Clans of Buchan & Mar
Aberdeenshire
The fertile shoulder of the country, Gordon, Forbes, Leslie.
Tap a region of the map to see who held it.
Families seated in Buchan & Mar
- Clan BairdLawyers, soldiers, and statesmen of Lanarkshire and the north-east.
- Clan HayHereditary Constables of Scotland, second only to the crown.
- Clan LeslieSoldiers of fortune, Scots field-marshals across Europe.
- Clan GordonThe Cocks of the North, Earls and Dukes of Aberdeenshire.
- MitchellOf Michael, the diminutive that became its own surname in north-east Scotland.
- Clan ForbesLord Forbes, Scotland's senior baron, of Aberdeenshire.
Historic ties to Buchan & Mar
Families with historic but not core ground here.
Champions made here
Famous bearers whose lives or work root in Buchan & Mar.