Clan Udny is a
Scottish armigerous clan
An armigerous clan (from armiger) is a Scottish clan, family or name which is registered with the Court of the Lord Lyon and once had a chief who bore undifferenced arms, but does not have a chief currently recognised as such by Lyon Court. Befor ...
from
Aberdeenshire
Aberdeenshire ( sco, Aiberdeenshire; gd, Siorrachd Obar Dheathain) is one of the 32 Subdivisions of Scotland#council areas of Scotland, council areas of Scotland.
It takes its name from the County of Aberdeen which has substantially differe ...
,
Scotland
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.
[Way, George and Squire, Romily. ''Collins Scottish Clan & Family Encyclopedia''. (Foreword by The Rt Hon. The Earl of Elgin KT, Convenor, The ]Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs
The Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs (SCSC) is the organisation that represents the Chiefs of many prominent Scottish Clans and Families. It describes itself as "the definitive and authoritative body for information on the Scottish Clan System ...
). Published in 1994. Page 467.
Arms for Udny of the Ilk have been recorded on three occasions in the Lyon Register; 1672–7, 1748–51 and 1789.
The family Udny of Udny possessed the barony of Udny in Aberdeenshire for several generations prior to 1875.
Udny Castle Udny may refer to:
* Udny Station, a small village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland
* Udny Green, a hamlet in Aberdeenshire, Scotland
* Clan Udny, a Scottish clan from Aberdeenshire, Scotland
* Udny Yule (1871–1951), British statistician
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was probably initially constructed by the Udny family in the 14th or 15th century.
The name has been spelled sometimes as Widney and Uldney. Scottish folk singer said about the pronunciation of Udny, when commenting on his song about the Aberdeenshire town of Udny on his CD ''Ye Shine Whar Ye Stan!'': "I’ve heard many versions o it – an tunes an aa, fen I wis young. Widney wis the pronunciation. Never naebody heard o Udny: 'It’s Widney boy – are ye gaun doun tae Widney the nicht?’"
References
External links
"A New History of Aberdeenshire", Alexander Smith (Ed), 1875
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