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CREST: A moor's head
couped proper, wreathed about the temples with a torse argent and sable, the ribbons
flotant.
MOTTO: Qui conducit.
TRANSLATION: He who leads.
PLANT: Two roses and Fruit.
ORIGIN OF NAME: Local;
from the lands of Borthwick on Borthwick Water
in Selkirkshire.
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Borthwick History
This name is of territorial
origin, and it seems likely to have been assumed
from lands on Borthwick Water in Roxburghshire.
The family is one of the most ancient in Scotland
and some recent research suggests that they may
have opposed Caesar'
s legions. It is
traditionally asserted that the progenitor of
this noble house was Andreas, who accompanied the
Saxon Edgar the Aetheling and his sister,
Margaret, later queen and saint, to Scotland in
1067. The family soon became prominent in
Scottish affairs. Sir William Borthwick possessed
substantial lands in Midlothian and the Borders,
and he obtained a charter confirming his lands of
Borthwick around 1410. During the 15th century,
the Borthwicks acquired immense influence and
became Lords of Parliament. The 1st Lord
Borthwick erected what remains one of the most
impressive fortified dwellings in Scotland on a
strong position near Middleton in Midlothian. He
died some time before 1458 and is commemorated by
a splendid tomb in the old church of Borthwick.
The Borthwicks fought
alongside James IV at the ill-fated Battle of
Flodden in 1513. William, Lord Borthwick,
succeeded his father who fell at Flodden, and was
given command of the strategic Stirling Castle
and charged with the safety of the infant James
V. His son, William, was a staunch friend and
confidant of Queen Mary, who was a frequent
visitor to Borthwick Castle. She took refuge
there with her husband, Bothwell, but they were
forced to flee before a substantial force under
Lords Murray and Morton.
David Borthwick of Lochhill
was a prominent lawyer who became the King'
s
Advocate, or principal legal adviser, in 1573. He
may have been the first to bear the title,
"Lord Advocate", still in use today for
the Government'
s chief law officer in
Scotland.
The Borthwicks adhered to the
royalist cause during the civil war, and their
castle was besieged after the Battle of Dunbar in
1650. The splendid fortress was spared from the
inevitable destruction when Oliver Cromwell
offered Lord Borthwick honourable terms of
surrender, which he accepted. Various branches of
the family disputed the right of succession in
the 18th and 19th centuries, but in June 1986,
Major John Borthwick of Crookston was recognised
by the Lord Lyon, King of Arms, as The Lord
Borthwick of that Ilk and chief of the name and
arms of Borthwick.
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