STUART OF BUTE [HUNTING] (MODERN) - Tartans beginning with 'R' Details from RC Nesbitt's 'Nisbet

Details from RC Nesbitt's 'Nisbet of that Ilk'

who came to Barra in 1049

Harrison of Johnstons of Elgin

A tartan very similar to this can be seen in a portrait by Sir Henry Raeburn of Niel Gow (1717-1807) the famous Perthshire fiddler (see http://www

whereas with the Black Watch it is kilted to show the blue

STUART OF BUTE [HUNTING] (MODERN) - Tartans beginning with 'R' Details from RC Nesbitt's 'NisbetThe Stuarts of Bute are descended from the natural son of King Robert II. The use of this tartan is normally considered to be confined to the family from whom it derives its title, though others more or less closely related have likewise claimed an interest. Whether or not the pattern was in use before the publication of the Vestiarium Scoticum (1840), has never been ascertained. This version is in maroon is referred to as the Hunting version. But,