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Duncan is one of the oldest names
in Scotland dating back
to the early Celtic
Scots infiltration of
Scotland from Ireland
c500AD and the creation
of the Kingdom of
Dalriada in South West
Scotland. One of
the first early records
of the name was King
Dunchad (Duncan) mac
Conaing who
co-ruled Dalriada with
Conall II (c650 –
654AD). Other early
accounts of the name are
Dunchad
(Duncan) the 11th
Abbot of Iona c707 –
717AD; King Duncan I
(c1034 – 1040AD); Duncan
II (1093- 1094AD) and
Donnchad in the 11c.
Celtic Book of Deer.
The
first known record of a
Duncan armiger was
Duncane, Hague Roll
1592. Argent,
a chevron Sable between
two stars Gules and a
hunting-horn Sable,
stringed Gules.
Euan Michael
Duncan is the second
son of John A. Duncan
of Sketraw and uses a
crescent for
differencing.
Gavin George
Duncan of Sketraw,
ygr. (See
entry 0068) uses
the arms of his father
debruised with a three
point label to signify
he is the eldest son
of John Alexander
Duncan of Sketraw (See entry No 0067)
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