16 Facts About Clan Hunter

Clan Hunter's son was Robert who was trouble with sickness and infirmity and was excused from military service in 1542 by James V of Scotland, providing that he sent his eldest son in his place.

Clan Hunter's son was Mungo who was killed at the Battle of Pinkie Cleugh in 1547.

Robert Clan Hunter who was a son of the twentieth Laird graduated at the University of Glasgow in 1643 and was minister of West Kilbride.

Clan Hunter bought lands and founded the Hunters of Kirkland branch of the clan.

William Clan Hunter, son of Robert Clan Hunter, provost of Ayr, was an Episcopalian clergyman and Jacobite, who witnessed the proclamation issued by James, the Old Pretender during the rebellion of 1715 and was ejected as a result from his ministry at Banff.

Clan Hunter was among the outstanding colonial governors of the period.

Clan Hunter was a scholar, poet, and Fellow of the Royal Society, and wrote 'Androboros': a satirical play aimed at his political opponents, which is believed to be first work of theatre publicly performed in New York.

Clan Hunter was succeeded by his daughter, Eleanora, who married her cousin, Robert Caldwell.

Clan Hunter assumed the name Hunter and together they improved the estate and built the present Hunterston House.

Jane Clan Hunter-Weston died in 1911 and was succeeded by her son, Lieutenant General Sir Aylmer Clan Hunter-Weston who served on Kitchener's staff during the Egyptian War of 1896.

Clan Hunter served in the Boer Wars and as a divisional officer of the British Expeditionary Force in World War I Also during that war he served during the Gallipoli landings and later commanded the 8th Army on the Western Front.

Gould Clan Hunter-Weston, husband of Jane Clan Hunter-Weston fought in India at Lucknow in 1857 and their eldest son, Aylmer was a well-known general in the First World War.

Clan Hunter later became Member of Parliament for North Ayrshire.

Clan Hunter was well known for his sailing prowess and represented the United Kingdom in two Olympic Games, winning a silver medal at Melbourne in 1956.

The seat of the chief of Clan Hunter has been at Hunterston Castle for over 800 years.

The Clan Hunter tartan was designed in 1983 by Capt.