Lennox Modern Tartan |
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The ancient earldom which bore this
name consisted of the whole of Dunbartonshire, as well as large
parts of Renfrewshire, Stirlingshire and Perthshire. ‘Leamhanach’ signified
in Gaelic a ‘smooth stream’ or perhaps ‘place
of the elm trees’. From the ancient Celtic Mormaers of Levenax
sprang the Earls of Lennox who were to become joined to the royal
house of Stewart. The origins of the earldom, which was well established
by the twelfth century, are disputed, but one theory asserts that
a Saxon baron by the name of Arkyll received lands in Dunbartonshire
and Stirlingshire from Malcolm III, and by his marriage to a Scottish
heiress had a son, Alwyn, first Earl of Lennox. However, it is
claimed by other historians that the earldom was conferred by William
the Lion upon his brother, David, Earl of Huntingdon, and that
the family of Lennox was not established until after William’s
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