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Adair family crest
Adair
Crest: A man's head, couped and blooded
Motto: Loyal Au Mort (Loyal unto Death)
Clan Chief: None, armigerous clan

Adair History

The name Adair originates in Renfrewshire when Thomas Edzear had a charter of the lands of Kildonan in the Rynes of Galloway from Robert I. 

Thomas was likely descended from Edgar son of Duvenald, a leader at the Battle of the Standard.  The name 'Edzear' is found in a charter of  1625 where both forms of the name (Adair and Edzear) are used.

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Robert I also granted land in Dumfries to Richard dictus Edger.

Today the name Adair is most commonly found in Renfrewshire.