Elliot Ancient

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  • Mill: Loch
  • Weight: 13 oz.
  • Clan Motto: Fortiter Et Recte ("Boldly and rightly")
  • Notes:

    First recorded in the 1880 Clans Originaux and then by the Johnstons in their, 'The Tartans of the Clans and Septs of Scotland' (1906), along with many others in use at the time. The colouring is unique among traditional tartans, being described as maroon and blue. The Elliots are a 'Border Clan', founders of the Minto family. The Chiefship once belonged to to the Elliots of Redheugh but passed to the Elliots of Stobs near Hawick in Roxburghshire.