Clan Strange

Clan Strange
Motto Dexter Dulce Quod Utile - 'That Which Is Useful Is Sweet[1]
Chief
Major Timothy Strange[1]
of Balcaskie[1]

Clan Strange is a Lowland Scottish clan.[2]

History

Origins of the clan

The surname Strange is more often found as Strang.[2] It is probably derived from the Norman or French word etrange, which means foreign.[2] The Strang rendering is believed to derive from the Scots dialect for the word strong.[2]

In around 1255 Home le Estraunge was in the service of the Scottish king.[2] In around 1340 Thomas de Strang held land around Aberdeen.[2] In about 1362 John Strang married Cecilia, sister of Richard Anstruther of that Ilk and as part of the marriage settlement, Strang received some of the lands of Balcaskie.[2]

15th and 16th centuries

William Strang of Balcaskie is mentioned in around 1466 in deeds.[2] In 1482 John Strang of Balcaskie received a charter of confirmation for the lands of Ewingston.[2]

John Strang of Balcaskie was killed at the Battle of Pinkie Cleugh in 1547.[2]

17th and 18th centuries

In 1615 John Strang of Balcaskie sold the estate and became a colonel in Cochrane’s Scots Regiment.[2] Sir Robert Strange was descended from a younger son of the house of Balcaskie whose family had settled in Orkney at the time of the Scottish Reformation.[2] Strange was intended for a career in the law, but instead took ship on a man-of-war heading for the Mediterranean.[2] When he returned he took up the art of engraving.[2]

Jacobite risings

The same Sir Robert Strange was appointed to Charles Edward Stuart's Life Guard when Stuart's army entered Edinburgh in 1745.[2] Strange served in the Life Guard during the Jacobite rising of 1745 until after the defeat at the Battle of Culloden in 1746.[2] After which he managed to escape for several months remaining as a fugitive in the Scottish Highlands.[2] He later returned to Edinburgh in obscurity.[2] He moved to London in 1751 where he began to receive critical acclaim for engraving several important historical prints.[2] He left to tour Italy in 1760 and died in 1792, being considered the father of the art of engraving historical prints.[2]

Clan Strange Today

In February 1995 Major Timothy Strange of Balcaskie was confirmed by Lord Lyon as Chief of the Clan Strange.

Clan Profile

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Clan Strange Profile scotclans.com. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Way, George and Squire, Romily. Collins Scottish Clan & Family Encyclopedia. (Foreword by The Rt Hon. The Earl of Elgin KT, Convenor, The Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs). Published in 1994. Page 462.

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