STEWART OLD (MODERN) Choose:By the metre the black line was dropped

the black line was dropped - by mistake or design - in the Vestiarium Scoticum of 1842

One documented claim states that this was designed by David Thomas - one time director of the Strathmore Woollen Co

1845) in a drawing of Farquhar Shaw of the Black Watch

Great Scot actively and consciously supports small

Ruthvens were Earls of Gowrie at the time of James VI of Scotland

STEWART OLD (MODERN) Choose:By the metre the black line was droppedAlso known as Ancient Stewart and Stewart of Bute 1963 Scottish Tartan Society notes: A sample of this sett is included in the Royal Tartans collection at the Scottish Tartans Society under the title `Stewart of Bute', but it is often regarded as the `Clan' tartan as distinct from the `Royal'. Captain Stuart Davidson, founder chairman of the Scottish Tartans Society, suggested that ''it belongs to the Stewarts of the Western Isles''. This is the