Clan History

Clan MacMillan Motto: Miseris succurrere disco which means "I learn to succour the distressed"

Clan MacMillan Crest – A dexter and a sinister hand issuing from a wreath grasping and brandishing aloft a two handed sword proper

Clan MacMillan Arms – A lion rampant Sable, armed and langued Gules and in chief three mullets Azure

The collective name of his descendants, the Clann an Mhaoil or “Children of the Tonsured One” comes from the Gaelic nickname that Gilchrist bore:

Maolan, “The (little) Tonsured-One”
or An Gillemaol, “The Tonsured Servant (of God)”.

Prominent Past MacMILLANS: Lt. Gen. Sir Gordon Holms Alexander MacMillan, (1897-1986). He became Clan Chief in 1952.

Clan History & Links

Click on the above link for the History of Clan MacMillan

Appalachian Branch