| Clan Jardine | |||
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 Crest: A spur rowel of six points Proper | |||
| Motto | Cave Adsum (Beware, I am coming!) | ||
| Profile | |||
| Region | Lowlands | ||
| District | Dumfriesshire | ||
| Plant badge | Apple Blossom | ||
| Chief | |||
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| Sir William Murray Jardine of Applegirth | |||
| The 13th Baronet of Applegarth | |||
| Seat | Ash House [1] | ||
| Historic seat | Spedlings Tower [2] Jardine Hall [2] | ||
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Clan Jardine is a Scottish clan of the Scottish Lowlands. [2]
The surname Jardine is derived from jardin which is French for garden or orchard. [2] However the genealogist, Black, has suggested that this does not mean that they were gardeners, but that they resided near to a garden. [2]
The du Jardon family came over to England in 1066 with William the Conqueror. [2] The name is first found in Scotland in charters to Kelso Abbey and Arbroath Abbey prior to 1153, when Wmfredus de Jardin appears as a witness. [2] In about 1178 Humphrey de Jardin witnessed a charter by Robert Bruce to Arbroath Abbey. [2]
The name Jardine is also found in the form of de Gardinus and Patrick de Gardinus was chaplain to the Bishop of Glasgow during the early thirteenth century. [2] Sir Humphrey de Gardino witnessed a registration of the lands of Annandale in 1245. [2]
Another variant of the name is found in the Ragman Rolls of 1296 where Jorden del Orchard appears rendering homage for his lands in Linlithgow to Edward I of England. [2]
The chiefly line of the Clan Jardine appears to have been established by the fourteenth century at Applegirth on the River Annan in Dumfriesshire. [2] Their first stronghold was Spedlings Tower which was abandoned in the late seventeenth century. [2] From there the family moved across the river to Jardine Hall. [2] This was allegedly to escape the ghost of a miller who had been left to starve to death in the tower's dungeon. [2]
Y-DNA analysis informs us that the Clan Graham and the Clan Jardine share a male line ancestor, short before the two male lines got their Clan name. [3] Both Jordan and Jardine surnames descent from the Jardine line. Since the closest Y-DNA matches are in the Middle East, another scenario for the etymology is possible: "du Jourdain" (from the Jordan river); "from" is used common in a relation to a recognizable city or river (see e.g. the Companions of William the Conqueror), less in relation to a common word like "garden".
Sir Alexander Jardine of Applegarth was actively involved in defending the Scottish Borders against English incursions. [2] In 1524 Sir Alexander Jardine, along with Lord Maxwell attacked an English host near Carlisle and routed them, taking nearly three hundred English prisoners. [2] However Alexander's son, John Jardine, faced English retribution in 1547 when Lord Wharton, with a force of over five thousand, overran Annandale. [2] The Jardine lands were ravaged and he was forced to submit. [2] Later that year the Jardines and some French troops harried the English and exacted a terrible retribution. [2]
The Jardines followed the Clan Johnstone in supporting Mary, Queen of Scots. [2] However, when the queen married the Earl of Bothwell the Jardines declared allegiance to the infant James VI of Scotland. [2] For the support of his clan, Jardine was to receive a pension from the Archbishopric of Glasgow, but it was never paid. [2]
Another John Jardine, fourth in descent from Sir Alexander, married Margaret Douglas who was the sister of the first Duke of Queensberry. [2] Their elder son, Alexander Jardine, was created a Baronet of Nova Scotia in 1672. [2] The fourth baronet lived on the Continent and embraced the Catholic faith, becoming a Knight of the Sovereign Order of Malta. [2] He died in 1790 and was succeeded by his brother, Sir William. [2] Yet another William was Sir William Jardine, 7th Baronet who distinguished himself as an author and editor of works of natural history. [2]
Sir William Jardine, twelfth Baronet and twenty-third chief of Clan Jardine was active in promoting clan activities and also served on the Committee of the Council of Chiefs. [2]
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