This is a list of tartans from around the world. The examples shown below are generally emblematic of a particular association. However, for each clan or family, there are often numerous other official or unofficial variations. There are also innumerable tartan designs that are not affiliated with any group but were simply created for aesthetic reasons (and which are not within the scope of this list).
Tartans in this section are those that are (at least ostensibly) of the current or former British royal family or of individual British nobility members.
Image | Association | Origin | Notes |
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![]() | House of Stuart/Stewart | Highland clans, Scottish royalty | The Royal Stuart (or Royal Stewart) tartan, first published in 1831, is the best-known tartan of the royal House of Stuart/Stewart, and is one of the most recognizable tartans. Today, it is worn by the regimental pipers of the Black Watch, Scots Guards, and Royal Scots Dragoon Guards, among other official and organisational uses. It is commonly worn by the general public as a British symbol, though in theory it is the individual property of Charles III. |
![]() | House of Stuart/Stewart | Highland clans, Scottish royalty | Another "royal" tartan of the House of Stuart/Stewart. It was referred to by George V as "my personal tartan",[ This quote needs a citation ] though it appeared in the Vestiarium Scoticum at least 23 years before his birth. While the work's historical claims have been shown to be spurious, it described the design as the "clanne Stewart tartan", and the work was popular, so the tartan would have been familiar before George's birth in 1865. It is worn officially today by the regimental pipers of the Scots Guards, and remains in common civilian use as a Stewart/Stuart clan tartan. |
![]() | Duke of Rothesay | Highland clans; Scottish royalty | The individual tartan of the Duke of Rothesay, a dynastic title of the heir-apparent to the British (and formerly separate Scottish) throne; currently Prince William. |
![]() | William Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Hamilton | Lowlands, Scottish nobility | |
![]() | Prince Charles Edward Stuart tartan | Scottish nobility | Essentially the Royal Stewart tartan but with a much-reduced red square. William Wilson & Sons of Bannockburn included it in their 1819 Key Pattern Book [1] |
A number of tartans, worn by UK military units, are known as government tartans, and are defined in a standard [2] currently maintained by Defence Equipment and Support within the Ministry of Defence. They are known by a number, a name, or both. The commonest in regimental use today are royal Stewart (to which a number was not assigned); Government 1, Black Watch; and Government 1A, Sutherland district (a slightly lighter form of Black Watch, and specifically with a lighter green – general-public fashion use often has a lighter blue instead or in addition).
For military wear, there are official specifications for the size of the full repeat (tile) of the sett (tartan pattern), which vary by tartan (e.g. 34.5 cm × 34.5 cm for Governemtn 1A). [2] In kilt form, the tartans are worn with the central vertical line of the sett on the kilt's front apron running in-line with the buttons of the jacket and with the belt buckle; and the sett horizontally centred between the top of the sporran and the bottom of the belt buckle. [3] Exactly how the kilt is pleated (knife or box pleats, and presenting which colour at the pleat edge) varies by unit. [3]
The following table includes those government tartans worn by UK military units as from the 2006 creation of the Royal Regiment of Scotland onwards. Some other units may wear a named clan tartan without it being defined by this standard; these are covered in a second table below. For the Royal Regiment of Scotland, the pipes and drums in each battalion wear the uniform of their antecedent regiment (as listed below) for ceremonial dress purposes, but the Royal Regiment's standard Government 1A for non-ceremonial (and non-combat) undress purposes. [3]
Image | Number | Name | Current units worn by; notes |
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![]() | 1 | Black Watch or "Government" | Black Watch, 3rd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland (3 Scots) drummers and drum major; inherited in succession from Black Watch (Royal Highlanders), Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment), and 42nd Regiment of Foot. The tartan is also among the most common in civilian use, under various names like old Campbell, hunting Grant, hunting Munro, etc. (often somewhat lightened). |
