[1] From the reign of David II of Scotland, the Urquhart chiefs were hereditary sheriffs of Cromarty.

[1] Another Thomas Urquhart was born on the day of the Battle of Pinkie Cleugh and was knighted by James VI of Scotland.

[1] After the Civil War he traveled to Europe and studied work by the French poet François Rabelais.

[1] He rejoined the royalist army and fought at the Battle of Worcester in 1651, where he was taken prisoner and imprisoned in the Tower of London.

[1] Captain John Urquhart of Craigston (b.1696) was a man of great wealth but the origins of his fortune are shrouded in mystery.

[1] He was recruited by the Spanish Navy and this is probably where he amassed his fortune, from the prize money that was paid for captured enemy vessels.

[1] The chiefship of the clan then passed to his cousin, William Urquhart of Meldrum, who was a cautious Jacobite and avoided the disaster at the Battle of Culloden.

[1] The meaning of the word Urquhart itself has been given various Scottish Gaelic translations including woodside, by a rowan wood, or fort on a knoll.

[4][5] The Urquhart chief's coat of arms features three erased red boar heads on a yellow shield.

[6] The shield is supported by two leased greyhounds, standing upright on their hind legs on top of a lawn of wallflowers.

[6] Above is the shield, is the crest–coronet or knight's helmet, surrounded by red and yellow wallflower blossoms and topped by a crown.

[7] The clan's plant badge is cheiranthus (Latin name Erysimum cheiri), a wildflower that is native to Scotland.