List of tartans

Tartans in this section are those of the current or former British royal family, of individual British nobility members, and of British military regiments that use traditional Scottish attire, mostly Highland regiments.

Image	Association	Origin	Country	Notes
	House of Stuart/Stewart	Highlands Clans, Scottish royalty	Scotland	The Royal Stuart (or Royal Stewart) tartan, first published in 1831, is the best-known tartan of the royal House of Stuart/Stewart, and is one of the most recognizable tartans. Today, it is worn by the regimental pipers of the Black Watch, Scots Guards, and Royal Scots Dragoon Guards, among other official and organisational uses. It is commonly worn by the general public as general British symbol, though in theory it is the individual property of Elizabeth II.
	House of Stuart/Stewart	Highland clans, Scottish royalty	Scotland	Another "royal" tartan of the House of Stuart/Stewart. It was referred to by George V as "my personal tartan", though it appears in the Vestiarium Scoticum at least 23 years before his birth. While the work's historical claims have been shown to be spurious, it described the design as the "clanne Stewart tartan", and the work was popular, so the tartan would have been familiar before George's birth in 1865. It is worn officially today by the regimental pipers of the Scots Guards, and remain in common civilian use as a Stewart/Stuart clan tartan. For additional Stuart/Stewart tartans, see the Clan Stuart entry below.
	Duke of Rothesay	Highland clans; Scottish royalty	Scotland	The individual tartan of the Duke of Rothesay, a dynastic title of the heir-apparent to the British (and formerly separate Scottish) throne; currently Prince Charles.
	Black Watch	British military; roots among the Highland clans	Scotland	This is officially used by: the Black Watch, 3rd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland (3 Scots); Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment); and the former 42nd Regiment of Foot. The tartan is also among the most common in civilian use, especially popular for evening-wear, owing to its muted tones.
	William Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Hamilton	Lowlands, Scottish nobility	Scotland

A number of tartans, worn by UK military units, are known as Government tartans, and are defined in a Standard[1] currently maintained by Defence Equipment and Support within the Ministry of Defence. They are known by a number, a name, or both. The commonest are Government 1, Black Watch; Government 1A, a slightly lighter form of Black Watch worn by the Royal Regiment of Scotland; and Royal Stewart.

The following list includes those Government tartans worn by UK military units as from the creation of the Royal Regiment of Scotland in 2006 onwards. Other units wear a named clan tartan without it being defined by this standard, e.g. 32nd (Scottish) Signal Regiment and the pipers of the Royal Corps of Signals wear Grant, and the tartan of 154 (Scottish) Regiment Royal Logistics Corps is MacDuff. For the Royal Regiment of Scotland, the pipes and drums in each battalion wear the uniform of their antecedent regiment (as listed below) for ceremonial purposes, but the Regiment's standard Government 1A for non-ceremonial purposes.[2]

Image	Number	Name	Current units worn by
	1	Black Watch	3 SCOTS drummers (inherited from The Black Watch)
	1A	Sutherland	Royal Regiment of Scotland, including Band and 7 SCOTS drummers (inherited from Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders)
	4	Cameron of Erracht	4 SCOTS pipers and drummers (inherited from The Highlanders pipers and drummers)
	5A	MacKenzie	2 SCOTS Drum Major (inherited from Royal Highland Fusiliers and Highland Light Infantry)
	6	Douglas	Royal Gurkha Rifles pipers
	7	Leslie	Former 1 SCOTS drummers (inherited from King's Own Scottish Borderers)
	8	Hunting Stewart	Former 1 SCOTS Drum major (inherited from The Royal Scots)
[3]	11	Red Erskine	2 SCOTS pipers and drummers
		Royal Stewart	Former 1 SCOTS pipers 3 SCOTS pipers 7 SCOTS pipers Scots Guards pipers Royal Scots Dragoon Guards pipers
[4]		Hunting Rose	Royal Tank Regiment pipes and drums, and officers in black tie

Note: 1 SCOTS Pipers and Drummers were disbanded in 2021.

The tartans in this list are those ascribed to particular clans of Scotland, including Highland, Lowland, Isles, and Borders clans. Their status varies widely; armigerous clans generally accept them, while some have been officially adopted or rejected by a clan chiefs.