![]() | 1A | Sutherland district | Royal Regiment of Scotland (1–7 Scots) including bands (undress, aside from combat-order fatigues; kilts or trews, depending on climate and duties) [3] 51st Highland Volunteers (7 Scots) drummers and drum major; [3] inherited from Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. A partially lightened version of Black Watch (No. 1). Though named "Sutherland", this light-green version is particular to regimental use; civilian use of Sutherland district tartan is generally with light blue instead. It is also unrelated to the Clan Sutherland tartan. |
![]() | 3 | Gordon | Formerly worn by the Gordon Highlanders. |
![]() | 4 | Cameron of Erracht | Highlanders (4 Scots) pipers, pipe major, drummers, and drum major; [3] inherited from the Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons) pipers and drummers. |
![]() | 5A (formerly 2) | MacKenzie | Royal Highland Fusiliers (2 Scots) drum major and duty bugler (trews); [3] inherited from Royal Scots Fusiliers and Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment) upon their amalgamation. |
![]() | 6 | Douglas | Royal Gurkha Rifles pipers (trews and plaids); inherited from 7th Duke of Edinburgh's Own Gurkha Rifles. |
![]() | 7 | Leslie | Former Royal Scots Borderers (1 Scots) drummers (trews); [3] disbanded in 2021; inherited from King's Own Scottish Borderers. |
8 (or 8A) | Hunting Stewart | Former Royal Scots Borderers (1 Scots) drum major (trews); [3] disbanded in 2021; inherited from Royal Scots. Tayforth UOTC, including in kilt form inherited from the Dandy Ninth. | |
![]() | 9 | Forbes | |
![]() | 11 | Red Erskine | Royal Highland Fusiliers (2 Scots) pipers, pipe major, and drummers [3] |
![]() | Royal Stewart | Black Watch (3 Scots) pipers and pipe major [3] 51st Highland Volunteers (7 Scots) pipers and pipe major [3] Scots Guards pipers Royal Scots Dragoon Guards pipers Former Royal Scots Borderers (1 Scots) pipers and pipe major; [3] disbanded in 2021. | |
[4] | Hunting Rose | Royal Tank Regiment pipes and drums, and officers in black-tie |
A number of other tartans are, since 2014, no longer listed as official uniform material by the Defense Clothing (DC) division of the Ministry of Defence, and "DC do not purchase or hold any of the cloth", [2] but remain in use by some units' pipe bands and may be permitted for some other uses, such as uniform cap cockades, though are "unfunded" (must be provided by the units out of their own budgets). No. 1A was listed among these no-longer-official tartans in 2014, [2] but in 2019 was included in the official tartans of the entire Royal Regiment of Scotland, [3] so something clearly changed during that period.
Image | Number | Name | Current units worn by; notes |
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![]() | 15 | Red Grant | 32nd Signal Regiment bandsmen; also used for the diamond-shaped cockade backing the badge on the regular uniform cap. Royal Corps of Signals pipers[ citation needed ] The regimental version of this tartan differs somewhat from the clan version. |
![]() | 16 | Red MacDuff | 154 (Scottish) Regiment RLC pipers and drummers; also used for the diamond-shaped cockade backing the badge on the regular uniform cap. [5] The regimental version of this tartan differs somewhat from the clan version. Another tartan was created in 2018 (approved in 2020) in honour of the Royal Logistic Corps, [6] but it is for civilian use and is a fundraiser for the RLC's MoD Benevolent fund; it is not used for regimental uniform. [7] |
18 | Red Robertson | ||
19 | Hunting Fraser | ||
22 | MacDonald of the Isles | ||
23 | MacDonald of Keppoch | ||
![]() | Hunting Robertson | 19th Regiment Royal Artillery bandsmen | |
![]() | Murray of Atholl | Fife and Forfar Yeomanry/Scottish Horse (C Squadron of the Queen's Own Yeomanry); inherited from the original Scottish Horse. [8] |
It is unclear from available official documentation what tartans (ones apparently no longer in British military use at all) correspond to the serial numbers now missing from the specifications: 5, 10, 12, 13, 14, 17, 20, 21, 23, 24, and 25.
The tartans in this list are those ascribed to particular clans of Scotland, including Highland, Lowland, Isles, and Borders clans. Their status varies widely; armigerous clans generally accept them, while some have been officially adopted or rejected by a clan chief.
