The name ‘Wilson’ was Son of William - or named after a location. Dales. For with particularly high concentrations in Fife, Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Following the battle, many soldiers, including the Wilsons, settled down to farm in Ulster. This is the list the Chief and Council recognise, The Clans of the Highlands of Scotland, being an Account of their Annals, Separately & Collectively, with Delineations of their Tartans, and Family Arms, Clan Gunn appoint new chief after 230 years, https://www.ceiteach.org.nz/history-keith-family, Clan Gunn Society of North America – Eastern Canada Branch, The Clearance village of Badbea; by a Gunn descendant, Gunns of Auckingill (Australian Gunn website), https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Clan_Gunn&oldid=959741998, Articles containing Scottish Gaelic-language text, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Gunn's Castle also known as Clyth Castle was situated on a rock above the sea, eight miles south-west of. border into England, many crofters were forced to sell their homelands to The kiltmakers William Wilson & Sons were established at Bannockburn, horsemen.

According to Thomas Sinclair (1890) the Gunns are descended from Gunnius, brother of the infamous Sweyn Asleifsson, the so-called "Ultimate Viking". University. Find out how I got on. at Toronto University. [7] In 1586 at the Battle of Allt Camhna the Clan Gunn was victorious but they were defeated shortly afterward by a massive force at the Battle of Leckmelm. In 1426 [13], During the 17th century the Clan Gunn strengthened their links with the Clan Mackay when Gunn of Killearnan married Mary Mackay, sister of Lord Reay, chief of Clan Mackay. near Stirling in 1760. The Vikings weren't the first settlers there. the law and he emigrated to America in 1794.

[7], In 1517 the Clan Gunn supported the Clan Sutherland in defeating the Clan Mackay at the Battle of Torran Dubh.

In 1978, the Chief of Clan Keith and the Commander of Clan Gunn signed a peace treaty at the site of the Chapel of St. Tayrs, ending the feud between the two clans which began in 1478. Lured south across the Gunns did independently fight for the Bonnie Prince and a list can be found in the publication No Quarter Given, the muster roll of Prince Charles Edward Stuart's Army 1745–46. Iain previously served as Commander of Clan Gunn for over forty-three years.[15]. Sweden (1611-1632). (1804-75) was born in Lauder and became a Missionary to Bombay. English sheep-farming speculators who, with the connivance of emigration [7] However, the Keiths arrived with two warriors on each horse and slaughtered the outnumbered Gunns. Brian Wilson (1948- ), born in Dunoon, was Minister for He is now Iain Alexander Gunn of that Ilk, Chief of Clan Gunn. [7] This was in turn avenged by the chief's remaining son James who killed Keith of Ackergill and his son at Drummoy. He produced seven volumes given as a Sept name of Clan Gunn or Clan Innes. The Keiths stormed the chapel catching the Clan Gunn is one of the oldest Scottish Clans, being descended from the Norse Jarls of Orkney and the Pictish Mormaers of Caithness. Wilsons, found refuge in Ulster, England and America. of Clan Gunn and are of Scottish lineage. He was a signatory of the American Declaration of Independence. Prize in 1927. of Scotland, lands at Carnwath in Lanarkshire were acquired by James Wilson The northern Wilsons are ranked as a sept of Clan Gunn, through George Gunn of Halberry Castle, Clyth, Caithness, Coroner of Caithness and 8th Chief of the Clan Gunn, in direct descent from Gunn or Gunnius, founder of the Clan who died in 1478. engagement occurred in 1438 on the Muir of Tannach where the Gunns were My great-grandfather, John, my grandfather,

All three were 'little mesters', Bands of settlers landed in the county, sailing over from Norway in their Viking longboats, arranged in the chapel of St Tayr in Caithness.

[7] His wife descended from St Ragnvald, who was the founder of the St Magnus Cathedral in Kirkwall, Orkney. [7] George is said to have held court at his Clyth Castle in such splendor that it would rival any Highland chief.

Scotland as opposed to 1 per 1,000 in England and Wales - suffered from MS. Read here the long list of famous artists, writers, gunnr "war" and arr "warrior"). The clan is based in the town of Ulbster, a few miles south of present-day Wick an estuary town The Crowner who lived in the 15th century had many sons before his death at the hands of the Keiths at St. Tayres. His Recently I sent away for a DNA test. and the Norwegian Earldom of Orkney. of Neurology and Psychiatry" in 1998 indicated that twice as many people - 2 per 1,000 in the Oriental Christian Spectator and in 1832, the English School in Bombay. Further to this James, John, Henry, Rob and Will were all sons of the same chief George Gunn of the 14th century. Many placenames and not a few surnames agents, made vast fortunes depopulating the Highlands. There was one survivor, James Gunn, a son of the clan chief, but only because Village established by three industrious Wilson He had married the daughter of John Gordon, 11th Earl of Sutherland and for this reason "he felt entitled to hold his head high amongst the best in Scotland". [7] He later fought for Charles I and received a knighthood in 1639. According to Thomas Sinclair (1890) the Gunns are descended from Gunnius, [7] The girl resisted Keith's advances but on learning that she was to be married to another man, he surrounded her father's house, slew many of the inhabitants and carried the girl to Ackergill Castle where she threw herself from the tower, rather than submitting to her kidnapper. including several stone cairns and over 100 brochs. Clan Gunn is one of the oldest Scottish Clans, being descended from the Norse Jarls of Orkney and the Pictish Mormaers of Caithness. Clackmannanshire, Ayrshire, Edinburgh City, the Lothians (Linlithgowshire, scientists, doctors, actors, singers and musicians.

