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THE ROYALTY OF SCOTLAND
The Scottish Nation is generally acknowledged to have come together between the sixth and fourteenth centuries, absorbing several races in the process of creating what certain individuals like to think of as the pure Scot. In fact, there is no such being. The early Scots were a post-Roman Gaelic-speaking people who invaded and settled the west coast, known then as Dalriada, having travelled over the sea from Ireland, and before that, it is fancifully suggested, although not as yet proven, the Middle East.
The original pre-Roman inhabitants were collectively known as Picts, because their language was pictorial and, through colonisation and marriage, and because they had no written language with which to record what was happening to them, they simply disappeared.
Meanwhile, Scandinavian Viking people invaded the far north, west coast and offshore islands and stayed on. In the south, Strathclyde Britons, a Welsh speaking people, and early Saxon settlers, put down encampments. With the first overseas trade initiatives appeared merchants, and following William the Conqueror's invasion of England in 1066, Norman-born fortune hunters arrived in Scotland. Finally we have the influence of the English in more modern times.
The Royal House of Scotland arose from the union in 843 of the Kingdom of the Scots, Dalriada, with Caledonia, the Kingdom of the Picts, which later comprised the northern and eastern parts of the country. The Kings of the Picts, ARD RIGH ALBANN, according to their chroniclers, derived from CRUITHNE, King of the Picts (from whose seven younger sons the original Seven Earls or provincial Kings of Caledonia were deduced) through seventy kings (of whom the 49th, BRUDE MacMAELCON, 565, and NECTAN MacDERILI, 596-617, were converted to Christianity), to ...CONSTANTINE MacANGUS, (71st).
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Beginning From Here
The two branches of the family in Scotland were the
Mures of Rowallan and the Mures of Caldwell.
The Mures of Caldwell in Renfrewshire are directly descended from Sir Reginald ... With one daughter, he had two sons, William, who succeeded to Abercorn, Mures of Caldwell.
These Mures were of Irish descent and their family motto is
'Duris Non Frangar', which means, 'not to be
broken by adversity'.
The family is descended from Sir Reginald More of Abercorn, who was Chamberlain of Scotland in 1329.
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Mure of Abercorn
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Mure of Pokellie (a 10.1409)
Ancestor of the second family of Mures of PokellieThe following are some key dates in the history of the family:
In 1515 John Mure captured the Palace of Glasgow.
In 1666 William Mure took part in a Covenanting meeting but had to flee to Holland where he remained until his death. He forfeited his estate including Capelrig in Mearns and Lady Caldwell was imprisoned in Blackness Castle. His estates were restored to the family on his death in 1690.
In 1710 William Mure of Glanderston inherited these lands.
Baron William Mure inherited Caldwell in 1718 and was M.P. for Renfrewshire until 1761. It was he who built Caldwell house in 1773, designed by Robert Adam. He made many improvements to the estate.
Colonel Mure, great-great-grandson of Baron Mure married Lady Georgiana, daughter of the Earl of Eglinton, in 1895. In the early years of the century, the family left Caldwell House, which was eventually bought by Glasgow Corporation in 1920.
Colonel Mure died in 1912 at the age of 42 before he could carry out many of the improvements that he had planned for the village and estate. The Mure Hall, gifted by Lady Georgiana, commemorates him.
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This name appears to have two derivations, We Are Searching Somewhere there shall be found a direct blood-linked relative to the Rowallan House Of Muir Re:Clann Muir line once again. Blood is blood, and through our woman comes forth man, the blood has continued. Not all Muir/Mure families are blood-linked relation to the direct Clann Muir Family Line, however there are those yet to be found that will be. Resources: Note: Re: John Muir According to James Pringle Weavers, "Clan links should not be assumed without genealogical or geographical evidence, nor should Scottish ancestry be claimed on basis of name alone." This advice seems to have been followed by (John)Muir's biographers. In 1945 it might have been truthfully said that Muir's father Daniel was of the "Gordon Clan" - and indeed it might even have been so in 1838 when young John was born. But the fact is, there once was - and is again - a "Muir clan" of its own right. The Muir clan came into being in the 13th century, with a series of spellings. There are references to the name David E. More in the reign of King Alexander II (1214-1249), and the name spread widely in the 15th , 16th, and 17th centuries. Scots of the Muir Clan can tell of the battles fought, the knighted Muirs, the brave deeds made during the turbulant years of Scottish history. But in the year 1700, the Muir Clan came to an end. The last acknowledged Laird of the Clan died 1700, without having a male heir, leaving the Clan without a leader. Leaderless and smaller clans frequently aligned themselves with larger clans for protection, such happened with Clan Muir during this period. Muir/Mure blood runs through the Royal Line Within... The House Of Stewart. ROBERT II,(only
child of Walter Stewart, 6th High Steward of Scotland, and Marjorie Bruce,
daughter of ROBERT I), born 2 March, 1315-16, Steward of Scotland,9 April,
1326, Regent 1335-41, and 1346-57, created Earl of Atholl,
16 February 1341-2, Earl of Strathearn before 1357-8, and crowned at Scone, 26
March, 1371. Within... The House Of Campbell The inclusion of the name Mure, Muir, or Moore among Campbell septs is perhaps rather optimistic since the family have a perfectly good Chief of their own in the person of Mure of Rowallan, in Ayrshire, one of Scotland's oldest and most historic families. Information Taken From Here For the Historical Scotland and Muir/Mure Royal Lineage in depth. The Stepping Stones Section consists of different steps in history that have brought Clann Muir's and
Scotlands' history together. Through the linking to specific families, territories, and historical events, Clann
Muir is here acknowledged as one of the true founding & leading historical Clanns of Scotland. Clann Muir's
heritage is historically accounted for within Scotland's archives forever. Copyright© 2008 ClannMuir.Com
one Highland and one Lowland.