Image | Association | Origin | Notes |
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![]() | Abercromby | Lowland clans | |
![]() | Agnew | Lowland clans | |
[9] | Ainslie | [ citation needed ] | |
[10] | Aiton | Lowland clans | |
[11] | Anderson | [ citation needed ] | Shared with Clan Gillanders |
![]() | Anstruther | Lowland clans | Also known as Duke of Fife tartan, [12] shared with clans Beveridge, Ged, Kinloch, Kinnear, Lundin, Primrose, Balfour, Boswell and Kirkcaldy [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] |
![]() | Arbuthnott | Lowland clans | |
![]() | Armstrong | Borders clans | |
[19] | Arnott | [ citation needed ] | |
![]() | Arthur | Highland clans | Also known as "MacArthur"; has an additional tartan called "Milton". [20] |
![]() | Baillie | [ citation needed ] [3] | |
[21] | Bain | [ citation needed ] | |
[22] | Baird | [ citation needed ] | |
[23] | Balfour | Lowland clans | |
![]() | Barclay | Lowland clans | |
[24] | Baxter | [ citation needed ] | |
[25] | Bell | Borders clans | Also known as "Bell of the Borders" |
[26] | Bethune | Lowland clans | Also known as "MacBeth", shared with Clan McBain |
[27] | Bissett | Lowland clans | |
[28] | Blackadder | [ citation needed ] | Also known as "Tweedside District", shared with clans Blyth, Learmonth, Spottiswood, Swinton and Boswell [29] [30] [31] [32] |
[33] | Blackstock | [ citation needed ] | |
[34] | Blair | Lowland clans | |
[35] | Borthwick | Lowland clans | |
[36] | Boswell | Lowland clans | |
![]() | Boyd | Lowland clans | Shared with clans Fairlie and Fullarton [37] [38] |
![]() | Brodie | Lowland clans | |
[39] | Broun | Lowland clans | |
![]() | Bruce [40] | Lowland clans | Shared with clans Carruthers and Crosbie, and second set of tartans shared with Clan Kinnaird [41] |
[42] | Buchan | [ citation needed ] | |
![]() | Buchanan | Highland clans | The primary Buchanan tartan is known for its asymmetrical design dominated by yellow and red. A symmetrical version called "Buchanan old sett" exists (the asymmetrical version being blamed on an error Logan & McIan's Clans of the Scottish Highlands, 1843). [43] Several other tartans are recognised by the clan association, which also rejects a number of others that have been invented by weavers or which originated in the Vestiarium Scoticum of 1842. [44] |
![]() | Cameron | Highland clans | Cameron of Erracht variant shared with Clan Chalmers [45] |
![]() | Campbell | Highland clans | Image is the so called "Old Campbell" which is a lighter form of the Black Watch regimental tartan, adopted by Clan Campbell, and shared with clans Bannatyne, Lyon and Paterson [46] |
![]() | Campbell of Breadalbane | Highland clans | Second set of tartans, shared with Clan Paterson |
![]() | Campbell of Cawdor | Highland clans | Shared with clans Calder and McCorquodale [47] |
[48] | Carmichael | Lowland clans | |
[49] | Carnegie | Lowland clans | |
![]() | Carruthers | Lowland/Borders clans | |
[50] | Charteris | Lowland clans | Also known as "Roxburgh", shared with clans Belshes, Riddell, Ainslie, Rutherford and Haig [51] [52] |
![]() | Chattan | Confederation of highland clans | Based on Mackintosh Chief, [53] shared with clans Davidson, Farquharson, MacBean, MacGillivray, MacIntyre, MacKintosh, MacLean, MacPhail, MacPherson, MacQueen, MacThomas, and Shaw as its members [54] |
![]() | Chisholm | Highland clans | |
[55] | Clelland | [ citation needed ] | |
[56] | Cochrane | Lowland clans | |
![]() | Colquhoun | Lowland clans | Shared with clans Kirkpatrick and Laing |
[57] | Colville | Lowland clans | Also known as "Ayrshire District", shared with clans Dalrymple, Whitelaw and Arnott, and second set of tartans shared with Clan Boswell [58] [59] |
[60] | Cooper | Lowland clans | |
[61] | Craig | Lowland clans | |
![]() | Cranstoun | Borders clans | |
![]() | Crawford | Lowland clans | |
[62] | Crichton | Lowland clans | Also known as "Edinburgh District", shared with clans Newton, Preston, Spalding, Trotter and Moubray [63] [64] [65] [66] |
[67] | Crosbie | Lowland clans | |
![]() | Cumming | Lowland clans | Also known as "Comyn"; shared with Clan Cheyne [68] |
![]() | Cunningham | Lowland clans | Has additional dancer tartans. [69] |
[70] | Dalziel | Lowland clans | |
