Crest: A lion rampant guardant, Sable

Motto: Vincit Veritas (Truth prevails

Origin of Tartan: 1856 : This threadcount matches that for a Buchanan tartan recorded by Logan, but it is also called 'Baxter'. D Macgregor Peter's 'Baronage of Angus & Mearns' 1856 describes it as Baxter. The principal branch of the clan is the Baxters of Earlshall who live at Leuchars in north Fife.

Origin of Name: From ‘bakester’, meaning ‘woman baker’

Lands: Mostly Fife but Baxters would have been all over Scotland.

Historic Seat: Kilmaron Castle, near Cupar in Fife

Clan Chief: None, armigerous clan