CREST
BADGE: A savage head affronte, erased, proper.
MOTTO: Vil God I Zal (Will God I Shall).
GAELIC NAME: Meinn, Meinnearach.
ORIGIN OF NAME: Norman de Meyners.
PLANT BADGE: Menzies heath, Mountain ash.
WAR CRY: 'us Dearg a suas. (Up the White and Red)
PIPE MUSIC: Menzies' March.
MOTTO: Vil God I Zal (Will God I Shall).
GAELIC NAME: Meinn, Meinnearach.
ORIGIN OF NAME: Norman de Meyners.
PLANT BADGE: Menzies heath, Mountain ash.
WAR CRY: 'us Dearg a suas. (Up the White and Red)
PIPE MUSIC: Menzies' March.
The
name is found in various forms, Menzies, Mengues, Mingies, and Meyners.
It appears in charters in the 12th and 13th centuries, and in 1249 Robert
de Meyners was Lord High Chamberlain.
His son, Alexander, possessed the lands of Durisdeer - an indication of Anglo-Norman origin of the family - Weem, Aberfeldy and Glendochart, which passed to his son Robert, while his lands in Fortingall passed to his son Thomas. The last mentioned lands passed to the Stewarts through marriage.
At Bannockburn the Menzies supported Bruce, who granted several charters of lands to members of the clan. David Menzies was appointed Govenor of Orkney and Shetland in 1423 under the King of Norway. In 1487 Sir Robert de Mengues received a grant of land erected into the Barony of Menzies.
A century later the "Menyessis, in Atholl and Apnudull" appear in the Roll of Clans, 1587. Sir Alexander Menzies of Castle Menzies was created a Baronet on Nova Scotia in 1665, and the baronetry continued until the death of Sir Neil, 8th Baronet, in 1910.
A distinguished branch of the clan was the Menzies' of Pitfoddels. At the Battle of Invercarron in 1650 young Menzies of Pitfoddels crried the Royal Standard. This branch is now extinct. The last Chieftain of the Pitfoddels branch founded the Roman Catholic College of Blairs.
Menzies of Culderas is said to have introduced the first larches into Scotland from the Tyrol in 1738. Two of the original trees are still to be seen in the grounds of the Duke of Atholl.
The correct pronounciation of "Menzies", is Ming-is.
His son, Alexander, possessed the lands of Durisdeer - an indication of Anglo-Norman origin of the family - Weem, Aberfeldy and Glendochart, which passed to his son Robert, while his lands in Fortingall passed to his son Thomas. The last mentioned lands passed to the Stewarts through marriage.
At Bannockburn the Menzies supported Bruce, who granted several charters of lands to members of the clan. David Menzies was appointed Govenor of Orkney and Shetland in 1423 under the King of Norway. In 1487 Sir Robert de Mengues received a grant of land erected into the Barony of Menzies.
A century later the "Menyessis, in Atholl and Apnudull" appear in the Roll of Clans, 1587. Sir Alexander Menzies of Castle Menzies was created a Baronet on Nova Scotia in 1665, and the baronetry continued until the death of Sir Neil, 8th Baronet, in 1910.
A distinguished branch of the clan was the Menzies' of Pitfoddels. At the Battle of Invercarron in 1650 young Menzies of Pitfoddels crried the Royal Standard. This branch is now extinct. The last Chieftain of the Pitfoddels branch founded the Roman Catholic College of Blairs.
Menzies of Culderas is said to have introduced the first larches into Scotland from the Tyrol in 1738. Two of the original trees are still to be seen in the grounds of the Duke of Atholl.
The correct pronounciation of "Menzies", is Ming-is.