![]() | Davidson | Highland clans | |
![]() | Donald | Highland clans | Also known as "MacDonald", shared with branches Dunnyveg and Largie, as well as clans Boyle, Heron, MacColl, Smith, Bissett, Houston and Kelly [71] [72] |
![]() | Douglas | Lowland clans | Shared with clans Glen, Glendinning, Sandilands, Troup, and Blackstock, and second set of tartans shared with Clan Kirkpatrick [73] [74] [75] [76] |
![]() | Drummond | Lowland clans | Shared with Clan Grewar |
![]() | Dunbar | Lowland clans | |
![]() | Duncan | Lowland clans | Also known as "Leslie of Wardis" |
![]() | Dundas | Lowland clans | |
[77] | Dunlop | [ citation needed ] | |
[78] | Edmonstone | Lowland clans | |
![]() | Elliot | Borders clans | |
![]() | Elphinstone | Lowland clans | |
![]() | Erskine | Lowland clans | |
[79] | Ewing | Highland clans | |
![]() | Farquharson | Highland clans | Shared with Clan Christie, second set of tartans shared with Clan Lyon, and third set of tartans shared with Clan Paterson |
![]() | Fergusson | Highland and Lowland | |
[80] | Fletcher | Highland clans | |
![]() | Forbes | Lowland clans | Shared with Clan Bannerman [81] |
[82] | Forrester | Lowland clans | |
![]() | Forsyth | Lowland clans | |
![]() | Fraser | Lowland clans | Shared with clans Abernethy and Tweedie, and second set of tartans shared with clans Grewar and Bissett [83] |
![]() | Fraser of Lovat | Highland clans | |
![]() | Galbraith | Lowland clans | Also known as "Mitchell", shared with clans Hunter and Russell [84] [85] |
[86] | Galloway | [ citation needed ] | Shared with clans Aikenhead, Blane, Clephane, Horsburgh, Newlands, McGeachie, Pringle and McKerrell, and second set of tartans shared with Clan Boyle [87] [88] [89] |
[90] | Gardyne | Lowland clans | Also known as "Garden" and "Angus", shared with Clan Maule, and second set of tartans shared with Clan Horsburgh [91] |
[92] | Gayre | Highland (proposed) | |
[93] | Gibbs | Lowland clans | |
![]() | Gordon | Borders clans | Shared with clans Adam and Brisbane, and second set of tartans shared with clans Laing and Mar [94] [95] |
[96] | Gow | [ citation needed ] | |
![]() | Graham | Borders clans | "Graham of Montrose" variant shared with Clan Allardice, [97] "Graham of Menteith" variants shared with Clan Haldane, and both shared with Clan Pitcairn [98] |
![]() | Grant | Highland clans [99] | Shared with Clan Cairns, second set of tartans shared with Clan Heron, and third set of tartans shared with Clan Bissett [100] |
[101] | Gray | [ citation needed ] | |
![]() | Gregor | Highland clans | Also known as "MacGregor"; Shared with clans Grierson, Bain and Strange, and third set of tartans shared with Clan Grewar [102] |
[103] | Grewar | [ citation needed ] | |
![]() | Gunn | Highland clans | |
![]() | Guthrie | [ citation needed ] | |
[104] | Haig | Lowland clans | |
![]() | Hamilton | Lowland clans | |
[105] | Hannay | Lowland clans | |
![]() | Hay | Lowland clans | Also known as "Leith" |
[106] | Henderson | Highland and Lowland | |
[107] | Hepburn | [ citation needed ] | |
![]() | Home | Borders clans | Shared with clans Wedderburn and Aiton, and second set of tartans shared with Clan Rutherford [108] |
![]() | Hope | Lowland clans | |
[109] | Houston | [ citation needed ] | |
[110] | Hutton | Lowland clans | Also known as "Strathclyde District", shared with clans Roberton and Muirhead [111] |
[112] | Inglis | [ citation needed ] | |
[113] | Innes | Highland clans | Second set of tartans shared with Clan Masterton |
![]() | Irvine | [ citation needed ] | |
[114] | Jardine | Lowland clans | Shared with Clan Gardyne |
![]() | Johnstone | Borders clans | Sometimes also rendered Johnson, though this surname often has non-Scottish origins; shared with Clan Marjoribanks |
![]() | Keith | Highland and Lowland | Shared with clans Falconer and Mercer [115] |
[116] | Kelly | [ citation needed ] | |
[117] | Kennedy | Lowland clans | |
![]() | Kerr | Borders clans | |
[118] | Kincaid | [ citation needed ] | |
[119] | Kinnaird | [ citation needed ] | |
[120] | Kinninmont | [ citation needed ] | Also known as "Nithsdale District" |
[121] | Kirkcaldy | [ citation needed ] | |
[122] | Laing | [ citation needed ] | |
