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Duncan is one of the oldest names in Scotland dating
back to the early Celtic Scots infiltration of Scotland from Ireland
c500AD and the creation of the Kingdom of Dalriada in South West
Scotland. One of the first early records of the name was King Dunchad
(Duncan)
mac
Conaing who
co-ruled Dalriada with Conall II (c650 – 654AD). Other early accounts
of the name are Dunchad
(Duncan) the 11th Abbot of Iona c707 – 717AD; King Duncan I
(c1034 – 1040AD); Duncan II (1093- 1094AD) and Donnchad in the 11c.
Celtic Book of Deer.
The first
known record of a Duncan armiger was Duncane, Hague Roll 1592.
Argent, a
chevron Sable between two stars Gules and a hunting-horn Sable,
stringed Gules.
The armiger has kept his arms primarily recognisable as
Duncan and based his grant of arms on that of Alexander Duncan of
Seaside; Gules, a chevron Or between two cinquefoils in chief and a
hunting-horn in base Argent garnished Azure. Register of all Armorial
Bearings, Scotland (The Lyon Register) 1672.
The dragon’s head with a sword in its mouth represents
the Armiger’s 13 year service in the Royal Army Dental Corps and his
choice of Crest illustrates his love of sailing and his Scots origins.
The clarion shows the armigers participation as a musician in Scottish
Music for over 30 years.
John Duncan of Sketraw’s ancestors have worked the land
for over 300 years in the North East of Scotland with the earliest
known ancestor so far found being James Duncan, Huntly, Aberdeenshire
around 1695.
The Armiger has three sons
Gavin George Duncan of Sketraw, ygr.
Euan Michael Duncan and Angus James Duncan
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Conferral: by S. A. R. Don
Carlos de Borbón-Dos Sicilias y de Borbón-Parma, Duque de Calabria,
Conde de Caserta, Infante de España as a Knight Jure Sanguinis,
Motto Proprio, Sacred Military Constantinian Order of St George.
28th November 2006, Book 4, Folio 56, No. 3002.
"The Scottish grant does not include either mention or illustration
of the cross of the order." |
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