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A '''Border Clan''', as historically known as a '''grayne''', is a family which originates in the Scottish Border region. Many of these ended up involved in the Plantation of Ulster, and also settled in parts of North America.
A '''Border Clan''', also historically known as a '''grayne''', is a family which originates in the Anglo-Scottish Border region. Many of these ended up involved in the Plantation of Ulster, and also settled in parts of North America.


The historic riding surnames recorded by George MacDonald Fraser in ''The Steel Bonnets'' (1989)<ref>George McDonald Fraser, pp.&nbsp;56–65</ref> are:
The historic riding surnames recorded by George MacDonald Fraser in ''The Steel Bonnets'' (1989)<ref>George McDonald Fraser, pp.&nbsp;56–65</ref> are:


'''''East March'''''
'''''East March'''''
* Scotland: [[Clan Home|Hume]], [[Clan Trotter|Trotter]], [[Dixon Baronets|Dixon]], [[Bromfield (surname)|Bromfield]], [[Craw (surname)|Craw]], [[Clan Cranstoun|Cranston]].
* Scotland: Hume, Trotter, Dickson, Broomfield, Craw, Cranstoun.
* England: [[Forster (surname)|Forster]], [[Selby family|Selby]], [[Gray (surname)|Gray]], [[Dunn (surname)|Dunn]].
* England: Forster, Selby, Grey, Dunn.
 
'''''Middle March'''''
'''''Middle March'''''
* Scotland: Burns, [[Clan Kerr|Kerr]], [[Clan Young|Young]], [[Clan Pringle|Pringle]], Davison, Gilchrist, [[Tait (surname)|Tait]] of East Teviotdale. [[Clan Scott|Scott]], Oliver, [[Clan Turnbull|Turnbull]], Rutherford of West Teviotdale. [[Clan Armstrong|Armstrong]], Croser, [[Clan Eliott|Elliot]], Nixon, [[Clan Douglas|Douglas]], Laidlaw, [[Routledge]], Turner, [[Clan Henderson|Henderson]] of Liddesdale.
* Scotland: Burns, Kerr, Young, Pringle, Davison, Gilchrist, Tait, Scott, Oliver, Turnbull, Rutherford of West Teviotdale. Armstrong, Croser, Elliot, Nixon, Douglas, Laidlaw, Routledge, Turner, Henderson of Liddesdale, Thomson, Jamieson, Hunter
* England: Anderson, Potts, [[Reed (name)|Reed]], [[Clan Hall|Hall]], Hedley of Redesdale. Charlton, Robson, Dodd, Dodds, Milburn, Yarrow, [[Stapleton (surname)|Stapleton]] of Tynedale. Also Fenwick, [[Ogle family|Ogle]], Heron, Witherington, Medford (later [[Mitford family|Mitford]]), Collingwood, Carnaby, Shaftoe, Ridley, Stokoe, Stamper, Wilkinson, Hunter, Huntley, [[Thomson (surname)|Thomson]], Jamieson.
 
* England: Anderson, Potts, Reed, Hall, Hedley of Redesdale. Charlton, Robson, Dodd, Dodds, Milburn, Yarrow, Stapleton of Tynedale. Also Fenwick, Ogle, Heron, Witherington, Medford (later Mitford), Collingwood, Carnaby, Shaftoe, Ridley, Stokoe, Stamper, Wilkinson, Huntley
 
'''''West March'''''
'''''West March'''''
* Scotland: Bell, [[Clan Irvine|Irvine]], [[Clan Johnstone|Johnstone]], [[Clan Maxwell|Maxwell]], Carlisle, Beattie, [[Clan Little|Little]], [[Clan Carruthers|Carruthers]], Glendenning, [[History_of_Routledge_surname_15th_to_18th_centuries|Routledge]], [[Clan Moffat|Moffat]].
* Scotland: Bell, Irvine, Johnstone, Graham, Maxwell, Carlisle, Beattie, Little, Carruthers, Glendenning, Routledge, Moffat.
* England: Graham, [[Hetherington]], Musgrave, Storey, Lowther, Curwen, [[Salkeld]], Dacre, Harden, [[Hodgson]], Routledge, Tailor, Noble.
* England: Hetherington, Musgrave, Storey, Lowther, Curwen, Salkeld, Dacre, Harden, Hodgson, Routledge, Tailor, Noble.
 
==Further Reading==
* MacDonald Fraser, George (1971). The Steel Bonnets. HarperCollins. ISBN 0-00-272746-3.


{{cite book|last=MacDonald Fraser|first=George|authorlink=George MacDonald Fraser|title=The Steel Bonnets|year=1971|publisher=HarperCollins|isbn=0-00-272746-3}}
==References==
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