Draft:Clan Hunter

• Comment: reference number 2 "Clan Hunter Archival Records, 1890 (unpublished)" is NOT usable all sources must be published. Theroadislong (talk) 18:51, 3 October 2020 (UTC)

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Clan Hunter
File:Clan Hunter 01a.jpg Crest: A hound sejant proper, gorged with an antique crown, Or
War cry	Haud at hunds o'Huntarstoune!
Profile
Region	Lowlands, Inverclyde
Plant badge	Sea Pink Armeria Maritima
Chief
File:Clan Hunter 02a.jpg
Or, Three hunting horns vert, Garnished and stringed gules

Clan Hunter is a Lowland Scottish Clan. The original Clan lands are on the Firth of Clyde at Hunterston in North Ayrshire and have remained in the possession of the Hunter family since 1110.

Early History

The ancestors of the early lairds of Hunterston were Norsemen. They came to Normandy in longships with Rollo (c.860-930 AD) and conquered the region, laying siege to Paris in 911 and settling in Northern France with Rollo taking the title Duke of Normandy. Guilielmus Venator (William The Hunter) was born in Venables in northern France and is named as one of the witnesses, with Hugh de Morville, at an inquisition in 1116 by David, Prince of the Cumbrians (later King David I of Scotland) regarding lands pertaining to the Church of Glasgow. William is known to have come to Scotland from Normandy after the conquest of England in 1066. Many of the ancient Scottish lowland families have similar Norman origins. Norman Venator the 2^nd laird, is referred to in a Royal Charter of King Alexander III of Scotland dated 1271 confirming that he had previously been granted lands in the Barony of Ardneil on the coast of Ayrshire by King Malcolm IV of Scotland (1153-65). Ardneil farm neighbours Hunterston land and would have been in the possession of the lairds at that time. The 3^rd laird, Venator (The Hunter) was named in charters of King Alexander II of Scotland who reigned 1214-49 and John Deo Venator the 4^th laird, was a witness to a deed in the Glasgow Church records of 1233.

Taking sides

Aylmere le Huntar, the 8^th laird was one of the Scottish Magnates who signed the famous Ragman Rolls in 1296, as an act of homage in submission to King Edward 1^st of England. John Huntar, the 14^th laird was killed at the Battle of Flodden on 9^th September 1513 in the service of the Scottish Crown. Kentigern (Mungo) Huntar of Huntarstoune, the 16^th laird died fighting for Mary, Queen of Scots at the Battle of Pinkie 10^th September 1547. He was named after Kentigern, a 6^th century Apostle of the Scottish Kingdom of Strathclyde, also known at Mungo who founded and is the Patron Saint of the City of Glasgow. His son Robert Huntar the 17^th laird, also fought for Mary and was seriously wounded at the Battle of Langside (1568). Surviving, he became a supporter of the Reformed Religion (Protestantism). He died in 1581. Robert’s brother James is considered the founder of several genealogical branches of the extended Hunter family (Abbotshill, Barjarg, Thurston, Doonholm, Auchterarder and the Hunter-Blair baronets).

Clan Chief

Madam Pauline Natalie Hunter is the 30th laird of Hunterston and Chief of Clan Hunter.

Hunterston Castle

Hunterston Castle

Hunterston Castle consists of a cluster of buildings of different historical periods attached to the main Peel tower, representing a history of the Hunter family living and farming at Hunterston for over 900 years. The tower is the oldest section dating from the 13^th century. The exact year of original construction is unknown but it likely replaced an earlier wooden structure. There is no protective moat around the building as it was surrounded by an adjacent area of marshland that was drained in the 1820s by the 25^th laird to create arable farmland.

Hunterston Brooch

Hunterston Brooch and Tartan

Found whist digging drains at Hunterston in the autumn of 1826, the Hunterston Brooch Made of silver, partially gilded and inset with gold filigree and studded with Amber, the brooch is in almost perfect condition with only the point of the pin, some of the amber studs and all of their gold caps missing. The style and workmanship date to about AD 700 and it is considered an outstanding piece of design and craftsmanship combining both Celtic and Anglo-Saxon. The original brooch is displayed in the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh to show inscriptions on the reverse and is regarded as one of their most important national treasures .

Royal Charter dated 1374

Royal Charter

William Huntar of Ardneil, the 10^th laird was granted a Royal Charter by King Robert II of Scotland (1371-1390) signed in Stirling on the 2^nd May 1374. This Charter is preserved at Hunterston with the original Royal seal intact. It remains the oldest document in the possession of Clan Hunter

Hunterston Castle attic

Clan Tartan

Known as the Hunter of Hunterston Sett , the design for our Clan tartan was chosen to incorporate a green hunting base with blue representing the proximity of Hunterston to the sea. The narrow gold (yellow) stripes signify the Chief’s appointment as Royal Huntsman and red is taken from the lanyards of the hunting horns in the Chief’s coat of arms.

Industrial Activity

Following the construction of a Nuclear powered electricity generating plant on Hunterston land in 1954, the area has become synonymous with industrial development. This continues today to impact the small area of original Clan lands remaining in the possession of the Hunter family.

See Also

"Industrial activity at Hunterston"

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