The Gaelic, 'mor', is translated as 'large' or 'big', and the surname may in some instances simply refer to such
physical attributes. Alternatively, Muir is also derived from the Middle English for a 'low grassy hill or heath'.
In 1291 Thomas Delamore was executor of the will of Devorgilla, the mother of John Balliol, King of Scots.
The chief family of the name were the Mures of Rowallan in Ayrshire.
At the beginning of the reign of Alexander III, Sir Walter Comyn seized the house and lands of Rowallan from the
Mures. However, the lands were restored after Gilchrist Mure distinguished himself at the Battle of Largs in 1263,
when he was also knighted for his bravery.
Better relations were established with the Comyns by the marriage of Gilchrist to one of the Comyn daughters,
through whom he inherited additional estates. His eldest son, Archibald, was killed at the siege of Berwick when
the town was sacked by the English and Balliol's army routed.
The name appears several times on the Ragman Roll of Scottish nobles submitting to Edward I of England in
1296. Sir William Mure, son and successor to Archibald, was knighted by David II, and sent one of his sons as
hostage to England for the ransom of the king. His granddaughter, Elizabeth Mure, married the future Robert II in
1346.
The validity of the marriage was later challenged, and papal dispensation was sought to ensure the legitimacy of
their children, including the future Robert III.
The Mures followed James IV to the fateful field of Flodden in 1513, and many of them died along with their king.
Mungo Mure supported his relative, the Regent Arran, during the minority of Mary, Queen of Scots, and fought for
him at Glasgow in 1543. He carried out significant improvements to the fine Castle at Rowallan, but was killed at
the Battle of Pinkie in 1547.
The family embraced the new reformed religion and became opponents of Mary, Queen of Scots, but by the end of
the seventeenth century were persecuted as Covenanters.
Willaim Mure of Rowallan allowed conventicles to be held in his house, for which he was imprisoned, first at
Stirling Castle and then in Edinburgh.
Sir Robert was a favourite of James VI. Alexander Muir Mackenzie, born in 1764, was a descendant of the line of
Muir of Cassencarie and was created a baronet in 1805. John Muir, born at Dunbar in 1838, emigrated to America
in 1849.
He was a naturalist and first advocate of forest conservation in the United States, being responsible for the
establishment of the internationally renowned Yosemite National Park.
Sept-ships into other clanns for survival's sake, has left a gap of family geneological ties.
Alba forsakes not her own, and Clann Muir is rooted deeply in Albas origin and formation. Without Clann Muir, parts of Alba's history would never have been. No honarable man made law or traditional protocal will ever throw away its own children (Clann) as its childs history was part of its own origin.
The Scottish Nation: Or, The Surnames, Families, Literature, ... - Google Books Result by William Anderson - 1863 -
THE WORKS OF SIR WILLIAM MUIR
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In Linnie Marsh Wolfe's Pulitzer-Prize winning 1945 biography of John Muir, John Muir: Son of the Wilderness , she asserts, without any explanatory footnote: "Mists veil the origin of the Muir family. We do know, however, that they belonged to the Gordon Clan..." Other biographers appear to have accepted this assessment without question (e.g. Thurman Wilkins, John Muir, p. 5). Since John's father Daniel was orphaned as a baby, and had been raised by relatives it is most difficult to accurately determine John Muir's actual clan affiliation.
He married firstly (dispensation dd 22
November 1347), Elizabeth (died ante 1355), daughter of Sir Adam Mure, of
Rowallan. By her he had previously had issue.
There are however two instances of a Campbell connection on which, presumably, the attribution is based. James Mure Campbell, who succeeded his cousin as 5th Earl of Loudoun in 1782 had added the name Mure to his own on succeeding to the estates of Rowallan. These he inherited through his mother who was the daughter of of David Earl of Glasgow and Jean Mure, heiress of Rowallan.
Members of the same family had been among the Presbyterian lowlanders imported into Kintyre the previous century by the Marquess of Argyll in order to ensure the payment of rent from his estates there and from the later 1600s onwards, the name figures among the Earl's tenants in Kintyre.
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