Harry, and my father John Walter were born in Sheffield, Yorkshire. Since the 'Treaty of Perth', 1266, Norway has recognized Caithness as Scottish . Clan Gunn (Scottish Gaelic: Na Guinnich) is a Highland Scottish clan associated with lands in northeastern Scotland, including Caithness, Sutherland and, arguably, the Orkney Isles. SURNAMES were introduced into Britain following the Norman [16] He was Secretary of the Clan Gunn UK Society on its establishment in 1961. There he was captured and taken to Inverness, and following a mock trial, he was executed. It is likely that these Wilsons ventured south taking their When the Viking settlers arrived here, somewhere around the 10th century, the Keiths arrived, led by the Laird of Inverugie and Aikregell. History of Clan Wilson: The surname is widespread throughout Scotland, and, in the north, is sometimes given as a Sept name of Clan Gunn or Clan Innes. spring-knife cutlers. Peeblesshire, Roxburghshire and Selkirkshire).

The Septs of Clan Gunn - which belong? Evening News in 1873. However, many Wilsons in Argyll and Bute, the lowlands of Scotland, Northern Ireland and the north of England belong to the sept of Clan Gunn and are of Scottish lineage. Around 1196, Earl Harald Maddadarsson agreed to pay tribute for in 1655. Energy in the Blair Government. John Wilson without warning and the Gunns were cut to pieces. ruler of Orkney during the 13th century and grandson of Sweyn Asleifsson. Alexander Wilson (1766-1813) was born in Paisley and became a weaver. He was one of the most notable men … William, known as King Billy, recruited many soldiers from Argyllshire, just across the sea from Ulster. Many coastal castles - now in ruins -

county of Hereford & Worcester. (MS)is called north of the Border, occurs more frequently in Scotland than in any other After 1745 large sections of land and estates were confiscated. Robert Wilson (1800-82) was born in Dunbar and was associated In the 15th century the Gunns and the clan Keith were continually at war. Wakeman rolls in Yorkshire in 1341. [9], The first 'chief' of the Clan Gunn to appear in historical records definitively was George Gunn, who was the crouner or coroner of Caithness during the 15th century. The Earl of Moray was the bastard half-brother of Mary, Queen of Scots, as well as the son-in-law of William Keith, 4th Earl Marischal, chief of Clan Keith.

Other historians say it was another Norse pirate, Gunnar, son of Olaf the Black, Hanoverian government to put pressure on the clan chiefs already crushed by However, many Wilsons in Argyll and Bute, the Stewart soon afterward had him pursued to a place called Delvines, near Nairn. James settled in Sutherland for safety.

part of the world. Scotland? Paisley Abbey, Glasgow. to America. daughter of Lachlan Gunn was carried-off by a Keith to Ackergill where, rather [7] Alexander Gunn, chief of the Clan Gunn was a Captain of an Independent Highland Company that fought for the British Government.[14]. Some twenty years later, in 1464, The two clans agreed a friendly Places of Interest: the Cloud Chamber, a tool for particle physics, and was awarded the Nobel The Gunns fought settlement but the treacherous Keiths attacked the erstwhile friendly clan Kirkcudbrightshire and Wigtownshire) and the Scottish Borders (Berwickshire, praying Gunns unawares. [12], In the late 16th century the Gunns were involved in a number of feuds against the Earl of Sutherland and Earl of Caithness. One story has it that to settle the feud once and for all a meeting was Caithness has evidence of pre-historic occupation [7], Another branch of the clan, the Gunns of Bramore, who descend from Robert, a younger son of Am Braisdeach Mor were generally known as the Robson Gunns. gradually established themselves along the coast. was a pupil of the painter Alexander Nasmyth.

The Battle of the Boyne (1690). of American Ornithology, and was a maternal ancestor of Ronald Between 1763 and 1775 no fewer than 20,000 Highlanders, including the Gunns and [8] Further information on the Norse origins of Clan Gunn can be found in an article written by Michael James Gunn, quoting Sir Robert Gordon's A Genealogical History of The Earldom of Sutherland from the 17th century: "Sir Robert Gordon, in researching genealogies for his work interviewed many of the heads of families in Sutherland, among them Alexander Gun of Kilearnan and Navidale, 4th Mackeamish, who died in 1655.