Clan Houston
 | This articleneeds additional citations forverification.(May 2023) |
| Clan Houston | |
|---|---|
 Crest:A sand-glass Proper | |
| Motto | In time |
| Profile | |
| Region | Lowlands |
| District | Lanarkshire |
| Founder | Hugh de Padinan |
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| Clan Houston no longer has a chief, and is anarmigerous clan | |
| The Barnonet of Houston | |
| Historic seat | Houston House |
| Last Chief | Sir Patrick Houston Of Houston, 8th Baronet |
| Died | c. 1835 |
Clan Houstonis aScottish clan.The clan does not have a chief therefore it was considered anArmigerous clan.
History
[edit]Origins of the clan
[edit]The name is territorial in origin, derived from an old barony of the name inLanarkshire.Hugh de Padinan,who is believed to have lived in the twelfth century, was granted the lands of Kilpeter. By about the middle of the fourteenth century, these lands had become known as Huston, orHouston, Renfrewshire.Sir Finlay de Hustone appears on theRagman Rollswearing fealty to KingEdward I of Englandin 1296.
The castle of the de Hustones was built on the site of an ancient Cistercian abbey. The family also acquired a substantial barony nearWhitburn, West Lothian,where Huston House, which was rebuilt in the eighteenth century, still stands today. Sir Patrick Hustone of that Ilk, who was probably the eleventh chief, married Agnes Campbell of Ardkinglas.
Sixteenth and seventeenth centuries
[edit]During theAnglo-Scottish Wars,Sir Peter Hustonfought with theEarl of Lennoxon the right wing atBattle of Floddenin 1513, where he was killed.[1]
His son,Sir Patrick Hustonof Huston, was a companion ofJames V of Scotlandand Keeper of the Quarter Seal. He intrigued with Lord Lennox against the king, and was slain at theBattle of Linlithgow.
The next Sir Patrick, his grandson, was knighted byMary, Queen of Scots,and accompanied her when she visited Lord Darnley inGlasgow.
The nineteenth chief was created a Baronet of Nova Scotia byCharles IIin 1668. His son, Sir John, was falconer toQueen Maryand her husband, KingWilliam of Orange.
Eighteenth and nineteenth centuries
[edit]The fifth Baronet was a prosperous merchant who had substantial interests inUnited States.His son, who was educated in Glasgow, made his home in the southern state ofGeorgiain the US, and he and his brother greatly increased the family’s colonial estates. They are reputed to have owned over eight thousand slaves when the thirteen American colonies broke fromGreat Britainand declared their independence. The Hustons renounced their Scottish titles in favour of their American wealth. GeneralSam Houston,born in Rockbridge, VA, 1793, was a schoolteacher in Maryville Tennessee, US Senator from the State of Tennessee, ran for President of the United States, fought for the independence ofTexasfromMexico,defeating Santa Ana and started the Texas Rangers. He was the first president of the Republic of Texas and later served as Governor of the State of Texas. Sir Robert Houston, descended from a Renfrew branch of the family, was a prominent Victorian ship owner who was created a baronet of theUnited Kingdom.He is credited with developing the theory of convoys first used during the Boer War.
Twentieth century
[edit]A living member of the clan, Josh Houston, has taken up the case with theCourt of the Lord Lyonto be instated as the Chief of the Houston Clan.[citation needed]The Court has yet to reach a decision.[needs update]
Motto
[edit]Motto: In Tempus ( "In Time" ).
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^Guthrie, William(1767).A General History of Scotland.Vol. 4.Paternoster Row,London: A. Hamilton, Robinson and Roberts. pp.371-372.Retrieved8 May2023.
