Invercauld Highlanders - Farquharson Clan Bonnet Badge

This Victorian pattern badge has been worn by by members of the Farquharson clan and the Invercauld Highlanders since the nineteenth century. This is the same pattern bonnet badge is often worn by Captain Alwyne Arthur Compton Farquharson of Invercauld and Monaltrie who was the 16th chief of Scottish Clan Farquharson.

The badge was worn as a bonnet badge and cross belt badge by the original the Invercauld Highlanders.

We hand craft this badge in Scotland from the Victorian pattern. We offer the badge in a fine silver plate on a solid brass and solid silver. The back mounts are either available as a classic hinged pin style, or twin military style back lugs ( perfect for mounting on the cross belt as well as glengarry ).

FAMILY - Farquharson

MOTTO - Fide et fortitudine - By fidelity and fortitude

BLAZON - A Demi-Lion Gu., Holding In The Dexter Paw A Sword Ppr.

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

Made to order - Approx 4 weeks

Size Approx. 50mm x 60mm

Farquharson Clan

The chiefs of the Clan Farquharson trace their ancestry back to Farquhar, fourth son of Alexander "Ciar" Shaw of Rothiemurchus. Alexander Shaw was the fifth chief of the Clan Shaw. His descendants took the name Farquharson. Another of Alexander's sons was Donald, who married Isobel Stewart, the heiress of Invercauld. Donald's son was Finla Mor who was the real progenitor of the clan. MacFionlaigh Mòr is the Scottish Gaelic patronymic. Finla Mor was the royal banner bearer at the Battle of Pinkie Cleugh in 1547 where he was killed. However he produced nine sons over two marriages from which the important cadet branches of the clan were sprung and the clan grew in stature.

Invercauld Highlanders

The formation date of the Invercauld Highlanders is unknown. A group of the Clan Farquharson men did march in front of King George IV on his trip to Edinburgh on August 16th 1822. It is thought that the group formed at some point between the end of the Act of Proscription on July 1st 1782 and the founding of the Braemar Wrights Friendly Society in July 1815. They turned out as a group of marching men for over one hundred years and their final march was during the 1938 Braemar Gathering.

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