Clan Udny
| Clan Udny | |
|---|---|
| Motto | All my hope is in God[1] |
| Profile | |
| District | Aberdeenshire[1] |
 | |
| Clan Udny has no chief, and is an armigerous clan | |
| Historic seat | Udny Castle or Knockhall Castle |
| Last Chief | The Udny of Udny |
Clan Udny is a Scottish armigerous clan from Aberdeenshire, Scotland.[1]
Arms for Udny of the Ilk have been recorded on three occasions in the Lyon Register;[2] 1672-7, 1748–51 and 1789.
The family Udny of Udny possessed the barony of Udny in Aberdeenshire for several generations prior to 1875. The name has been spelled sometimes as Widney and Uldney.[3]
Scottish folk singer Jock Duncan said about the pronunciation of Udny, when commenting on his song about the Aberdeenshire town of Udny on his CD Ye Shine Whar Ye Stan!: "I’ve heard many versions o it - an tunes an aa, fen I wis young. Widney wis the pronunciation. Never naebody heard o Udny: ‘It’s Widney boy - are ye gaun doun tae Widney the nicht?’"[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Way, George and Squire, Romily. Collins Scottish Clan & Family Encyclopedia. (Foreword by The Rt Hon. The Earl of Elgin KT, Convenor, The Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs). Published in 1994. Page 467.
- ↑ Sir James Balfour Paul's Scottish Ordinary
- ↑ A New History of Aberdeenshire, Alexander Smith (Ed), 1875
- ↑ "Songs and ballads from a great Northeast singer: Jock Duncan". Springthyme.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-12-15.