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Scottish Tattoo Designs >> Lamont

Lamont Clan Tattoos - A name of great antiquity in south Argyll, where at one time the chiefs were described as 'Mac Laomain Mor Chomhail Uile' -' The Great MacLamont of All Cowal'. Although some believe the name to be Norman or French, the family almost certainly originated in Ulster. Logmaor, meaning, in old Norse, 'Lawman' or 'Law Giver', became in Gaelic 'Ladhman', and it is from a son of the great O'Neill princes of Tyrone that the chiefs are said to descend. The Lamonts were also at one time called Macerchar, Fearchar, the grandfather of the first Ladhman.

Later that century the direct line of the chiefs is believed to have failed, and the representation of the family passed to the Lamonts of Inveryne, later styled 'Lamont of Lamont'. They established their chief seats at the strong Castle of Toward and Ascog, which they held until their destruction by the Campbell's in the 17th century. Sir Ian Moncreiffe of that Ilk, celebrated 20th century herald and historian, asserts that Sir John Lyon, who became Thane of Glamis in 1372, was a son of the chiefly house of Lamont. He points out that the Lamont arms bear a silver lion on a blue shield, while the Lyon's bear a blue lion on a silver shield. Such a simple reversal of the colour scheme of a coat of arms was a recognized manner of differencing used by cadets.

Clan Lamont Motto: Ne Parcas Nec Spernas
From Latin: Neither Spare nor Dispose

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