Clan Logan

Loganach

Crest: A passion nail piercing a human heart, Proper;

Motto

HOC MAJORUM VIRTUS, (Latin:"this is valour of my ancestors").

Slogan

Druim-nan-deur (translation from Scottish Gaelic: "the ridge of tears").

Profile

Plant badge

furze (gorse).

Clan Logan has no chief, and is an armigerous clan

Rival clans
Clan Mackenzie Clan Macrae

Clan Logan is a Scottish clan; two distinct branches of Clan Logan exist, one Highland and the other in Lowland which descends from Sir Robert Logan of Restalrig who married a daughter of Robert II and, in 1400, became Admiral of Scotland. The clan does not have a Chief recognised by Lord Lyon King of Arms, and therefore can be considered an armigerous clan. Today, it is thought by some that Clan MacLennan is a variant of the Highland Logan clan.

The surname Logan is a territorial name, likely derived from the lands of Logan in present Ayrshire, Scotland. The earliest record of the surname is of Robert Logan who is recorded as witnessing the resignation of the lands of Ingilbristoun in 1204. The name is variously recorded throughout the 13th century. Several Logans are recorded as paying homage to Edward I of England within the Ragman Rolls of 1296. These are Phelippe de Logyn (burgess from Montrose), Thurbrandus de Logyn (from Dumfrieshire), Andreu de Logan (from Wigtonshire), and Wautier Logan (from Lanarkshire). The seal of Wautier Logan (SIGILLVM WALTERI LOGAN) is blazoned a stag's head cabossed, between the antlers, a shield with three piles.

Walter Logan, lord of Hartside was a sheriff of Lanark in 1301, and in 1298 had received a grant of the lands of "Lus" from Robert Bruce. This Walter Logan appears twice on a roll of landowners forfeited in 1306 by Edward I, for supporting Robert the Bruce. The first instance of Logan has John Cromwell as the petitioner for Logan's forfeited lands, while the second instance of Walter Logan has William Mulcaster and John Bisset petitioning for his lands.

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