Clan Troup is a

Scottish clan A Scottish clan (from Scottish Gaelic , literally 'children', more broadly 'kindred') is a kinship group among the Scottish people. Clans give a sense of shared heritage and descent to members, and in modern times have an official structure r ...

. The clan is considered an

armigerous clan An armigerous clan (from armiger) is a Scottish clan, family or name which is registered with the Court of the Lord Lyon and once had a chief who bore undifferenced arms, but does not have a chief currently recognised as such by Lyon Court. Be ...

, meaning that it is considered to have had at one time a chief who possessed the chiefly arms; however, no one at present is in possession of such arms. The surname Troup is also considered a

sept A sept () is a division of a family, especially of a Scottish or Irish family. The term is used both in Scotland and in Ireland, where it may be translated as Irish , meaning "progeny" or "seed", and may indicate the descendants of a person ...

Clan Gordon Clan Gordon is a Scottish Highlands, Highland Scottish clan, historically one of the most powerful Scottish clans. The Gordon lands once spanned a large territory across the Highlands. Presently, Gordon is seated at Aboyne Castle, Aberdeenshire ...

History

The name Troup comes from the feudal barony of Troup in Aberdeenshire.Coventry, Martin. (2008). ''Castles of the Clans: The Strongholds and Seats of 750 Scottish Families and Clans''. p. 574. . Hammelin de Troup was in 1320, arrested for his involvement in a conspiracy against King

Robert I of Scotland Robert I (11 July 1274 – 7 June 1329), popularly known as Robert the Bruce (), was King of Scots from 1306 until his death in 1329. Robert led Kingdom of Scotland, Scotland during the First War of Scottish Independence against Kingdom of Eng ...

along with Roger de Mowbray,

David, Lord of Brechin Sir David de Brechin (died 1320) was a Kingdom of Scotland, Scottish knight who fought on both sides during the Wars of Scottish Independence. Life He was the son of Sir William de Brechin by Elena Comyn, daughter of Alexander Comyn, Earl of Buc ...

and Willian de Soules.

Clan profile

*Motto: (

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: ''Veritas Vincit'' -

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''Truth conquers'') *Crest: A hind's head erased, Proper.

Castles

The following is a list of castles known to have been in the ownership of the family. *

Cullykhan Castle Cullykhan Castle was a castle located in Aberdeenshire Aberdeenshire (; ) is one of the 32 Subdivisions of Scotland#council areas of Scotland, council areas of Scotland. It takes its name from the Shires of Scotland, historic county of Abe ...

(Troup Castle), overlooking Cullykhan Bay, Aberdeenshire. * Castle of Findon, overlooking Gamrie Bay, Aberdeenshire.

References

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