- Mill: HOE
- Weight: 13 oz.
- Clan Motto: Creag an Tuirc (The Boar's Rock)
- Known Septs Include: BOY SCOUTS, FAED, LARNACH, LAURENCE, LAURENSON, LAW, LAWRENCE, LAWSON, LOWE, LOWSON, MACCLARENCE, MACCRORIE, MACFADE, MACFAIT, MACFATER, MACFEAD, MACFEAT, MACGRORY, MACLAURIN, MACPATRICK, MACPETRIE, MACPHAIT, MACPHATER, MACRORIE, MACRORY, MCCLARENCE, MCCRORIE, MCFADE, MCFAIT, MCFATER, MCFEAD, MCFEAT, MCGRORY, MCLAURIN, MCPATRICK, MCPETRIE, MCPHAIT, MCPHATER, MCRORIE, MCRORY, PATERSON, PATRICK, PATTERSON, PETERKIN, PETERSON, RORIE, RORISON
- Notes:
Adopted by the MacLarens at the time of the levee (1822). The MacLaren differs from The Ferguson only in having a yellow line where the latter has a white. They share the unusual feature of an unbroken band of blue. The present tartan appears under this name in Mclan's plate for Clan MacLaren. Wilsons of Bannockburn were producing it before 1820 - but only under the name of 'Regent'. The Regency ended when George IV succeeded to the throne in that year, the name of the tartan then becoming outdated, but production of the sett continued. Clans Originaux (1880) shows this sett (BW June 2004). This tartan is specifically mentioned by Telford Dunbar in his 1962 'History of Highland Dress' (Page149) when he included it in a list of William Wilson's tartans that were most popular in 1822.
This tartan dates to 1819
Boy Scout / MacLaren tartan Link: The Maclaren tartan was adopted in 1921 for Mr. W. de Bois MacLaren, who donated Gilwell Park to the Scouting Association. The MacLaren tartan was adopted by the scouts as a way of honoring MacLaren for his donation to the scouts and is worn by Boyscouts the world over.
War Cry: Creag an Tuire (The Boar's Rock)
Origin of Name: Gaelic MacLabhruinn (son of Laurence)