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Livingstone Clan Tattoos - A name which is probably territorial in origin, from the lands of the same name in West Lothian. According to one legend, the lands were named after a Saxon called Leving. The re is a record of one Livingus living during the reigns of Alexander I and David I. Sir William Livingston, believed to be his great-grandson, had thee sons. Two of his younger sons appear on the Ragman Roll swearing fealty to Edward I of England in 1296. His eldest son followed David II on his invasion of England in 1346 and was taken prisoner at the Battle of Durham. He was one of the commissioners to England who negotiated the release of the king and was thereafter granted the barony of Callendar. Sir Alexander Livingston of Callendar was one of the guardians of the infant James II. Following a dispute with William Crighton, another of the guardians, the young king was spirited out of Edinburgh Castle to Callendar.

Another son, Sir James Livingstone, was created captain of Stirling Castle and later Great Chamberlain of Scotland. He was raised to the peerage as Lord Livingstone in 1458. He died without issue and the title devolved upon his nephew, John. In 1543 Alexander, the fifth Lord Livingstone, was one of the noblemen chosen to educate Mary, Queen of the Scots. He accompanied the young queen to France, where he died. William, his son who succeeded him as the sixth Lord, was a fierce adherent of Mary's cause and fought for her at the Battle of Langside. In 1600 Livingstone was raised to the rank of Earl of Linlithgow. The second Earl was created Hereditary Constable of the Royal Palace of Linlithgow.

Clan Livingstone Motto: Si Je Puis
From French: If I Can

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