Clan Campbell

CAMPBELL CLAN History

Clan Chief:             The 35th Chief of Clan Campbell is Torquhil Ian

                          Campbell.

Gaelic Name:         Cam beul  meaning (Curved or crooked mouth)

Origin of name:      More than likely of Flemish stock coming over with 

                           William the Conqueror in 1066.

Clan Crest:              A boar’s head.

Clan Motto:              Ne Obliviscaris Latin for (Do not forget)

Lands:                  Argyll

Campbell, one of the most eminent and influential highland clans in the history of Scotland, draws its origins in the mists of antiquity, being prominent even in the earliest Scottish kingdom, Dalriada. The Clan is also known as Clan Diarmid, after the Ossianic hero from whom the Clan is descended. According to tradition, Diarmid died from an injury received after slaying a fierce wild boar. The Campbell Clan crest is a boar’s head, the motto is Ne Oblivicaris - "Forget Not" and the warcry or rallying cry in battle is "Cruachan", from a prominent mountain and landmark on their lands beside Loch Awe.

The name Campbell arose in the thirteenth century when Duncan MacDuibhne the Clan Chief at the original stronghold in Lochawe, Argyll, held the Gaelic nickname of Cam Beul, meaning "crooked mouth", and his descendants maintained this from then on as their Clan name.

           

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