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:-[] 3 Celts & Company • "CLAN GUNN"

Though largely a Pictish tribe, the name probably equivalent to the Welsh 'Gwynn,' the clan Gunn chiefs claimed Norse descent from one Guinni, son of a 12th-century Orcadian Olaf, acquiring Caithness lands from his mother's side, the earls of Ross. A turbulent clan much in feud with the Keiths and MacKays, they found it advisable in the 15th century to move from Caithness to the Kildonan district of Sutherland. The sept names derive mostly from chief's sons: as Johnson, MacIan, MacKean, Kean, Keene, all from 'son of John.' James (or Hamish), John, Henry (Eanrick), Rob and Will were all sons of the same 14th-century George Gunn, the 'Crowner' (royal legal deputy); William, of a later chief.

Septs: ENRICK, GALDIE, GALLIE, GANSON, GAULDIE, GAUNSON, GEORGESON, HENDERSON, INRIG, JAMESON, JAMIESON, JOHNSON, KEAN, KEENE, MACCOMAS, MACCORKILL, MACCORKLIE, MACCULLIE, MACIAN, MACKAMES, MACKEAMISH, MACKEAN, MACMAINS, MACMANUS, MACOMISH, MACROB, MACWILLIAM, MAGNUS, MAIN, MANN, MANSON, MANUS, NEILSON, NELSON, ROBINSON, ROBISON, ROBSON, SANDISON, SWAN, SWANN, SWANNEY, SWANSON, WILL, WILLIAMSON, WILLS, WILSON, WYLIE, WYLLIE

"GUNN." Scots Kith and Kin and Illustrated Map Revised Second Edition. Edinburgh, SCOT: Clan House, c.1970. p.58. Print.

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# 53 - Gunn also Henderson - - - - - Scotland
:-P:-[] 3 Celts & Company • "HOME"

The name, properly pronounced HUME and frequently so spelt, comes from the lands in Berwickshire acquired in marriage by a 13th-century descendant of the Northumbrian earl Gospatrick, ancestor also of the Dunbars. By further marriages the Homes extended widely over the east Borderland, and took full share in its wars and forays. David Hume (1711-76), philosopher-historian and indirect inspirer of many efforts to bring logic into practical history, also John Home, minister unfrocked for producing his poetic drama DOUGLAS in 1756, might both claim family predecessors: Lord Kames the lawyer-philosopher and Lady Grizel Baillie the balladist were likewise born of the clan sometimes named 'the Haughty Homes.'

Septs: AYTON, BUNCLE, BUNKLE, DUNBAR, EATON, GREENLAW, HALIBURTON, LANDALE, LANDELS, MACK, NESBITT, NISBET, WEDDERBURN

Chief: The Rt. Hon. David Alexander Cospatrick Douglas-Home, The 15th Earl of Home, Lord Home, Lord Dunglass, Baron Douglas of Douglas.[see p.54]

"HOME." Scots Kith and Kin and Illustrated Map Revised Second Edition. Edinburgh, SCOT: Clan House, c.1970. p.58,59. Print.

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# 52 - Home, see also Douglas - - - - - Scotland
:-[]:-P 3 Celts & Company • "HAMILTON"

Taking the name of a town in England, a Norman named Walter FitzGilbert de Hambeldon (wardship of Gilbert de Umfraville, Earl of Angus c.1245, some places spelled de Hamildon and others de Homildon), descentant of Odinel I d’Umfraville (c.1090), baron of castle Prudhoe in Northumberland, moved to Renfrewshire. Governor of Bothwell Castle for the English during the early part of the Scottish War of Independence, but later joined Robert the Bruce and fought at his side at Bannockburn. For his support he was awarded forfeited Comyn lands by Bruce, including the properties of Cadzow in the Lothians that were in due course renamed Hamilton. It was Walter's son David, by some accounts, that first spelled his name in the modern form. Other accounts credit his grandsons as the first to adopt the modern spelling. In any case, the spelling of names has taken many different forms over the ages, even into more modern times.
In 1503, the 2nd Lord Hamilton was created Earl of Arran, the Gaelic-speaking island in the Forth of Clyde on which the family then made their home at Brodick Castle. Their son, the 2nd Earl, also called James, was the heir to the Scottish throne after King James IV and was named Regent, acting for Mary, Queen of Scots, during her minority.
As primarily a lowland family, the Hamiltons do not have associated family names, or 'septs' as they are called by some, as a number of the Highland Clans do. Therefore, only persons named Hamilton, or descendents thereof, are considered to be a part of the Hamilton clan family. However, there are a number of common spelling derivations of the name Hamilton that are accepted. These include:

Hameldon, Hamildune, Hamildone, Hameldone, Hamiltun, Hamiltune, Hamildone, Hambledon, Hamblenden, Hambeden, Hambeldene, Hameledene, Hamelden, Hamilden, Hameldon, Hamelton, Hambleton, Hamilton

The Clan Hamilton Society recognizes three families at the present time that we know were closely associated with the Hamiltons:

The Cadzows
The Brownlees
The Leepers/Leipers

Hamilton, John R. "HAMILTON NAME." [http://www.clanhamilton.org/]. 2009. web.

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# 51 - Clan Hamilton - - - - - Scotland

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