Galbraith family

[Phillips]

Hello,
I had a question about the galbraith family. It was my (lots of greats) granddad was Angus Galbraith from Argyll, Scotland. Unless I'm mistaken thats where the Campbells were from too? Does anyone know of any relationship between the two families? I'm not sure if Galbraith is a clan or sept under Campbell.

btw I am new here to the forum, Hello from Kentucky!

[Chas]

Hello and welcome, Phillips.

Galbraith is a clan in its own right, although is what is called an Armigerous Clan.

An armigerous clan is a Scottish clan, family or name which is registered with the Court of the Lord Lyon and once had a chief who bore undifferenced arms, but does not have a chief currently recognized as such by Lyon Court. Before 1745 all chiefs had arms; however, not all of these are recorded in the Public Register of All Arms and Bearings in Scotland, which was only established in 1672.

In Scottish heraldry undifferenced arms are only held by chiefs or heads of clans, families, or names. A clan is considered a "noble incorporation" because a clan chief is a title of honour in Scotland and the chief confers his or her noble status onto the clan. Because armigerous clans do not have such chiefs, they are not recognised as noble communities and have no legal standing under Scots law.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clan_Galbraith

I have it on some authority that Clan Galbraith is associated today with Clan Macdonald - so not associated with the Campbells at all.

Regards

Chas

[Panache]

Welcome to XMTS from a fellow Galbraith!

Cheers

Jamie

[McClef]

I can't help you with the Galbraith bit but can I ask that you also introduce yourself in the Newbie section? - your hello could well be missed otherwise.

Cheers.

[Phillips]

Thanks for the help, and I will post in the other section as well.