Clan Duncan - wikipedia Clan Duncan Clan Duncan Dunchad / Donchadh / Donnachadh Crest : On waves of the sea a demasted ship. Motto Disce Pati ( Learn to Suffer ) ca. 1672 Profile Region Perthshire, Tayside, Angus, Fife, Aberdeenshire. Clan Duncan has no chief, and is an armigerous clan The personal name Duncan can be found in Scotland 's oldest records in its Gaelic form Dunchad / Donchadh / Donachie / Donnchadh and other spelling variants. Contents 1 Origins 2 Castles 3 Branches 4 Clan Position 5 Clan Tartans 6 See also 7 References 8 External links Origins ( Dunchad ) Duncan, originally a forename is one of the earliest names in Scotland -- and originates from the Dalriadan Celtic Celtic Scotii ( Scots ) from Ireland who colonised the south west of Scotland from about the 4th century AD. Dúnchad ( Duncan mac Conaing ) co-ruled Dalriada with Conall II ( c. 650 - 654 ). Other early accounts of the name include the 9 feet ( 2.7 m ) inscribed ' 4th century AD Turpillian Stone ' located at Crickhowell, Wales. A particularly early mention of the name Duncan. Inscribed in Ogham ( an early form of Celtic writing ) on the stone also carried the Latin translation `` TURPILLI IC IACIT PUUERI TRILUNI DUNOCATI '' which roughly translates as ' The Fort Warrior '. Mention is also made of Dunchad ( Duncan ) the 11th Abbot of Iona, 707 -- 717AD ( later St. Dunchadh ) and Dunchad ( Duncan ) the 39th Abbot in 989AD. Records from this time are scant and it is not until after the unification by Kenneth MacAlpin around 843 AD of the Celtic Scots of Dál Riata ( Dalriada ) and the aboriginal Picts of northern Britain do we start to see the name significantly being used in other parts of Scotland. One of the earliest references to Dunchad / Donchad, is found in the margins of the 11th century ' Book of Deer the oldest writings in Scots Gaelic known in Scotland today, These manuscript were written by the early Christian Monks of the Abbey of Deer in Aberdeenshire. When Duncan I took the Scottish throne, Unlike the `` King Duncan '' of Shakespeare 's Macbeth, the historical Duncan appears to have been a young man. He followed his grandfather Malcolm II as king after the latter 's death on 25 Nov. 1034, without apparent opposition. He may have been Malcolm 's acknowledged successor or tánaise as the succession appears to have been uneventful. Duncan would have been wise to pacify his remaining family, especially his senior cousin Thorfinn the Mighty, Earl of Orkney ; his uncle, MacBeth ; and the person closest to his throne, Queen Gruoch, MacBeth 's wife. By 1040, however, Duncan had been murdered and the crown was in the hands MacBeth. Scottish Clan Map Fifty - four years later, despite being the son of Malcolm Canmore, Duncan II was also dead at the hands of his relatives. Although Duncan had left a son, the throne was seized by his younger half - brother, one of the children of English Queen Margaret. Ewyn ( Ewan ) fitz Duncan was one of the signatories on ' The Ragman Rolls ', the deed of homage draughted by Edward I of England to bind the King and nobles of Scotland. John Duncan was the owner of property in Berwick in 1367. The mayor of this Border port is recorded as John Duncanson, in all likelihood the formers son. According to one account, a Clan Donachie / Donnachadh had emerged in the early 14th century from the Earls of Athole. The clan name is said to come from Donnachadh Reamhar - ' Stout Duncan '. Legend has it that this chief led the clan into Battle at Bannockburn in 1314. Both the Duncans and the Robertsons descend from the 4th Donachie / Donnachadh Chief. The predominant Duncans of the East of Scotland were the Duncans of Lundie in Forfarshire. Their extensive property included not only the Barony of Lundie but also the estate of Gourdie. In 1764, George III 's physician, Sir William Duncan was created a Baronet. The 1st and last Baronet. By 1795, Adam Duncan of Lundie had become Commander of the Fleet in the North Sea and Admiral of the Blue. With a glorious career of victories he was created 1st Viscount Duncan of Camperdown in 1797 and his son was made the 2nd Earl of Camperdown in 1831. The title became extinct in 1933 with the death of George Alexander Philips Haldane Haldane - Duncan, 4th Earl of Camperdown ( 1845 -- 1933 ) in Boston, Massachusetts. The Duncan name in Scotland is most prominent in Aberdeenshire, Dundee & Angus, and Fife. Castles Camperdown House Dundee, Home of the Duncan 's of Seaside & Lundie, Earls of Camperdown Lundie Castle, once stood seven miles south - east of Coupar Angus, but there are no remains. The lands were held by the Duncans and many of them are buried in nearby Lundie kirkyard. The castle was demolished and replaced by a house in the seventeenth century, which itself was demolished to make way for the present mansion. Camperdown House was built by the Duncans in the nineteenth century in four hundred acres of park land. The grounds are now a country park. As of 2008 there were plans to have a museum at Camperdown House about Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan and his victory at the Battle of Camperdown. Branches ' Duncan Territorial Houses, Lairds and Barons ' Duncan of Seaside & Lundie ( Camperdown ) Duncan of Jordanstone Duncan of Ardownie Duncan of Sketraw Duncan of Mott Duncan of Parkhill Beveridge - Duncan of Damside Gomme - Duncan of Dunbarney Clan position The Personal Banner of John Duncan of Sketraw, Laird of Sketraw Clan Duncan is an Armigerous clan but with no present Chief of the name Duncan. For the present, the Clan is being led by the armigerous Territorial House of Duncan of Sketraw. Both Armorial Bearings and Territorial Designation are recorded in the Public Register of All Arms and Bearings in Scotland. It is the aim of the Clan Duncan Society to have a Chief of the name Duncan or one of the various spelling variants officially recognised by the Lord Lyon King of Arms either by a proven genealogical link to the last Chief around 1434 or more likely by the Derbfine process laid down by The Lord Lyon to gain official recognition of a Clan Duncan Chief. Clan Tartans Duncan of Sketraw Clan / Family Tartan 2005 Tartans associated with Clan Duncan The ancient kilt - not displayed Duncan or Leslie of Wardis Clan / Family Tartan which is the oldest and dates from around 1880. Little is known why the tartan is co named Leslie of Wardis an Aberdeenshire Family however, it has always been associated and known as the Clan Duncan Tartan. Thread Count : K / 8 G42 W6 G42 B42 R / 8 ( Half Sett with Full Count at the Pivots. ) The Duncan of Sketraw Clan / Family Tartan, designed in 2005 by Brian Wilton of Scottish Tartans Authority. Thread Count : R / 4 K12 G4 K4 G28 K2 Y4 K2 B10 R2 B10 K2 W4 K2 G28 K2 B / 4 ( Half Sett with Full Count at the Pivots. ) See also Duncan ( surname ) Clan Donnachaidh References Jump up ^ Latin phrases. co.uk Jump up ^ Black, George F. ( 1996 ). The Surnames of Scotland. Birlinn Ltd. Edinburgh. p. 228. ISBN 1 - 874744 - 83 - 1. Jump up ^ `` Full text of `` Annala Uladh = Annals of Ulster ''. Internet Archive. Retrieved 2009 - 08 - 15. Jump up ^ `` The Turpillian Stone, Macalister / 1845, Nash - Williams 1950 ''. University College London. Retrieved 2009 - 08 - 15. Jump up ^ `` History of the Ruins of Iona by William Forbes Skeen '' ( PDF ). Proceedings of The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland ( April 14th 1873 ). Retrieved 2009 - 08 - 15. Jump up ^ `` The Book of Deer, Aberdeenshire, Folio 5 ''. Firths Celtic Scotland. Retrieved 2009 - 08 - 15. Jump up ^ `` Ragman Rolls Of 1296 and 1291 ''. Gayla Tempelton, Electricscotland.com. Retrieved 2009 - 08 - 15. ^ Jump up to : Maclauchlan, Thomas ( 1875 ). A history of the Scottish Highlands, Highland clans and Highland regiments. A. Fullarton, Edinbrgh. p. 252. ^ Jump up to : The Clans, Septs and Regiments of the Scottish Highlands 1934 page 177. by Frank Adam and Thomas Innes. Retrieved 2009 - 08 - 16. ^ Jump up to : `` The Duncans and the Donkins ''. By Mike Oettle Armorial Familia. Archived from the original on 2009 - 07 - 23. Retrieved 2009 - 08 - 16. Jump up ^ `` The Peerage.com ''. Genealogical Survey of Britain - Royal Families of Europe p. 20060. Retrieved 2009 - 09 - 24. Jump up ^ Camperdown, The Earl of ( 1898 ). Admiral Duncan. Longmans, Green and Co. London, First Edition. Jump up ^ Burk 's Peerage and Gentry Jump up ^ `` Surname Profiler ''. The National Trust. 