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This name may derive from the Latin form Wallensis or Walensis but others think that the name Wallace originates from the Old French word "waleis" meaning “welshman," although the Scottish form refers to a Strathclyde Briton. This clan is originally from Wales holding land Shropshire. They may have come north with David I, though it is more plausible that they were Britons driven north in the 10th century. The first record of the name was in 1160 when Richard Walensis of Riccardon witnessed a charter by Alan, Walter the High Steward’s son and held land in Ayrshire which was named after him. Richard’s grandson, Adam Walays, 4th Laird of Riccarton, had two family estates in Ayrshire and two sons, the younger of whom, Malcolm, was the great Scottish patriot’s father, Sir William Wallace of Elderslie. William murdered his father’s executioner John Fenwick at Fenwick bringing him many new followers. However, after having gained support from the nobility who raised a revolt in the north east and a knighthood for his victory at Stirling Bridge, he was defeated at Falkirk and later betrayed and captured at Robroyson. Delivered to Edward I in London he was unjustly tried for treason and executed in 1305. The Wallaces of Craigie descend from William Wallace’s uncle and in 1669 Hugh Wallace of Craigie was created a Baronet of Nova Scotia. On Sir Hugh’s death, his brother’s grandson, the Reverend William Walace of Falford, became the 2nd Baronet. As a distinguished lawyer, he rose to the rank of Lord Justice Clerk, the second-highest judge in Scotland. The chiefly line passed to the Wallaces of Carinhill, who had lived in Jamaica for several generations. In 1888, Captain Henry Wallace of Busbie and Clancaid established himself as the chief. Robert Wallace received both the French and Belgian Croix de Guerre during the First World War and his son Malcolm, serving in the Second World War, Korea, and Borneo, was a colonel. He was succeeded in 1991 by his brother Ian, 35th chief. |
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