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Nairn, also written Nairne, is a Scottish surname on record from the early 15th century and shared with the royal burgh of Nairn, formerly Invernairn. Several distinct families of the name appear in the records, among them the Nairnes of Sandford and the Nairnes of Strathord in Perthshire, whose head was created a peer of Scotland as Lord Nairne in 1681. The Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs lists no Nairn chief.
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View all Nairn productsMichael de Narn witnesses a charter of Robert, Duke of Albany[2]
Robert Nairn of Mukkersy obtains a charter of the barony of Strathord[2]
Robert Nairne of Strathord is created a peer of Scotland as Lord Nairne[3]
The Nairne peerage passes to son-in-law Lord William Murray on Robert Nairne's death[3]
The Nairne peerage, forfeited after the 1745 rising, is restored[6]
Michael Nairn builds a floorcloth works at the east end of Kirkcaldy[7]
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No. The Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs members list has no Nairn entry, and several distinct families of the name appear in the records instead of one chiefly line.
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Mukkersy and the barony of Strathord in Perthshire, chartered to Robert Nairn of Mukkersy on 19 July 1621; another family of the name was the Nairnes of Sandford.
Robert Nairne of Strathord, created a peer of Scotland as Lord Nairne in 1681; the title was granted to him for life and then to his son-in-law Lord William Murray, who assumed the surname Nairne after Robert's death in 1683.
Carolina Oliphant of Gask, who married Major William Murray Nairne on 2 June 1806; an Act of 17 June 1824 restored the peerage forfeited after the 1745 rising and she became Baroness Nairne. Her songs include Charlie is my darling, The Hundred Pipers and Will ye no' come back again?
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Clan OliphantCarolina Oliphant of Gask married into the Nairne family, becoming Baroness Nairne in 1824.