Clan Anderson is an armigerous clan which means that the clan, family or name is registered with the Court of the Lord Lyon, but does not currently have a chief recognised by the Lyon Court. The Clan is currently administered by a Clan council made up of armigerous gentlemen of the clan. Anderson is the 8th most common surname in Scotland. The Anderson Tartan is unique among all of the Scottish tartans, as it has seven colours when ordinarily tartans will have six or less colours. Because of this, the Anderson tartan must be woven on a special loom. Now fairly common throughout Scotland the name Anderson is first recorded in Peebles and Dumfries during the later 13th century. Thereafter there were families of the name in Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Banffshire, and amongst the oldest branches are those of Downhill, Westerbreck and Candacraig. In the Highlands the name takes the form MacAndrew which like Anderson, means “son of Andrew.
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