![]() | Lamont | Highland clans | Shared with Clan Lammie, and fourth set of tartans shared with Clan Paterson [123] |
[124] | Leask | Highland clans | |
![]() | Lennox | Lowland clans | Shared with Clan Gartshore [125] |
![]() | Leslie | Lowland clans | Second set of tartans shared with Clan Abernethy, and third set of tartans shared with Clan Laing |
![]() | Lindsay | Lowland clans | Shared with clans Auchinleck and Byres [126] [127] |
[128] | Little | Borders clans | |
[129] | Lockhart | Lowland clans | |
![]() | Logan | Highland and Lowland | Shared with Clan MacLennan [130] |
[131] | Lumsden | Lowland/Borders | |
[132] | Lyon | Lowland clans | |
![]() | MacAlister | Highland clans | |
![]() | MacAulay | Highland clans | Third set of tartans shared with Clan Lyon, and fifth set of tartans shared with Clan Paterson |
[133] | MacBean | Highland clans | Shared with Clan Binning, and second set of tartans shared with Clan McBain [134] |
[135] | MacColl | [ citation needed ] | |
![]() | MacDonald of Clanranald | Highland clans | |
![]() | MacDonald of Keppoch | Highland clans | |
![]() | MacDonald of Sleat | Highland clans | Shared with Clan Darroch, and second set of tartans shared with clans MacColl, Houston and Kelly [136] |
![]() | MacDonnell of Glengarry | Highland clans | |
![]() | MacDougall | Highland clans | Shared with Clan MacDowall [137] |
![]() | MacDowall | Lowland clans | |
![]() | MacDuff | Highland clans | Shared with Clan Spens [138] |
![]() | MacEwan | Highland clans | |
![]() | MacFarlane | Highland clans | |
![]() | Macfie | Highland clans | Also known as "MacPhee". |
[139] | MacGillivray | Highland clans | |
![]() | MacInnes | Highland clans | Third set of tartans shared with Clan Masterton |
![]() | MacIntyre | Highland clans | |
![]() | MacIver | [ citation needed ] | |
![]() | MacKay | Highland clans | Shared with Clan Mackie, and second set of tartans shared with Clan Bain [140] |
![]() | Mackenzie | Highland clans | |
![]() | Mackinnon | Highland clans | |
![]() | Mackintosh | Highland clans | Shared with clans Nairn and MacThomas [141] |
![]() | MacLachlan | Highland clans | |
| Maclaine of Lochbuie | Highland clans | |
![]() | MacLaren | Highland clans | Fourth set of tartans shared with Clan Lyon, and sixth set of tartans shared with Clan Paterson |
![]() | MacLea | Highland clans | Shared with Clan Livingstone |
![]() | MacLean | Highland clans | Second set of tartans shared with Clan Gillon |
[142] | MacLellan | Lowland clans | |
![]() | MacLeod | Highland clans | Also known as "McLeod of Harris", second set of tartans shared with Clan McCorquodale |
![]() | MacLeod of Assynt | Highland clans | Third set of tartans shared with Clan McCorquodale |
![]() | MacLeod of Lewis | Highland clans | Fourth set of tartans shared with Clan McCorquodale |
![]() | MacLeod of Raasay | Highland clans | Fifth set of tartans shared with Clan McCorquodale |
[143] | MacMillan | Highland clans | Shared with Clan Baxter |
![]() | Macnab | Highland clans | |
[144] | Macnaghten | Highland and Lowland | |
![]() | MacNeacail | Isle of Skye | Also known as "MacNicol"; shared with clans Nicolson and Cunningham [145] |
![]() | MacNeil | Highland clans | Formally known as "MacNeil of Barra"; has an additional tartan currently not recognized by the current chief as a clan tartan. [146] [147] |
![]() | MacNeil of Colonsay | Highland clans | |
![]() | MacPhail | Highland clans | |
![]() | Macpherson | Highland clans | |
![]() | MacQuarrie | Highland clans | |
![]() | Macqueen | Highland clans | Image shows both Macqueen tartan setts. The black-red-yellow is better known while the blue-red-yellow is considered to be an "artifact variant". |
[148] | Macrae | Highland clans | |
![]() | MacTavish | Highlands | Shared with Clan Thomson |
![]() | MacThomas | Highland clans | Second set of tartans shared with Clan Thomson |
[149] | Maitland | Lowland clans | |
[150] | Makgill | Lowland clans | Also known as "MacGill" |
[151] | Malcolm | Highland and Lowland | Has an additional tartan called "MacCallum" [152] |
![]() | Mar | Lowland clans | Has an additional tartan known as "Don". [153] |
[154] | Marjoribanks | Lowland clans | |
[155] | Matheson | Highland clans | |
