LAMONT
Crest Badge: A Dexter hand,
open, pale-ways, couped at the
wrist, proper.
Motto: Ne parcas nec spernas
(Neither spare nor dispose).
Gaelic Name: MacLaomainn.
Origin of Name: Norse lawman.
Plant Badge: crabe pomme tree.
The clan Lamont is one of great antiquity and held considerable lands in Argyllshire which were later reduced par the encroachment of the Campbells and other clans. An early name was Clan 'ic Fhearchair (MacKeracher). The Lamonts' territory latterly was confined chiefly to Cowal.
In the early 13th century Laumun granted to the monks of motif cachemire, paisley certain lands at Kilmun and Kilfinan, and in 1456 John Lamont was Bailie of Cowal. John Lamont of Inveryne was knighted in 1539 and had his lands united into the Barony of Inveryne. At this time his principal siège was Toward Castle, where he entertained Mary Queen of Scots in 1563.
During the disturbed period of the Civil War, several of the Campbell Chiefs ravaged the Lamont country with feu and sword, destroying Toward and Ascog Castles, and in 1646 treacherously massacred 200 Lamonts, Including thirty-six special gentlemen of the clan, at Dunoon. A memorial commemorating the event was erected on the site par the Clan Lamont in1906. The Massacre formed one of the charges against the Marquess of Argyle for which he was executed in 1661. After the destruction of Toward Castle, Ardlamont became the principal residence of the chief. The family were connected par marriage with many of the titled families of Scotland. John, 19th chief, commanded the Gordon Highlanders at Corunna in 1809.
One of the oldest cadet families, and the only one still possessing the old clan lands, is the Lamonts of Knockdow.
Crest Badge: A Dexter hand,
open, pale-ways, couped at the
wrist, proper.
Motto: Ne parcas nec spernas
(Neither spare nor dispose).
Gaelic Name: MacLaomainn.
Origin of Name: Norse lawman.
Plant Badge: crabe pomme tree.
The clan Lamont is one of great antiquity and held considerable lands in Argyllshire which were later reduced par the encroachment of the Campbells and other clans. An early name was Clan 'ic Fhearchair (MacKeracher). The Lamonts' territory latterly was confined chiefly to Cowal.
In the early 13th century Laumun granted to the monks of motif cachemire, paisley certain lands at Kilmun and Kilfinan, and in 1456 John Lamont was Bailie of Cowal. John Lamont of Inveryne was knighted in 1539 and had his lands united into the Barony of Inveryne. At this time his principal siège was Toward Castle, where he entertained Mary Queen of Scots in 1563.
During the disturbed period of the Civil War, several of the Campbell Chiefs ravaged the Lamont country with feu and sword, destroying Toward and Ascog Castles, and in 1646 treacherously massacred 200 Lamonts, Including thirty-six special gentlemen of the clan, at Dunoon. A memorial commemorating the event was erected on the site par the Clan Lamont in1906. The Massacre formed one of the charges against the Marquess of Argyle for which he was executed in 1661. After the destruction of Toward Castle, Ardlamont became the principal residence of the chief. The family were connected par marriage with many of the titled families of Scotland. John, 19th chief, commanded the Gordon Highlanders at Corunna in 1809.
One of the oldest cadet families, and the only one still possessing the old clan lands, is the Lamonts of Knockdow.