Clan MacQuarrie 1950’s Scottish Glengarry - Bonnet Badge.

FAMILY - MacQuarie

MOTTO - Turns fortis mihi Deus - God is a strong tower to me

BLAZON - Out Of An Antique Crown An Arm In Armour Embowed Grasping A Dagger, All Ppr.

SOURCE - Fairbairn's Book of Crests, 1905 ed.

Approx 42 mm x 48 mm

Clan MacQuarrie ( also MacQuarie, McQueary, McQuary, MacQuaire, MacGuarie, Macquarie, McCreary) is an ancient Highland Scottish clan which owned the islands of Ulva, Staffa and Gometra as well as large tracts of land on the Isle of Mull, which are all located in the Scottish Inner Hebrides.

Clan MacQuarrie (Scottish Gaelic for: son of Guaire) is one of the seven Siol Alpin clans descended from the Kings of the Picts and Dál Riata. Clan MacQuarrie is one of the four oldest Highland clans and can trace its ancestry to 9th century Kenneth MacAlpine, the first King of Scots. A 1450 manuscript describes the descent of Clan MacQuarrie from their namesake progenitor Guaire (Scottish Gaelic for: noble), brother of Fingon (ancestor of Clan MacKinnon) and Anrias (ancestor of Clan Gregor). They were fierce fighters in the Wars of Scottish Independence and fought in support of King Robert the Bruce at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314.