![]() | Maxwell | Borders clans | Shared with clans Adair, Herries, Maxton and Pollock, and second set of tartans shared with Clan Blackstock [156] [157] [158] |
[159] | McAlpine | Highland clans | |
[160] | McCulloch | Lowland clans | |
[161] | McGeachie | [ citation needed ] | |
[162] | McKerrell | Lowland clans | |
[163] | Melville | Lowland clans | |
![]() | Menzies | Highland clans | |
[164] | Mercer | [ citation needed ] | |
[165] | Middleton | Lowland clans | |
![]() | Moffat | Lowland clans | |
[166] | Moncreiffe | Highland clans | |
![]() | Montgomery | Lowland clans | |
![]() | Morrison | Highland and Lowland | |
[167] | Mouat | [ citation needed ] | |
[168] | Moubray | Lowland clans | |
![]() | Muir | Highland clans | Also known as "More"; The California State tartan, seen below, is also based on this pattern. |
[169] | Muirhead | [ citation needed ] | |
![]() | Munro | Highland clans | |
![]() | Murray | Highland clans | |
![]() | Murray of Atholl | Highland clans | Shared with Clan Fleming, and second set of tartans shared with Clan Spalding [170] |
[171] | Nairn | [ citation needed ] | |
[172] | Napier | Lowland clans | |
[173] | Nesbitt | Borders clans | |
[174] | Newlands | Lowland clans | |
[175] | Ochterlony | Lowland clans | |
![]() | Ogilvy | Highland clans | Shared with Clan Kinnaird |
![]() | Oliphant | Highland clans | |
![]() | Paisley | [ citation needed ] | Shared with clans Cathcart, Walkinshaw and Ralston, and second set of tartans shared with Clan Brisbane [176] [177] |
[178] | Paterson | [ citation needed ] | Has an additional tartan known as "MacKellar" |
[179] | Pitcairn | [ citation needed ] | |
[180] | Pollock | Lowland clans | |
[181] | Pringle | Borders clans | |
![]() | Ralston | Lowland clans | Currently the only Scottish clan to have additional American and Universal tartans. [182] [183] |
![]() | Ramsay | Lowland clans | |
[184] | Rattray | Highland clans | |
![]() | Robertson | Highland clans | Also known as "Donnachaidh/Donnachie" |
[185] | Rollo | Lowland clans | |
![]() | Rose | Highland clans | |
![]() | Ross | Highland clans | Shared with Clan Lockhart, and second set of tartans shared with Clan Gillanders |
[186] | Rutherford | Lowland/Borders | |
![]() | Ruthven | Lowland clans | |
![]() | Scott | Borders clans | |
[187] | Scrymgeour | Highland clans | |
[188] | Sempill | Lowland clans | |
![]() | Seton | Lowland clans | |
[189] | Shaw | Highland clans | Shared with Clan Schaw |
![]() | Sinclair | Lowland clans | |
[190] | Skene | Lowland clans | |
[191] | Smith | [ citation needed ] | |
[192] | Somerville | [ citation needed ] | |
![]() | Stewart/Stuart | Highland and Lowland | Shared with Clan Lyle, and third set of tartans shared with Clan Heron [193] |
[194] | Stewart of Appin | Highland clans | |
[195] | Stirling | Lowland clans | Also known as "Bannockburn", second set of tartans shared with Clan Aikenhead |
![]() | Strachan | Highland clans | |
[196] | Straiton | Lowland clans | Also known as "Perthshire District", shared with Clan Butter, and second set of tartans shared with clans Arnott, Balfour, Mercer, Maule and Spens [197] |
[198] | Strange | Lowland clans | |
[199] | Stuart of Bute | Highland clans | |
![]() | Sutherland | Highland clans | |
[200] | Tailyour | [ citation needed ] | |
[201] | Tait | [ citation needed ] | |
[202] | Tennant | [ citation needed ] | |
[203] | Thomson | [ citation needed ] | |
[204] | Turnbull | Borders clans | |
[205] | Udny | [ citation needed ] | Also known as "Aberdeen District", shared with Clan Straiton, and second set of tartans shared with Clan Pitblado |
![]() | Urquhart | Lowland clans | |
![]() | Wallace | Lowland clans | Also known as "Wallace Red", and is also notably used on the 3M brand Scotch tape. |
[206] | Wardlaw | [ citation needed ] | |
![]() | Watson | Lowland clans | |
[207] | Weir | Lowland clans | Shared with Clan Hope |
![]() | Wemyss | Lowland clans | |
[208] | Wishart | [ citation needed ] | |
![]() | Wood | Lowland clans | Incorporates the colors of the Duke of Fife and Angus district tartans – areas with which the Woods are historically connected. [209] |
[210] | Young | Borders clans |
Tartans in this list are ascribed to specific families or surnames, though not to Scottish clans; they range in date from 21st century to considerably older.
