Clan Brodie
Gaelic Name: Brothaigh
Crest: A right hand holding a bunch of arrows, all Proper
Motto: Unite
Origin of Name: Place name, Moray
Badge: Periwincle
Lands: Moray
Clan Chief: Alexander Brodie of Brodie
Associated Names
Brody, Bryde, and Brydie
Branches of Brodie:
Brodies of Brodie, The Thanes and The Chiefs of Brodie
Brodies of Spynie
Brodies of Asleisk
Brodies of Lethen
Brodie-Wood of Keithick
Brodies of Idvies, The baronet of Idvies
Callender-Brodie of Idvies
Brodies of Muiresk
Brodies of Coltfield
Brodies of Milton
Brodies of Windy Hills
Brodies of Maine
Brodie-Inneses of Milton Brodie
Brodies of Eastbourne
Brodies of Fernhill
Brodies of Boxford, The baronets of Boxford
Brodies of Caithness
The geographical origin of this ancient clan is the lands of Brodie near Forres, in Moray. The exact details of the clan’s origin were denied to history through a malicious attack on Brodie Castle by Lord Lewis Gordon, 3rd Marquis of Huntly, in 1645. All archive material such as charters were burnt and, as a consequence, the origins are mysterious.