Image	Association	Origin	Country	Notes
	Abercromby	Lowland clans	Scotland
[5]	Agnew	Lowland clans	Scotland
[6]	Aiton	Lowland clans	Scotland
[7]	Anderson		Scotland
[8]	Anstruther	Lowland clans	Scotland	Also known as “Fife District”, shared with clans Ged and Primrose[9] [10]
[11]	Arbuthnott	Lowland clans	Scotland
	Armstrong	Borders clans	Scotland
	Arthur	Highland clans	Scotland
[12]	Bannerman	Lowland clans	Scotland
	Barclay	Lowland clans	Scotland
[13]	Bethune	Lowland clans	Scotland	Also known as “MacBeth”
[14]	Bissett	Lowland clans	Scotland
[15]	Blackadder		Scotland	Also known as “Tweedside District“, shared with Clan Boswell
[16]	Borthwick	Lowland clans	Scotland
[17]	Boswell	Lowland clans	Scotland
[18]	Boyd	Lowland clans	Scotland
[19]	Boyle	Lowland clans	Scotland	Also known as “Galloway”, shared with clans Pringle and McKerrell
	Brodie	Lowland clans	Scotland
[20]	Broun	Lowland clans	Scotland
	Bruce	Lowland clans	Scotland	Shared with Clan Carruthers[21]
[22]	Buchan		Scotland
	Buchanan	Highland clans	Scotland	Shared with Clan Dewar[23]
	Cameron	Highland clans	Scotland
	Campbell	Highland clans	Scotland	Image is the so called "Old Campbell" which is a lightened form of the Black Watch regimental tartan, adopted by Clan Campbell, and also shared with Clan Paterson.
	Campbell of Cawdor	Highland clans	Scotland	Shared with Clan Calder, and second set of tartans shared with Clan Paterson[24]
[25]	Carmichael	Lowland clans	Scotland
[26]	Carnegie	Lowland clans	Scotland
	Carruthers	Lowland/Borders clans	Scotland
	Cathcart	Lowland clans	Scotland	Also known as “Paisley District“, shared with clans Walkinshaw and Ralston[27]
[28]	Charteris	Lowland clans	Scotland	Also known as “Roxburgh”
[29]	Chattan	Confederation of highland clans	Scotland	Based on Mackintosh Chief, shared with the clans that are its members
	Chisholm	Highland clans	Scotland	Shared with Clan Fenton[30]
[31]	Cochrane	Lowland clans	Scotland
	Colquhoun	Lowland clans	Scotland	Shared with Clan Kirkpatrick[32]
[33]	Colville	Lowland clans	Scotland	Also known as ”Ayrshire District“
[34]	Craig	Lowland clans	Scotland
	Cranstoun	Borders clans	Scotland
	Crawford	Lowland clans	Scotland
[35]	Crichton	Lowland clans	Scotland	Also known as “Edinburgh District”, shared with clans Trotter and Moubray[36]
	Cumming	Lowland clans	Scotland	Shared with Clan Cheyne[37]
	Cunningham	Lowland clans	Scotland
	Davidson	Highland clans	Scotland
	Donald	Highland clans	Scotland	Also known as “MacDonald“, shared with branches Dunnyveg and Largie, as well as clans Bissett, Boyle and Kelly
	Donnachaidh	Highland clans	Scotland	Also known as ”Robertson”
	Douglas	Lowland clans	Scotland	Shared with Clan Troup[38]
	Drummond	Lowland clans	Scotland
	Dunbar	Lowland clans	Scotland
	Duncan	Lowland clans	Scotland	Also known as “Leslie of Wardis”
	Dundas	Lowland clans	Scotland
[39]	Edmonstone	Lowland clans	Scotland
	Elliot	Borders clans	Scotland
[40]	Elphinstone	Lowland clans	Scotland
	Erskine	Lowland clans	Scotland
[41]	Ewing	Highland clans	Scotland
	Farquharson	Highland clans	Scotland	Shared with Clan Christie, and third set of tartans shared with Clan Paterson
[42]	Fergusson	Highland and Lowland	Scotland
[43]	Fletcher	Highland clans	Scotland
	Forbes	Lowland clans	Scotland	Shared with Clan Bannerman
[44]	Forrester	Lowland clans	Scotland
[45]	Forsyth	Lowland clans	Scotland
	Fraser	Lowland clans	Scotland	Shared with Clan Tweedie and second set of tartans shared with Clan Bissett
	Fraser of Lovat	Highland clans	Scotland
	Galbraith	Lowland clans	Scotland	Also known as “Mitchell”, shared with clans Hunter and Russell[46] [47]
[48]	Gardyne	Lowland clans	Scotland	Also known as “Garden“ and “Angus”
[49]	Gayre	Highland (proposed)	Scotland
	Gordon	Borders clans	Scotland	Shared with Clan Mar
	Graham	Borders clans	Scotland
	Grant	Highland clans[50]	Scotland	Shared with Clan Cairns, and third set of tartans shared with Clan Bissett[51]
	Gregor	Highland clans	Scotland	Shared with Clan Grierson[52]
	Gunn	Highland clans	Scotland	Weathered variant shared with Clan Guthrie[53]
	Guthrie		Scotland
	Hamilton	Lowland clans	Scotland
	Hay	Lowland clans	Scotland
	Home	Borders clans	Scotland	Shared with clans Wedderburn and Aiton[54]
[55]	Innes	Highland clans	Scotland
[56]	Irvine		Scotland
[57]	Jardine	Lowland clans	Scotland	Shared with Clan Gardyne
	Johnstone	Borders clans	Scotland	Sometimes also rendered Johnson, though this surname often has non-Scottish origins; shared with Clan Marjoribanks
[58]	Keith	Highland and Lowland	Scotland
[59]	Kelly		Scotland
[60]	Kennedy	Lowland clans	Scotland
	Kerr	Borders clans	Scotland
[61]	Kincaid		Scotland
[62]	Kinninmont		Scotland	Also known as “Nithsdale District”
	Lamont	Highland clans	Scotland	Fourth set of tartans shared with Clan Paterson
	Lauder	Lowland clans	Scotland	Shared with Clan Maitland
	Lennox	Lowland clans	Scotland	Shared with Clan Gartshore[63]
