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Non Timeo Sed Caveo (I fear not, but I am cautious)
The Strachans take their name from the lands of Strachan, in older spelling Strathaen, in Kincardineshire, where Walderus de Strachane appears conveying lands to the canons of St Andrews in 1100. Monboddo and Thornton were later houses of the name, and Admiral Sir Richard Strachan, sixth baronet of Thornton, took four French ships of the line off Ferrol in 1805. The chiefship lay dormant for nearly 186 years after his death in 1828, until the Lord Lyon appointed Rob Strachan Commander of Clan Strachan in April 2014.
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The motto of Clan Strachan is Non Timeo Sed Caveo (I fear not, but I am cautious). It appears on the Clan Strachan 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.
Walderus de Strachane conveys lands to St Andrews canons[2]
Sir Alexander Strachan of Thornton is made a Nova Scotia baronet[2]
Admiral Sir Richard Strachan captures four French ships off Ferrol[2]
Admiral Sir Richard Strachan dies; the chiefship then lay dormant[2][6]
The Lord Lyon appoints Rob Strachan Commander of Clan Strachan[6]
A further Strachan family convention is held under the Court of the Lord Lyon[3]
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Non Timeo Sed Caveo, Latin for 'I fear not, but I am cautious'.
The Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs does not list one. The Lord Lyon signed a warrant on 23 April 2014 appointing Rob Strachan Commander of Clan Strachan, and after a further family convention in 2024 the clan's own site still styles him 'Commander of the Honourable Clan Strachan'.
The lands of Strachan (Strathaen) in Kincardineshire, recorded from about 1100.
The sixth baronet of Thornton. Off Ferrol on 2 November 1805 he engaged four French ships of the line and all four were captured; he received the thanks of both houses of parliament, and he died in 1828.
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Clan KeithElectric Scotland's Scottish Nation account says the barony of Strachan passed by marriage into the Keith family around 1316.