Image | Association | Origin | Notes |
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[211] | Burnett | Lowland and Borders | |
[212] | Cockburn | Lowlands | |
[213] | Drennan | Renfrewshire, Ayrshire, and Lanarkshire | Registered with STA pre-2002 (no. 4710) and SRT in 2002 (no. 975). Designed in 1952. [214] |
[215] | Durie | Lowlands | |
![]() | Lauder | Shared with Clan Maitland | |
![]() | McCandlish | Galloway (Wigtownshire, Kirkcudbrightshire), [216] and Ayrshire | Registered with STA in 1992 (no. 3324) and SRT in 2009 (no. 5216). Also exists in green, grey, and arisaid (white-field) variants. [217] |
![]() | Oliver | Borders area | |
![]() | Park |
Beginning in the 21st century, tartans were created in Wales to mainly represent traditionally Welsh family surnames, also through the traditional wearing of "cilts", as the letter k is non-existent in the Welsh alphabet. [218]
Tartans in this list are modern ones pertaining to particular commercial and non-profit organisations.
Image | Association | Origin | Country | Notes |
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![]() | Burberry | Company design | England | Created in the 1920s, this pattern is known as the "Burberry check". It was originally used as a lining in the company's trench coats. |
![]() | Clan McDuck | Disney | United States | Created in 1942 for Donald Duck universe/Duck Family features, possible "#1 variant." [219] |
![]() | DunBroch/Merida | Disney | United States | Created for the 2012 film Brave |
![]() | Scouting movement | Clan MacLaren | Worldwide | For use with Wood Badge |
Tartans in these lists were created (mostly in modern times) for particular national and sub-national jurisdictions, most often officially, though with some exceptions.
The most traditionally associated tartan worn in Ireland is the plain saffron tartan, however, additional Irish tartans were created to represent its provinces and counties. [220]
The United States of America has tartans for certain states, as well as tartans that represent each branch and select units of the U.S. Armed Forces, in a similar manner to the British government. [221] [222]
Image | Association | Origin | Country | Notes |
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![]() | US Air Force Reserve Pipe Band | Strathmore Woollen Company | United States | Adopted by the band in the early 1990s. Although it has no official US Military recognition, it has been widely accepted by US servicemen with Air Force connections. Originally created in 1988 as Lady Jane of St Cirus. A variation of this is named US Forces Thurso. |
A kilt is a garment resembling a wrap-around knee-length skirt, made of twill-woven worsted wool with heavy pleats at the sides and back and traditionally a tartan pattern. Originating in the Scottish Highland dress for men, it is first recorded in the 16th century as the great kilt, a full-length garment whose upper half could be worn as a cloak. The small kilt or modern kilt emerged in the 18th century, and is essentially the bottom half of the great kilt. Since the 19th century, it has become associated with the wider culture of Scotland, and more broadly with Gaelic or Celtic heritage.
Tartan is a patterned cloth with crossing horizontal and vertical bands in multiple colours, forming simple or complex rectangular patterns. Tartans originated in woven wool, but are now made in other materials. Tartan is particularly associated with Scotland, and Scottish kilts almost always have tartan patterns.
Clan MacLeod is a Highland Scottish clan associated with the Isle of Skye. There are two main branches of the clan: the MacLeods of Harris and Dunvegan, whose chief is MacLeod of MacLeod, who are known in Gaelic as Sìol Tormoid ; the Clan MacLeod of Lewis and Raasay, whose chief is MacLeod of The Lewes, are known in Gaelic as Sìol Torcaill. Both branches claim descent from Leòd, a Norse-Gael who lived in the 13th century.
Tartan Day is celebration of Scottish heritage and the cultural contributions of Scottish and Scottish-diaspora figures of history. The name refers to tartan, a patterned woollen cloth associated with Scotland. The event originated in Nova Scotia, Canada, in 1987. It spread to other communities of the Scottish diaspora and Scotland itself in the 1990s to 2000s.