	Leslie	Lowland clans	Scotland
	Lindsay	Lowland clans	Scotland
	Logan	Highland and Lowland	Scotland	Shared with Clan MacLennan[64]
	MacAlister	Highland clans	Scotland
[65]	McAlpin	Highland clans	Scotland
	MacAulay	Highland clans	Scotland	Fifth set of tartans shared with Clan Paterson
[66]	MacBean	Highland clans	Scotland
[67]	McCorquodale	Highland clans	Scotland
[68]	McCulloch	Lowland clans	Scotland
	MacDonald of Clanranald	Highland clans	Scotland
[69]	MacDonald of Keppoch	Highland clans	Scotland
	MacDonald of Sleat	Highland clans	Scotland	Shared with Clan Darroch and second set of tartans shared with Clan Kelly[70]
[71]	MacDonnell of Glengarry	Highland clans	Scotland
	MacDougall	Highland clans	Scotland
	MacDowall	Lowland clans	Scotland
	MacDuff	Highland clans	Scotland
	MacEwan	Highland clans	Scotland
	MacFarlane	Highland clans	Scotland
	Macfie	Highland clans	Scotland
[72]	MacGillivray	Highland clans	Scotland
	MacInnes	Highland clans	Scotland
	MacIntyre	Highland clans	Scotland
	MacIver		Scotland
	MacKay	Highland clans	Scotland	Shared with Clan Mackie[73]
	Mackenzie	Highland clans	Scotland
	Mackinnon	Highland clans	Scotland
	Mackintosh	Highland clans	Scotland
[74]	McKerrell	Lowland clans	Scotland
	MacLachlan	Highland clans	Scotland
	Maclaine of Lochbuie	Highland clans	Scotland
	MacLaren	Highland clans	Scotland	Sixth set of tartans shared with Clan Paterson
	MacLea	Highland clans	Scotland	Also known as “Livingstone”
	MacLean	Highland clans	Scotland
[75]	MacLellan	Lowland clans	Scotland
	MacLeod	Highland clans	Scotland	Also known as “McLeod of Harris”, shared with Clan McCorquodale
	MacLeod of Lewis	Highland clans	Scotland	Second set of tartans shared with Clan McCorquodale
	MacLeod of Raasay	Highland clans	Scotland	Third set of tartans shared with Clan McCorquodale
[76]	MacMillan	Highland clans	Scotland
	Macnab	Highland clans	Scotland
[77]	Macnaghten	Highland and Lowland	Scotland
	MacNeacail	Isle of Skye	Scotland	Also known as MacNicol/Nicolson
	MacNeil	Highland clans	Scotland	Currently not recognized by the current chief as a clan tartan.
	Macneil of Barra	Highland clans	Scotland
	Macneil of Colonsay	Highland clans	Scotland
	MacPhail	Highland clans	Scotland
	Macpherson	Highland clans	Scotland
	MacQuarrie	Highland clans	Scotland
	Macqueen	Highland clans	Scotland	Image shows both Macqueen tartan setts. The black-red-yellow is better known while the blue-red-yellow is considered to be an "artifact variant".
[78]	Macrae	Highland clans	Scotland
	MacTavish	Highlands	Scotland
	MacThomas	Highland clans	Scotland
[79]	Maitland	Lowland clans	Scotland
[80]	Makgill	Lowland clans	Scotland	Also known as “MacGill”
[81]	Malcolm	Highland and Lowland	Scotland
[82]	Mar	Lowland clans	Scotland
[83]	Marjoribanks	Lowland clans	Scotland
[84]	Matheson	Highland clans	Scotland
	Maxwell	Borders clans	Scotland	Shared with clans Maxton and Pollock[85]
[86]	Melville	Lowland clans	Scotland
	Menzies	Highland clans	Scotland
[87]	Middleton	Lowland clans	Scotland
[88]	Moffat	Lowland clans	Scotland
[89]	Moncreiffe	Highland clans	Scotland
	Montgomery	Lowland clans	Scotland
	Morrison	Highland and Lowland	Scotland
[90]	Moubray	Lowland clans	Scotland
	Muir	Highland clans	Scotland	The California State tartan, seen below, is based on this pattern.
	Munro	Highland clans	Scotland
	Murray	Highlands	Scotland	Shared with Clan Fleming[91]
[92]	Napier	Lowland clans	Scotland
[93]	Nesbitt	Borders clans	Scotland
[94]	Nicolson	Lowland clans	Scotland
	Ogilvy	Highland clans	Scotland
	Oliphant	Highland clans	Scotland
[95]	Paterson		Scotland	Has an additional tartan known as “MacKellar”
[96]	Pollock	Lowland clans	Scotland
[97]	Pringle	Borders clans	Scotland
	Ralston	Lowland clans	Scotland	Currently the only Scottish clan to have additional American and Universal tartans.[98] [99]
	Ramsay	Lowland clans	Scotland
	Rose	Highland clans	Scotland
	Ross	Highland clans	Scotland	Shared with Clan Gillanders[100]
	Ruthven	Lowland clans	Scotland
	Scott	Borders clans	Scotland
	Seton	Lowland clans	Scotland
[101]	Shaw	Highland clans	Scotland
	Sinclair	Lowland clans	Scotland
	Stewart/Stuart	Highland and Lowland	Scotland	For additional Stewart/Stuart tartans, see Royal Stuart, above.
[102]	Stewart of Appin	Highland clans	Scotland
[103]	Stuart of Bute	Highland clans	Scotland
	Sutherland	Highland clans	Scotland
[104]	Tailyour		Scotland
[105]	Turnbull	Borders clans	Scotland
[106]	Udny		Scotland	Also known as “Aberdeen District“
	Urquhart	Lowland clans	Scotland
	Wallace	Lowland clans	Scotland	This pattern dates back to 1842. It is also known as "Wallace Dress" or "Wallace Red", and is also notably used on the 3M brand Scotch tape.
	Wemyss	Lowland clans	Scotland
	Wood	Lowland clans	Scotland	Incorporates the colors of the Duke of Fife and Angus district tartans – areas with which the Woods are historically connected.[107]
[108]	Young	Borders clans	Scotland

