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The manor of Hauden was bestowed on Bernard son of Brien in approximately 1170. A cadet of the house is thought to have settled in Strathearn, acquiring lands which were to be incorporated in the barony of Gleneagles, where the chiefs remain to this day. Family charters include one from William the Lion to Roger de Hauden of the lands of Frandie near Gleneagles. Aylmer de Haldane swore fealt to Edward 1st of England in the Ragman Roll of 1296. He changed his allegiances, however, to Robert Bruce during the struggle for Scottish indepenence. In 1312 Sir John de Logy presented a charter of part of the lands of Bardrill in Strathearn to Sir Simon de Haldane. Sir Simon was married to Matilda de Arnot and through this marriage obtained lands in the ancient earldom of Lennox. Sir John Haldane, was Master of the Household under James III, Lord justice General of Scotland beyond the Forth and sheriff principal of Edinburgh. In 1482 he resigned to the Crown his lands in Perthshire, Stirlingshire and Fife and received a charter erecting them to the free barony of Gleneagles. He claimed the earldom of Lennox through his marriage to Agnes, daughter of Murdoch Menteith of Rusky. A lenghty lawsuit ensued, which was finally resolved by a settlement in which Lord Darnley retained the right to earldom and Gleneagles received a quarter of the lands as compensation. The Haldanes were ardent supporters of the Reformation and played a significant role in the political upheavals following the overthrow of Mary. They were part of the force, which in an attempt to persuade the king to rescind the sentence of banishment on the Earl of Angus and other unruly protestant nobles, laid seige to Stirling castle in 1585. James Haldane, the laird of Gleneagles brother, led the assault on the castle's west port and engaged Sir William Stewart, forcing him to retreat. When victory was imminent Haldane was shot by Sir Stewart's servant. The eleventh Laird Sir John Laird led his regiment in the battle of Dunbar against Parliament forces in 1650. The Scots were defeated and Haldane was killed. In 1820 the estates were passed to the cousin of the eighteenth Haldane of Gleneagles, Admiral Adam Duncan. The Haldanes at one time also held Aithrey Castle, which now forms the centre of the campus of Stirling University.
Septs of the Clan: Airth , Allardice, Allardyce, Bonar, Bonnar, Bontein, Bontine, Buntain, Bunten, Buntine, Bunting, Graeme, Grahame, Grahym, Grim, Grymn, Hadden, Haldane, Macgibbon, Macgilvernock, Macgrime, Maharg, Menteith, Monteith, Pitcairn, Pye, Pyott. |
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