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The Clan Shaw were one of the principal septs of the Clan Chattan. They were descended fro Shaw, great grandson of Angus, 6th MacKintosh, and he is credited with being the commander of the Clan Chattan at the Clan Battle at Perth in 1396, for which service he received the lands of Rothiemurchus. James, of Rothiemurchus, was killed at the Battle of Harlaw in 1411. During his son Alasdair’s infancy the Comyns repossessed themselves of Rothiemurchus and built the famous castle on Loch-an-Eilean. On reaching manhood Alasdair recaptured Rothiemurchus which was confirmed to him by written title in 1464. The lands passed out of the possession of the Shaws in the sixteenth century.

Another important family of Shaws were in possession of Tordarroch from 1468 till the nineteenth century. The Tordarroch Shaws were styled the Clan Aidh and were amongst the most prominent septs of the Clan Chattan, and in the Rising of 1715 they were described as “ the most resolute and best armed of any that composed the army,” and the “regiment was reckoned the best the Earl of Mar had.” Other families of the Shaws were established in Dell, Dalnavert, Black Isle, and in the Western Isles.

The Shaws of the Lowlands had a different origin. William de Shaw, whose name appears in the Ragman Roll of 1296, was the ancestor of the Ayrshire Shaws, and the Shaws of Sauchie and the Shaws of Greenock were important branches of the family in the South.

Crest: A demi-lion, gules, holding in the dexter paw a sword, proper. Badge: Red whortleberry.


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