WARDEN of CLAN BUCHANAN
When becoming a financial and contributing member of Clan Buchanan Society International, you have the right to call yourself a Warden of the Clan. The term “warden” is used in Scottish history to represent an “undaunted and inflexible patriot”
Following the Battle of Biggar in 1297 where William Wallace led a profound and unlikely victory against the English, Wallace was declared the Warden of Scotland: “Such was the Battle of Biggar; and if Harry is at all to be credited, it was productive of most important consequences. [King] Edward considered it prudent to return to England, without gaining the object of his expedition. Many persons of distinction came and ranked themselves under the banner of Wallace, and, in a short time after, that undaunted and inflexible patriot was chosen Warden of Scotland, at an assembly of his countrymen held at Carluke Church, then called Forest Kirk”.
As described in Biggar and the House of Fleming An Account of the Biggar District, Archaeological, Historical and Biographical by William Hunter (1862) Chapter 21
Sir William Wallace, (born c. 1270, probably near Paisley, Renfrew, Scotland—died August 23, 1305, London, England), one of Scotland’s greatest national heroes and the chief inspiration for Scottish resistance to the English king Edward I. He served as guardian of the kingdom of Scotland during the first years of the long and ultimately successful struggle to free his country from English rule.
