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Clan Strachan is a Scottish clan originating from Aberdeenshire. The clan does not have a chief now, therefore it is considered by Court of the Lord Lyon and the Stand Council of Scottish Chiefs as an Armigerous clan.〔(History of Clan Strachan )〕 Clan Strachan held a Family Convention (or Ad Hoc Derbhfine) under the supervision of the Court of the Lord Lyon on 11 April 2014 in Edinburgh. The meeting ended amicably with unanimous support for Rob Strachan, Mill of Strachan, Strachan, Aberdeenshire to be recognised as Commander. On 29 April 2014, Lord Lyon Dr. Joseph Morrow dispatched a letter to the Sennachie of Clan Strachan, Jim Strachan, whereas Lyon wrote, "I have signed a Warrant authorizing the Lyon Clerk to prepare a Commission appointing Charles Robert Lund Strachan to be Commander of the Hounourable Clan Strachan for a period of 5 years." In 2019, there will be another Strachan Family Convention to officially recognize Rob as Hereditary Chief of the Honourable Clan Strachan. The Clan Strachan Society will be notifying its membership and those on their email lists of tentative plans was time approaches. The Clan Strachan warcry is ''Clachnaben!''〔(Clan Strachan Warcry - Clachnaben! )〕 == Highland or Lowland Clan? == The Highland Boundary Fault is a geologic fault that traverses Scotland from Arran and Helensburgh on the west coast to Stonehaven in the east. It separates two distinctly different physiographic regions: the Highlands from the Lowlands, but in most places it is only recognisable as a change in topography. The original Strachan lands and home of all Strachans (Strachan District or Strachan, Aberdeenshire) is located in Aberdeenshire some 15 miles northwest of Stonehaven, 3 miles outside of Banchory, north and adjacent to the Highland Boundary Fault. Therefore, the traditional boundaries of Strachan is within the Highland Region. These lands, including Durris and the entire Howe of the Mearns were likely held under the Mormaer of the Mearns, Máel Petair of Mearns. His name means "tonsured one of (Saint) Peter". One source tells us that Máel Petair was the son of a Máel Coluim. His name occurs in many sources because he was the man who, in 1094, is often given credit for the murder of King Duncan II of Scotland. Most historians agree that King Edgar, the brother and heir of Duncan II confiscated Máel Petair's mormaerdom, and converted it to crown lands. By mid-13th century, virtually all of the Mearns were converted to thanages. As will be seen herein, evidence from various charters and grants suggests that Clan Strachan should most appropriately be classified (during this period) as a Lowland Clan residing within the Highland Region. The territory controlled by Strachan of that Ilk were not held by the Clan in the traditional highland sense, but were occupied by the first of the name, Waltheof de Strachan (c. 1200) and his heirs until about 1315. Various grants and charters confirm that Waltheof de Strachan was extremely loyal to the Scottish Crown and the House of Dunkeld. Given the cultural divide between highland and lowland peoples, in all likelihood Waltheof de Strachan would have been greatly offended had anyone considered him a "Highlander", which in the 13th century inferred loyalty to MacDonald Lord of the Isles. During that period, Lowlanders generally considered Highlanders outlaws and traitors to the Scottish Crown. As mentioned, one might accurately describe Clan Strachan as a Lowland Clan within the Highland Region. This was not uncommon as, for example, the Name of Gordon, Fraser and others fall within this same category. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Clan Strachan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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