page_title: Clan McCorquodale
section_title: Clan profile
hierarchical_section_title: Clan McCorquodale / Clan profile
caption_attribution_description: A digital representation of the Campbell of Cawdor tartan. Image made with Adobe Photoshop CS2. Thread count used to create this image: A4-K2-G16-K16-B16-K2-R4. The tartan did not originally have a name, until it was called an "Argyle" tartan in 1789. Not until W. and A. Smith's book in 1850 was this tartan actually named "Campbell of Cawdor". The tartan is authorised as one of the official clan tartans of Clan Campbell, by the current clan chief the Duke of Argyll. [1]
context_page_description: Clan McCorquodale is a Scottish clan, recognised by the Lord Lyon King of Arms, though without a chief so recognised. The last chief of the clan died in the 18th century. Because the clan does not have a recognised chief, it is considered an armigerous clan, and has no legal standing under Scots Law. Historically, the clan inhabited lands west of Loch Awe, in Argyll. These clan lands were centred at Loch Tromlee, where an island castle served as the clan seat. The line of Clan McCorquodale chiefs, first recorded in the 15th century, has been untraced since the 18th century.
context_section_description: Crest badge
  Today, those who profess to be members of Clan McCorquodale are permitted to wear a crest badge which shows their allegiance to the clan. Crest badges are of relatively recent origin, and usually consist of strap and buckle surrounding the clan chief's heraldic crest and motto. The crest badge suitable for a member of Clan McCorquodale contains the Latin motto: vivat rex, meaning "long live the king"; and the crest of a stag at gaze proper attired gules. These two heraldic elements are derived from the coat of arms of "Duncan Macorquodaill of that Ilk", registered in 1672. These arms are recorded in the Lyon Register as argent, a stag gules attired Or issuing from a fess wreathed of the second and third. In Scotland, it is against the law to appropriate the arms of another individual. Even the heraldic elements of the clan member's crest badge, do not belong to members of Clan McCorquodale, but to the clan's chief (or last recognised chief).
caption: This tartan, adopted by MacCorquodales, dates from 1819. It was originally recorded as an "Argyll" tartan.[9]  It is one of several tartans recognised by the chief of Clan Campbell, as suitable for Campbells of Clan Campbell of Cawdor.[10]
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