Tartans in this list are ascribed to specific families or surnames, though not to Scottish clans; they range in date from 21st century to considerably older.

Image	Association	Origin	Country	Notes
[109]	Durie	Scottish Lowlands	Scotland
	McCandlish	Loch Lomond area, Wigtownshire, and Ayrshire	Scotland	Registered with STA in 1992 (no. 3324) and STR in 2009 (no. 5216). Also exists in green, grey, and arisaid (white-field) variants.[110]
	McPhee	Colonsay	Scotland
	Oliver	Borders area	Scotland
	Park		Scotland

These are (mostly modern) tartans created for families without a direct connection to Scotland.

Tartans in this list are modern ones pertaining to particular commercial, non-profit, and military organisations.

Image	Association	Origin	Country	Notes
	Burberry Check	Company design	England	Created in the 1920s, this pattern is known as the "Burberry check". It was originally used as a lining in the company's trench coats.
	US Air Force Reserve Pipe Band	Strathmore Woollen Company	United States	Adopted by the band in the early 1990s. Although it has no official US Military recognition, it has been widely accepted by US servicemen with Air Force connections. Originally created in 1988 as Lady Jane of St Cirus. A variation of this is named US Forces Thurso.
	DunBroch/Merida	Disney	United States	Created for the 2012 film Brave

Tartans in these lists were created (mostly in modern times) for particular national and sub-national jurisdictions, most often officially, though with some exceptions.

• Border tartan
• Scottish Register of Tartans
• Scottish Tartans Authority
• Vestiarium Scoticum § Tartans – tables of tartans listed in this antique but questionably accurate manuscript, with the addition of thread counts and Scottish Tartans Society designations

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• Scottish Register of Tartans
• Scottish Tartans Authority - The only organisation dedicated to the preservation and promotion of Tartan
• Scottish Tartans World Register
• Scottish Kilts Collection