Clan Beveridge (Beveridge Tartan)

1. About Clan Beveridge (Beveridge Tartan)

2. Clan Beveridge History (Beveridge Tartan)

The island of Beverege in the Severn, which Florence of Worcester described as the Danes' retreat during an English uprising, is thought to be the source of the name.

When Walter Beverage is listed as a juror on an inquest at St. Andrews in 1302, the name is first noted in Scotland.

In 1504, Henry Beveragh testified in Paisley.

A judgment against Alexander Bauerage is noted in 1531.

James Baverage, the son of the Queen's midwife, earned salary in 1567, and David Beverage served as James V's cup-bearer in 1534.

A Culross monk named Alexander Bavirige lived in the sixteenth century.

James and Andrew Beverage were penalized in 1677 for producing beer that was too weak; a few days later, when they made an appeal for the cancellation of their fines, they were listed as "Belfarge."

A John Beverich is present in 1724 at Houburn-mill in the Coldingham parish.

3. Clan Beveridge Tartans

Although the Fife District tartan, which represents the area where the Beveridges historically held property, is not the official Beveridge tartan, the clan may wear it.

Fife District

4. Clan Beveridge Crest & Coats of Arms

4.1 Clan Beveridge Crest

Worn by all of the name and ancestry

4.2 Clan Beveridge Coats of Arms

Note on Coats of Arms: A coat of arms is given to an individual under Scottish heraldic law (with the exception of civic or corporate arms). A 'family coat of arms' does not exist.

With the exclusions listed above, the weapons depicted below are personal weapons. The only person authorized to use these weapons is the grantee.

Portrait of William Beveridge, Bishop of St Asaph

JAMES BEVERIDGE DUNCAN OF DAMSIDE

Chief of the Beveridge surname from Scotland lives in the counties of Perth and Blackheath in the county of Kent, Esquire. Quarterly first and fourth Gules a chevron erminois betweeen two cinquefoils in chief Argent and a huntinghorn in base of the last, stringed Azure for Duncan second and third Vert two beavers combatant Or, the base wavy Argent and Azure for Beveridge, with two crests that on the dexter side a ship in full sail each charged with a cinquefoil Gules and the fore tack with a hunting horn of the last stringed Azure. Motto above: DISCE PATI for Duncan, with a demi-beaver proper emerging from a mural crown of or. PERSEVERANDO is Beveridge's motto. Supporters on a wall plaque bearing this inscription Put two beavers forward as the chiefs of the Beveridge surname in Scotland.

JAMES BEVERIDGE DUNCAN OF DAMSIDE

Robert Erskine BEVERIDGE

Azure two beavers combatant Or and in base a sea undy Argent and of the first.

William Ian Beardmore BEVERIDGE

and

John Calwell BEVERIDGE

A barrulet waved in azure. Argent, a roundel of the third charged with a fountain between two wavy piles of the second issuing from the barrulet inside a bordure engrailed Or, and between two beavers combatant Or upholding an open book of the second in chief.

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5. Clan Beveridge Places & People

 5.1 Sir Gordon Smith Grieve Beveridge  (1933 – 1999)

From 1986 to 1997, a Scottish chemist served as president and vice chancellor of Queen's University in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

During his tenure, he was in charge of expanding the University's influence throughout the South and West of the nation.

He was born in St. Andrews, raised in Inverness, and subsequently attended the University of Glasgow to study engineering.

Once back in Scotland, he took a position as Head of the Department of Chemical and Process Engineering at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow after spending some time in the United States on fellowships and as visiting lecturers.

He has been on the boards of numerous professional and academic organizations since 1981.

5.2 William Wightman Beveridge (1858 – 1941)

Athlete in track and field and football from Scotland. Between 1879 and 1889, he received three caps for the national football team and scored one goal on the international stage.

He was born in Cumnock, Ayrshire. He was also the best sprinter in athletics.

In addition to studying for his divinity degree at Edinburgh University, he was ordained as a Church of Scotland priest in 1883 and took the name Reverend Beveridge.

Until his retirement in 1927, he was a resident and employee of Port Glasgow.