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MCINTOSH |
Scottish Origins:
Coat of Arms: Shield quartered, 1st & 4th gold with lion and sailing vessel, 2nd & 3rd white with hand holding heart and a boar's head. The Red Lion represents dauntless courage, its red color represents a warrior, brave, strong, generous and just. The Red hand signifies sincerity, faith, and judgment, the heart signifies clarity and sincerity. The Blue Gally is a traveler to far off places, a naval commander. The Gold Boar's head signifies hospitality, a boar stands for bravery, one who fights to the death. The gold color depicts generosity and elevation of mind. Motto: Touch not the cat without a glove. |
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The McIntosh clan is tracable
to Shaw McDuff in about 1160. McDuff, who took the name McIntosh, was
awarded lands in Inverness for his support of Malcom IV in opposing a
rebellion. |
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Various Spellings: McIntosh, MacIntosh, Macintosh, MacKintosh |
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The
full
mantle consists of the shield displaying the arms that was given to the
person bearing this surname; a banner with surname; a helmet; and family
crest [if known]. See a sample of full mantle by - at right.
Normally the crest is displayed atop the helmet. To order a full
mantle with
coat of arms and family crest click here |
Sample Coat of Arms - Full |
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Macintosh: Definition: Son of the chieftain, with -in- meaning 'the' and -tosh- representing Toshack, from the Welsh 'tywysog' meaning 'prince.' Surname Origin: Scottish Alternate Surname Spellings:MACINTOSH, MCINTOSH |
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