Robson tartan?

[gilmore]

In the photo accompanying the news story in this link http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/new...Tartan_bitter/ is a Paul Robson in Newcastle wearing what he calls his "family tartan." It seems to be a Black Watch derivative, broad purplish blue and dark green stripes separated by a black stripe. A red overstripe is centered on the broad green stripe.

I do not believe this is a tartan associated with Robertson, Robieson, or any other spelling varients.

Can anyone identify it?

[McMurdo]

It looks to me like the Gunn Modern but I'm not 100% sure just for comparison sake here is my Gunn Modern

[McMathTX]

It looks to me like the Gunn Modern but I'm not 100% sure just for comparison sake here is my Gunn Modern

Although the lighting in the article photo is not the best, it does indeed look like McMurdo's Gunn Modern. Robson is a recognized sept of Clan Gunn.

Dean

[Rampant Lion]

I don't think he's wearing the Gunn tartan. The red stripes in his kilt are bordered by black stripes.

Also, the blue squares look solid, unlike the Gunn tartan.

(I know it's all pixelated, but this is the best I can do at work.)

His looks like Clan Donnachaidh (Robertson) hunting tartan, but missing the white stripes.



I also just read that Robson can be a sept of Gunn.
link

[Captain Karrot]

I would have to agree with Glen. That is the Gunn modern. I am a Robinson, which is a Sept of Gunn, and there is are 2 named tartans for that:

Robinson Dress #1



and


Robinson Dress #2



I actually have a tank made by Kathy Lare in the Robinson Dress 2

[turpin]

Is he wearing high-top wing tips?? Me likey.

BTW CK, neither of those looks like the tartan in the article. Given that the kilt cost him GBP 1700, it might be a private tartan

[Dukeof Kircaldy]

OK, I am sort of a Robson by "relationship"*, which is a Borders name. I tend to think its more Geordy (Northern English) than Scots. But Geordies will all point out that they are called "bastard Scots".

My other friend named Robson is about as Geordy as you can get.

So, I go with the private tartan.

Although, I want to go and protest with him since my Border roots are Hall (McLeod).


* Crazy ex-girlfriend.

[gilmore]

OK, I am sort of a Robson by "relationship"*, which is a Borders name. I tend to think its more Geordy (Northern English) than Scots. But Geordies will all point out that they are called "bastard Scots".

My other friend named Robson is about as Geordy as you can get.

So, I go with the private tartan.

Although, I want to go and protest with him since my Border roots are Hall (McLeod).


* Crazy ex-girlfriend.

Yes, according to the National Trust's Surname profiler Robson is/was most common in the northern English counties just south of the Border. They had a reputation as reivers, I have been given to understand. An interesting Y chromosome DNA survey was done recently of men of that name there. However, Robison is/was most common north of the Border in Scotland, especially in Galloway.

Not to hijack a thread I started, but, though some say Robinson, Robison, Robson, etc are septs of the Gunn clan, I suspect it is mostly tartan merchants and perhaps Gunn clan associations eager for members who promote that notion. Those who bear those names who are truly associated with it are very, very few in number, and by far and away most have no connection with that clan whatsoever, other than having paid their dues and joined one of the Gunn associations (and of course bought Gunn tartan.)This can be demonstrated both genetically and demographically. (I know this quite well. A relative made the mistake of looking up our name in one of those lists of septs, and assuming the validitity of that claim with no further evidence. It has taken some time to rectify it in all quarters.) If anyone is interested in pursuing this, we could start another thread on this topic.