KIDD (ANCIENT) - Tartans beginning with 'B' The name Lindsay first appeared

The name Lindsay first appeared in the Borders of Scotland in the 12th century

Scottish Tartan Society notes: Tartans of the Lowland families were not named until the publication the 'Vestiarium Scoticum' in 1842

Clan Lamont is closely associated with Clan Campbell

Fencibles were a kind of Home Guard formed at the time of the Napoleonic Invasion threat

This sett comes from the MacGregor-Hastie collection in the Scottish Tartans Society

KIDD (ANCIENT) - Tartans beginning with 'B' The name Lindsay first appearedThis tartan was originally supplied by William Wilson and Sons of Bannockburn to a Mr Kidd who used it to clothe the slaves on his West Indian plantation. It was therefore called 'Kidd' in Wilson's pattern book. In 1822 Wilsons supplied this design to MacPherson and it was thereafter known as 'MacPherson'.