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External links The Official Clan Duncan Society Web Site Duncan Biographies, Clan Duncan Duncan Genealogy, Clan Duncan Duncan Heraldry ( Coats of Arms ) & Crest Badges Clan Duncan Information on ScotClans Clan Duncan Worldwide Network The Council of Scottish Armigerous Clans & Families Scottish clans List of tartans Clans with chiefs Agnew Anstruther Arbuthnott Arthur Bannerman Barclay Borthwick Boyd Boyle Brodie Broun Bruce Buchan Burnett Cameron Campbell Carmichael Carnegie Cathcart Charteris Chattan Chisholm Cochrane Colquhoun Colville Cranstoun Crichton Cumming ( Comyn ) Cunningham Darroch Davidson Dewar Drummond Dunbar Dundas Durie Elliot Elphinstone Erskine Farquharson Fergusson Forbes Forsyth Fraser Fraser of Lovat Gordon Graham Grant Gregor Grierson Gunn Guthrie Haig Haldane Hamilton Hannay Hay Henderson Home Hope Hunter Irvine Jardine Johnstone Keith Kennedy Kerr Kincaid Lamont Leask Lennox Leslie Lindsay Lockhart Lumsden Lyon MacAlister MacBean MacDonald Macdonald of Clanranald MacDonald of Keppoch Macdonald of Sleat MacDonell of Glengarry MacDougall Macdowall MacIntyre Mackay Mackenzie Mackinnon Mackintosh Maclachlan Maclaine of Lochbuie MacLaren MacLea ( Livingstone ) Maclean MacLennan MacLeod MacLeod of Lewis MacMillan Macnab Macnaghten MacNeacail MacNeil Macpherson MacTavish MacThomas Maitland Makgill Malcolm ( MacCallum ) Mar Marjoribanks Matheson Menzies Moffat Moncreiffe Montgomery Morrison Munro Murray Napier Nesbitt Nicolson Ogilvy Oliphant Primrose Ramsay Rattray Riddell Robertson Rollo Rose Ross Ruthven Sandilands Scott Scrymgeour Sempill Shaw Sinclair Skene Stirling Strange Stuart of Bute Sutherland Swinton Trotter Urquhart Wallace Wedderburn Wemyss Wood Armigerous clans Abercromby Abernethy Adair Adam Aikenhead Ainslie Aiton Allardice Anderson Armstrong Arnott Auchinleck Baillie Baird Balfour Bannatyne Baxter Bell Belshes Bethune Beveridge Binning Bissett Blackadder Blackstock Blair Blane Blyth Boswell Brisbane Buchanan Butter Byres Cairns Calder Caldwell Callender Campbell of Breadalbane Campbell of Cawdor Carruthers Cheyne Chalmers Clelland Clephane Cockburn Congilton Craig Crawford Crosbie Dalmahoy Dalrymple Dalzell Dennistoun Don Douglas Duncan Dunlop Edmonstone Fairlie Falconer Fenton Fleming Fletcher Forrester Fotheringham Fullarton Galbraith Galloway Gardyne Gartshore Gayre Ged Gibsone Gladstains Glas Glen Glendinning Gray Haliburton Halkerston Halket Hepburn Heron Herries Hogg Hopkirk Horsburgh Houston Hutton Inglis Innes Kelly Kinloch Kinnaird Kinnear Kinninmont Kirkcaldy Kirkpatrick Laing Lammie Langlands Learmonth Little Logan Logie Lundin Lyle MacAlpin ( e ) MacAulay Macbrayne MacDuff MacEwen MacFarlane Macfie MacGillivray MacInnes MacIver Mackie MacLellan Macquarrie Macqueen Macrae Masterton Maule Maxton Maxwell McCorquodale McCulloch McKerrell Meldrum Melville Mercer Middleton Moncur Monteith Monypenny Mouat Moubray Mow Muir Nairn Nevoy Newlands Newton Norvel Ochterlony Orrock Paisley Paterson Pennycook Pentland Peter Pitblado Pitcairn Pollock Polwarth Porterfield Preston Pringle Purves Rait Ralston Renton Roberton Rossie Russell Rutherford Schaw Seton Skirving Somerville Spalding Spens Spottiswood Stewart Stewart of Appin Stirling Strachan Straiton Sydserf Symmers Tailyour Tait Tennant Troup Turnbull Tweedie Udny Vans Walkinshaw Wardlaw Watson Wauchope Weir Whitefoord Whitelaw Wishart Young Culture and society Scotland Lord Lyon Court of the Lord Lyon Clan chief Septs Clan badge Clan crest Clan battles Tartan Bagpipes Clearances Kilt Manrent The Highlands Battle of Culloden Highland games Border Reivers Lowland Scots language Scottish Gaelic language Scottish heraldry Scottish surnames Shennachie Independent Highland Companies Sgian - dubh Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Clan_Duncan&oldid=802504696 '' Categories : Scottish clans Armigerous clans Hidden categories : Use dmy dates from July 2015 Use British English from July 2015 Talk Contents About Wikipedia Scots Edit links This page was last edited on 26 September 2017, at 15 : 49. 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Question: where does the last name duncan come from
Answer: the Dalriadan Celtic Celtic Scotii (Scots) from Ireland