How many tartans does your clan/sept/surname have?

[skauwt]

this is a query Ive been pondering lately and im interested to see how many tartans each clan/sept surname has

my clan well surname i should say has 8-9 tartans according to the register of tartans ...that isn't including the ancient or weathered tartans that you can buy from most tartan suppliers ,well then it would knock that total to around 12 plus id imagine
now as much as id love all the kilts in each tartan i know that would never happen
i was thinking though 12 plus tartans is a fair amount of tartans for a wee clan is this the norm with most clans and do you think like me that the list will just keep growing to the tartans with respect to families around the world have tartans made and verified in the register and within the clans and so on and so forth

so folks how many tartans does your clan/sept/surname have

[Paul]

Well technically my father's side (my surname) has every Buchanan tartan - but we were too busy farming in Donegal to worry about clans or anything like that! Side not: I don't like the Buchanan tartan either!
My mum's side - Campbell as basically Campbell Ancient and Black Watch - as we're not of Argyll etc. - we're of Dublin!

[M. A. C. Newsome]

Remember folks that color variations -- ancient, modern, weathered, muted, reproduction, etc. -- do not different tartans make.

So, for example, my grandmother's name of Armstrong has one tartan. And that one tartan can be woven in the ancient colors, or modern colors, or weathered colors, etc. But it's one tartan.

[skauwt]

Remember folks that color variations -- ancient, modern, weathered, muted, reproduction, etc. -- do not different tartans make.

So, for example, my grandmother's name of Armstrong has one tartan. And that one tartan can be woven in the ancient colors, or modern colors, or weathered colors, etc. But it's one tartan.

so is there one armstrong tartan in the register or a few ?
thats the point im kinda trying to get across even if there is 9 tartans in my surname and they all stem from one tartan either way you look at it there still gonna be 9 tartans in the register under my surname and all more or less having there own look to them and in some cases history like the colonial tartan
i just wondered if 9 tartans per clan/sept/surname was a common thing

[Chas]

In the Scottish Register of Tartans there is only one Armstrong.

Regards

Chas

[HeathBar]

Barclay has two. Dress and hunting. I would say that most have two or three. That is usually the regular(usually just the name of the clan), hunting, and dress.

One thing to consider is if the chief of the clan recognizes the tartan as a clan tartan. For instance the chief of clan Campbell does not recognize Campbell of Argyll as a clan tartan. To him it is a fashion tartan. The chief has the final say.

[macwilkin]

This would be a great thread for the heraldry & tartans section!

T.

[Livingston]

The Chief of Clan MacLea/Livingstone has officially recognized the ancient, muted and modern colors which would be no. 1003 in the Tarton Index; Dress which is no. 650; and MacLay which is no. 1488.

[Mael Coluim]

I belong to a dual named Clan, MacCallum Malcolm. We each have our own tartan. There is an ancient for each and a dress for the Malcolm. Here are the two tartans in modern colors.

MacCallum



Malcolm

[ronstew]

An internet search turned up these 105 Stewart tartans.

Ancient
Black
Black Ancient
Black ground
Black Modern
Blue
Blue (Laird Portch)
Camel
Camel, Modern
Cromarty Mss
Dress
Dress (Blue Lines)
Dress (Four red lines)
Dress Blue
Dress Blue Muted
Dress Modern
Dress Muted
Dress Purple (Dance)
Dress Weathered
Fashion
Fawn
Golfing
Green
Grey
Grey Authentic
Hay or Stewart
Hunting
Hunting 1
Hunting 2
Hunting Ancient
Hunting Modern
Hunting Muted
Hunting Old Colors
Hunting Plaid
Hunting Weathered
King George VI
Mourning
Mourning (Originaux #1)
Mourning (Originaux #3)
Navy
Navy Blue
of Appin
of Appin Ancient
of Appin Dress
of Appin Dress (Dance)
of Appin Hunting (Brown)
of Appin Hunting Ancient
of Appin Hunting Modern
of Appin Hunting Muted
of Appin Hunting Old Colours
of Appin Modern
of Appin Muted
of Appin Red
of Ardshiel
of Ardshiel (HSL)
of Ardshiel Modern
of Atholl
of Atholl Ancient
of Atholl Modern
of Atholl Muted
Fraser Stewart of Athol
of Erracht, Modern
of Fingask
of Fingask #1
of Fingask #2
of Fingask, Modern
of Galloway
of Galloway (VS)
of Galloway (Wilsons)
of Galloway, Modern
of Killiecrankie
of Rothesay
of Rothesay (Sobieski)
of Urrard
Old
Old Ancient.
Old Modern
Old Muted
Old Sett
Old Sett Modern
Old Sett Muted
Old Sett, Ancient
Plaid
Prince Charles Edward
Prince Charles Edward Stock
Prince Charles Edward, Modern
Racing (corporate, copyright)
Royal
Royal (Variant)
Royal 1
Royal 2
Royal 3
Royal Ancient
Royal Modern
Silk
Stuart / Riding Cloak
Stuart / Silver
Stuart of Bute
Stuart of Bute Ancient
Stuart of Bute Hunting
Stuart of Bute Modern
Stuart of Bute Muted
Stuart Plaid

Now, I think that this is a set of 34 unique Stewart tartans (so black Stewart, weathered, ancient, and modern count as one). I have not verified that they are all distinct, though. I am arguing that dress and dress blue are distinct, but you can adjust your list as you please.

Black
Blue
Blue (Laird Portch)
Camel
Cromarty Mss
Dress
Dress Blue
Dress Purple (Dance)
Fawn
Golfing
Green
Grey
Hunting
King George VI
Mourning
Navy
of Appin
of Appin Hunting (Brown)
of Appin Red
of Ardshiel
of Atholl
Fraser Stewart of Athol
of Erracht, Modern
of Fingask
of Galloway
of Killiecrankie
of Rothesay
of Urrard
Old Sett
Prince Charles Edward
Racing (corporate, copyright)
Royal
Stuart of Bute
Stuart of Bute Hunting