Clan Haldane is a Lowland

Scottish clan A Scottish clan (from Goidelic languages, Gaelic , literally 'children', more broadly 'kindred') is a kinship group among the Scottish people. Clans give a sense of shared identity and descent to members, and in modern times have an official ...

.Way, George and Squire, Romily. ''Collins Scottish Clan & Family Encyclopedia''. (Foreword by The Rt Hon. The Earl of Elgin KT, Convenor, The

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). Published in 1994. Pages 158 - 159.

History

Origins of the clan

Bernard, son of Brien, received from

William the Lion William the Lion, sometimes styled William I and also known by the nickname Garbh, "the Rough"''Uilleam Garbh''; e.g. Annals of Ulster, s.a. 1214.6; Annals of Loch Cé, s.a. 1213.10. ( 1142 – 4 December 1214), reigned as King of Scots from 11 ...

the manor of Hauden between 1165 and 1171. A cadet of the house is believed to have settled in Strathearn and acquired lands which later became part of the barony of Gleneagles, where the chiefs of Clan Haldane still reside today. The name Gleneagles has nothing to do with the chief's heraldry but is derived from the

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, ''eaglais'', which means ''a church''.

Wars of Scottish Independence

In 1296 Aylmer Haldane appears in the

Ragman Rolls Ragman Rolls are the collection of instruments by which the nobility and gentry of Scotland subscribed allegiance to King Edward I of England, during the time between the Conference of Norham in May 1291 and the final award in favour of Balliol ...

swearing fealty to

Edward I of England Edward I (17/18 June 1239 – 7 July 1307), also known as Edward Longshanks and the Hammer of the Scots, was King of England and Lord of Ireland from 1272 to 1307. Concurrently, he ruled the duchies of Aquitaine and Gascony as a vassa ...

. However he soon allied himself with

Robert the Bruce Robert I (11 July 1274 – 7 June 1329), popularly known as Robert the Bruce (Scottish Gaelic: ''Raibeart an Bruis''), was King of Scots from 1306 to his death in 1329. One of the most renowned warriors of his generation, Robert eventual ...

in the struggle for Scottish independence. In 1312 Sir Simon Haldane received a charter for part of the lands of Bardrill in Streathearn from Sir John de Logy. Sir Simon married Matilda de Arnot and in doing so obtained extensive lands within the

earldom of Lennox The Earl or Mormaer of Lennox was the ruler of the region of the Lennox in western Scotland. It was first created in the 12th century for David of Scotland, Earl of Huntingdon and later held by the Stewart dynasty. Ancient earls The first earl ...

15th century

Sir John Haldane, third of Gleneagles was Lord Justice General of Scotland beyond the Forth, sheriff principal of Edinburgh and Master of the Household under

James III of Scotland James III (10 July 1451/May 1452 – 11 June 1488) was King of Scots from 1460 until his death at the Battle of Sauchieburn in 1488. He inherited the throne as a child following the death of his father, King James II, at the siege of Roxburgh Ca ...

. In 1482 he resigned his lands in

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and

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to the Crown, and as a result received a charter that erected them into the free barony of Gleneagles. He was married to a daughter of Murdoch Menteith of Rusky, through whom he claimed the earldom of Lennox. He began a lengthy lawsuit which resulted in Stuart, Lord Darnley retaining the earldom but Gleneagles was compensated with one quarter of the lands.

16th century and clan conflicts

In 1505, Sir James Haldane, fourth of Gleneagles was appointed Governor of

Dunbar Castle Dunbar Castle was one of the strongest fortresses in Scotland, situated in a prominent position overlooking the harbour of the town of Dunbar, in East Lothian. Several fortifications were built successively on the site, near the English-Scott ...

. His son, Sir John Haldane, fifth of Gleneagles was responsible for erecting lands in Lennox and

that were not already part of Gleneagles into the barony of Haldane. The seat was then at Rusky House. He was killed at the

Battle of Flodden The Battle of Flodden, Flodden Field, or occasionally Branxton, (Brainston Moor) was a battle fought on 9 September 1513 during the War of the League of Cambrai between the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland, resulting in an English ...

in 1513. In 1560 Robert Haldane, laird of Gleneagles, and his brother John, were at the

Siege of Leith The siege of Leith ended a twelve-year encampment of French troops at Leith, the port near Edinburgh, Scotland. The French troops arrived by invitation in 1548 and left in 1560 after an English force arrived to attempt to assist in removing the ...

in support of the

Scottish Reformation The Scottish Reformation was the process by which Kingdom of Scotland, Scotland broke with the Pope, Papacy and developed a predominantly Calvinist national Church of Scotland, Kirk (church), which was strongly Presbyterianism, Presbyterian in ...

