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Fortis Et Fidus (Brave and faithful)
Clan Maclachlan is descended from Lachlan Mor ('Great Lachlan'), a powerful chieftain who lived on the shores of Loch Fyne in the 13th century. The first documentary evidence of the clan's ownership of Strathlachlan, on the east side of Loch Fyne, is a charter of 1292 from John, King of Scots, to Gilleskel Maclachlan. In 1680 those lands were made a barony, and to this day the chief is styled Baron of Strathlachlan.
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The motto of Clan MacLachlan is Fortis Et Fidus (Brave and faithful). It appears on the Clan MacLachlan 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.
Gilleskel Maclachlan receives a charter for Strathlachlan from John, King of Scots[1]
The 17th chief, Lachlan, is killed leading the clan at the Battle of Culloden[1]
A government ship is believed to have shelled Castle Lachlan after Culloden[1]
The Clan Maclachlan Society is formed, with branches around the world[1][2]
Euan John Maclachlan succeeds his mother, Marjorie, as 25th Chief[2]
Map outline: Natural Earth (public domain). Pins use official Historic Environment Scotland grid references.
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Fortis Et Fidus, 'Brave and faithful'.
Euan John Maclachlan of Maclachlan, 25th of Maclachlan and Baron of Strathlachlan, who succeeded his mother Marjorie in 1996.
The 17th chief was killed leading the clan at Culloden in 1746; a government ship is believed to have shelled Castle Lachlan afterwards; the chief of the Campbells then aided his son Donald and helped save his lands.
On the shores of Loch Fyne at Strathlachlan, Argyll. The ruin was scheduled as Lachlan Castle (SM292) on 31 August 1956, and its existence is first acknowledged in a document of 1314.
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Clan CampbellAfter Culloden the Campbell chief aided Donald, son of the dead Maclachlan chief, and helped save his lands.