RUTHVEN (ANCIENT) Choose:By the metre The structure of the Culloden

The structure of the Culloden tartan is very similar to this and Coulsen Bonner calls it Culloden or Ancient MacHardy

who held the hereditary office of Great Marischal of Scotland

agree in saying that this specimen is the correct 'Lamond Tartan'

The use of this tartan is normally considered to be confined to the family from whom it derives its title

'' The earliest publication is attributed to Logan but he may well have known of the sample

RUTHVEN (ANCIENT) Choose:By the metre The structure of the CullodenThe name Ruthven comes from the old Barony of Ruthven in Angus. Ruthvens were Earls of Gowrie at the time of James VI of Scotland. More recently Sir Alexander Hore Ruthven of Freeland, Governor General of Australia, was created Earl of Gowrie in 1945. The Ruthven tartan was not named until the publication of the book known as the Vestiarium Scoticum in 1842.