.''Protocol Book of Gilbert Grote'', SRS (1914), p.42 no.191 Embracing the reformation, the Haldanes played a prominent part in the political upheavals that removed

Mary, Queen of Scots Mary, Queen of Scots (8 December 1542 – 8 February 1587), also known as Mary Stuart or Mary I of Scotland, was Queen of Scotland from 14 December 1542 until her forced abdication in 1567. The only surviving legitimate child of James V of Scot ...

. The Haldanes were part of a force that laid siege to

Stirling Castle Stirling Castle, located in Stirling, is one of the largest and most important castles in Scotland, both historically and architecturally. The castle sits atop Castle Hill, an intrusive crag, which forms part of the Stirling Sill geological ...

in 1585. They were attempting to persuade the king to rescind the banishment on the

Earl of Angus The Mormaer or Earl of Angus was the ruler of the medieval Scottish Provinces of Scotland, province of Angus, Scotland, Angus. The title, in the Peerage of Scotland, is held by the Duke of Hamilton, and is used as a courtesy title for the eldes ...

and other unruly Protestant nobles. James Haldane, brother of the Laird of Gleneagles, led an attack on the west port of the castle. He engaged Sir William Stewart, colonel of the Royal Guard and drove him back. However Haldane was shot while on the point of victory by Stewart's servant.

17th century and Civil War

Sir John Haldane, eleventh Laird of Gleneagles was a professional soldier who fought for Henry, Prince of Orange, along with his brother, James Haldane in the Netherlands. He was knighted by

Charles I of England Charles I (19 November 1600 – 30 January 1649) was King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 27 March 1625 until Execution of Charles I, his execution in 1649. He was born into the House of Stuart as the second son of King James VI of ...

in 1633 and represented Perth in Parliament. He was a strong supporter of the

National Covenant The National Covenant () was an agreement signed by many people of Scotland during 1638, opposing the proposed reforms of the Church of Scotland (also known as ''The Kirk'') by King Charles I. The king's efforts to impose changes on the church i ...

and his estates became burdened with debts as a result of raising men and supplies. He is credited with building the present House of Gleneagles and fought for the royalist army, leading his regiment against Parliament at the

Battle of Dunbar (1650) The Battle of Dunbar was fought between the English New Model Army, under Oliver Cromwell and a Scottish army commanded by David Leslie, on 3 September 1650 near Dunbar, Scotland. The battle resulted in a decisive victory for the Englis ...

18th century and Jacobite risings

General

George Haldane George Haldane was born in 1722 to the Clan Haldane. His father Patrick Haldane was a lawyer and politician, and his uncle Mungo Haldane was also a politician. Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn is one of his descendants. Biography He joined the ...

, son of the sixteenth Laird was a professional soldier who fought against the French at the

Battle of Dettingen The Battle of Dettingen (german: Schlacht bei Dettingen) took place on 27 June 1743 during the War of the Austrian Succession at Dettingen in the Electorate of Mainz, Holy Roman Empire (now Karlstein am Main in Bavaria). It was fought between a ...

in 1743 and the

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in 1745. George Haldane also served under the

Duke of Cumberland Duke of Cumberland is a peerage title that was conferred upon junior members of the British Royal Family, named after the historic county of Cumberland. History The Earldom of Cumberland, created in 1525, became extinct in 1643. The dukedo ...

against the Jacobites in the campaign of 1745 - 1746.

19th to 20th Century

In 1820 the estates passed to a cousin of the eighteenth Haldane of Gleneagles, Admiral Adam Duncan, Viscount Duncan of Camperdown, who was renowned for his victory at the

Battle of Camperdown The Battle of Camperdown (known in Dutch as the ''Zeeslag bij Kamperduin'') was a major naval action fought on 11 October 1797, between the British North Sea Fleet under Admiral Adam Duncan and a Batavian Navy (Dutch) fleet under Vice-Admiral ...

in 1797. The Admiral's son assumed the surname of Haldane and was raised to the title of Earl of Camperdown in 1831. The fourth

Earl of Camperdown Earl of Camperdown, of Lundie in the County of Forfar and of Gleneagles in the County of Perth, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1831 for Robert Haldane-Duncan, 2nd Viscount Duncan. He was the son of the note ...

resigned his estates to his kinsman, James Chinnery-Haldane in 1918. James's son, Alexander, succeeded as clan chief. Another of his sons, Brodick, was a renowned portrait photographer. Alexander died in 1994 and the chiefship passed to his nephew Martin.

Clan Chief

The current chief of Clan Haldane is Martin Haldane of Gleneagles.

References

External links

Clan Haldane at ScotClans

https://web.archive.org/web/20070314000937/http://www.myclan.com/clans/Haldane_47/default.php

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