The Royal Highland Fusiliers, 2nd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland is an infantry battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland.
The Highlanders, 4th Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland is an infantry battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland.
Clan MacDuff or Clan Duff is a Lowland Scottish clan. The clan does not currently have a chief and is therefore considered an armigerous clan, which is registered with the Lyon Court. The early chiefs of Clan MacDuff were the original Earls of Fife, although this title went to the Stewarts of Albany in the late fourteenth century. The title returned to the MacDuff chief when William Duff was made Earl Fife in 1759. His descendant Alexander Duff was made Duke of Fife in 1889.
Highland dress is the traditional, regional dress of the Highlands and Isles of Scotland. It is often characterised by tartan. Specific designs of shirt, jacket, bodice and headwear may also be worn along with clan badges and other devices indicating family and heritage.
Clan Agnew is a Scottish clan from Galloway in the Scottish Lowlands.
The belted plaid is a large blanket-like piece of fabric which is wrapped around the body with the material pleated or, more accurately, loosely gathered and secured at the waist by means of a belt. Typically, a portion of the belted plaid hangs down to about the knees or ankles with the rest of the material being wrapped up around the upper body in a variety of ways and pinned or otherwise secured to keep it in place.
Clan Menzies ; Scottish Gaelic: Clann Mèinnear; a member is a Mèinnearach) is a Highland Scottish clan.
The history of the modern kilt stretches back to at least the end of the 16th century. The kilt first appeared as the belted plaid or great kilt, a full-length garment whose upper half could be worn as a cloak draped over the shoulder, or brought up over the head as a hood. The small kilt or walking kilt did not develop until the late 17th or early 18th century, and is essentially the bottom half of the great kilt.
The Royal Regiment of Scotland (SCOTS) is the senior and only current Scottish line infantry regiment of the British Army Infantry. It consists of three regular and two reserve battalions, plus an incremental company, each formerly an individual regiment. However, three regular battalions maintain their former regimental pipes and drums to carry on the traditions of their antecedent regiments.
The Royal Scots Borderers, 1st Battalion, the Royal Regiment of Scotland was an infantry battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland. The battalion formed on 1 August 2006 when its antecedent regiments - the Royal Scots and the King's Own Scottish Borderers - amalgamated just after the formation of the Royal Regiment of Scotland in 2006. On 1 December 2021, the battalion transferred to the new Ranger Regiment as the 1st Battalion, Ranger Regiment.
The personal name Duncan can be found in Scotland’s oldest records in its Gaelic form Dunchad/Donchadh/Donachie/Donnchadh and other spelling variants.
154 (Scottish) Regiment is a regiment of the British Army's Royal Logistic Corps. It forms part of the Army Reserve. Its role is to provide general transport support at 'third line' for the British Army.
19th Regiment Royal Artillery – The Scottish Gunners – is a Scottish regiment of the Royal Artillery in the British Army. It currently supports 12 Mechanised Brigade in the armoured field artillery role. The regiment has Fire Support Teams mounted in Warrior Mechanised Artillery Observation Vehicles equipped with MSTAR. The regiment's three gun batteries are equipped with the Archer Artillery System.
Clan Little is a Scottish clan of the Borders. The clan does not currently have a chief and is therefore considered an armigerous clan. The Clan Little Society had a Guardian in place of a clan chief but, since his death in 2007, no suitable successor has appeared.
Carruthers, a Scottish Lowland clan and family from Annandale in Dumfriesshire.
Regimental tartans are tartan patterns used in military uniforms, possibly originally by some militias of Scottish clans, certainly later by some of the Independent Highland Companies (IHCs) raised by the British government, then by the Highland regiments and many Lowland regiments of the British Army, and eventually by some military units in other countries. The earliest evidence suggesting militia uniform tartans dates to 1691, and the first certain uniform tartan was that of the Royal Company of Archers in 1713. The IHCs raised 1725–29 by the British government appear to have had one or more uniform tartans, though some later ones did not. The first true Highland regiment of the British Army was the 42nd Regiment of Foot formed by amalgamation of the IHCs in 1739, and had its own consistent uniform tartan by 1749 or 1757 at the latest. Some later Highland units also wore this tartan, while others developed minor variations on it, usually by adding bright-coloured over-checks. Some few regiments developed their own tartans not based on Black Watch, including the 75th, 79th, Fraser Fencibles, and Loyal Clan Donnachie Volunteers. Some units developed special tartans for bandsmen and grenadiers.