[2] The first recorded Laird of Rattray was Alan who witnessed charters by William the Lion and Alexander II of Scotland.

[2] During the Wars of Scottish Independence, Alan's grandson, Eustace Rattray, was captured at the Battle of Dunbar (1296) and taken to England as a prisoner.

[2] Adam was succeeded by his son, Alexander Rattray, who was amongst the barons who sat in the Parliament at Ayr to determine the succession to the throne in 1315.

[2] Alexander was succeeded by his brother, Eustace, the sixth Laird of Rattray, who was accused of being involved in a plot to depose Robert the Bruce, but he was later acquitted.

[2] The eldest son was David Rattray who fought for Charles I of England during the Scottish Civil War and as a result his seat at Craighall endured a short siege.

[2] The youngest son was John Rattray who was captured at the Battle of Worcester in 1651 after the defeat of Charles II of England, then imprisoned in the Tower of London.

[2] In 1682 the new barony passed to Patrick's eldest son and also laid claim to the Rattray lands that had been sized by the Stewart Earl of Atholl in the 16th century.

[4] See commission into Prince Charles's army as a Major of foot in Tullibardines regiment National Library of Scotland.

[2] James Clerk Rattray, the twenty-sixth Laird was a distinguished soldier who rose to the rank of general and who in 1897 was created a Knight of the Bath.

Variations in spelling include Ratray, Ratre, Ratteray, Ratteree, Ratterree, Rattray, Retrey, Rettra, Rettray, and Rotray.