrew, first Lord Gray, is licensed to build the castle at Longforgan[7]
Campbell-Gray, Petitioner: a compound surname bars recognition as a chief[4]
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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.
Anchor Fast Anchor, matching the crest, which Nisbet's System of Heraldry blazons as an anchor in pale, Or.
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.
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.
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