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Tartan Details - Gordon of Esslemont

The information held within The Scottish Register of Tartans for the "Gordon of Esslemont" tartan is shown below. 

STA ref: 215
STWR ref: 1064
Designer: Not Specified
Tartan date: 01/01/1794
Registration date: This tartan was recorded prior to the launch of The Scottish Register of Tartans.
Category: Clan/Family
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Registration notes: This sett with three lines is said to have come about when the 4th Duke of Gordon applied to Forsyth of Huntly to provide kilts for his troops when he raised his regiment in 1794. Forsyth is said to have produced three designs with one, two and three yellow stripes respectively. The Duke chose the single stripe and called in the heads of some Gordon branches to choose from the others. Esslemont is said to have taken the three stripe version. The tartan was first recorded in the Vestiarium Scoticum (1842) where it is simply called Gordon with no mention of Esslemont and is listed under 'Border Clans'. Esslemont is in fact near Ellon in Aberdeenshire.
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