Clan MacLea - Livingstone

The Official Home of the Clan McLea (The ancient historical name of the Livingstones)

Clan Livingstone/MacLea Society

Following the success of the Society in Australia in New Zealand we established a Global Clan Society with Kyle MacLea as Commisioner in 2009. Kyle has done a tremendous job and brought together a very enthusiastic team of Clan Officers. He has now paseed on the baton to Greg Livingston who was hitherto Games Co-ordinator.

Kyle is tasked to set up the Society and, with the help of his officers, to promote pride in the Clan MacLea (Livingstone), to provide a connection to the Clan’s historical lands in Scotland, and to foster feelings of kinship and clan spirit amongst MacLeas and Livingstones throughout the world.

In 2010 we shall be inviting applications for membership and to this end we have set up a Paypal account and will soon have an application form up.

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Sir Crispin Agnew of Lochnaw Bt wrote in Clans, Families and Septs

"It should first be recognised that a clan or family is a legally recognised group in Scotland, which has a corporate identity in the same way that a company, club or partnership has a corporate identity in law.

A clan or family is a 'noble incorporation' because it has an officially recognised chief or head who being a nobleman of Scotland confers his noble status on the clan or family, thus making it a legally and statutorily recognised noble corporation often called 'the Honourable Clan…' .... The chief's Seal of Arms, incorporated by the Lord Lyon's letters Patent, is the seal of the corporation, like a company seal, but only the chief is empowered by law to seal important documents on behalf of his clan.

A clan as a noble incorporation is recognised as the chief’s heritable property - he owns it in law and is responsible for its administration and development."