Tour Scotlandy photograph of a Scottish gardener gravestone, erected by Robert Ure in Dundee Howff Graveyard, Dundee, Scotland. Ure is an ancient Scottish and Gaelic clan surname. It is of Norse Viking pre 7th century origins, and derives from the personal name Ivarr, the later Imhair, introduced into Scotland and Ireland at that time. It is said that in the 9th century, a Norse chief called Imhair joined with Olaf, the White, king of Dublin, in an attack on the south west coast of Scotland. The first recognizeable surname holder was Donald Makbeth MacYwar, who was a guardian of the land boundary between Arbroath Abbey and the barony of Kynblathmund in the year 1219. Other early recordings relate to land charters and include Malcom McIur who was elected to the sheriffdom of Lorne in 1292, in 1427, Duncan MacIver of Lorne was granted a royal remission from the king of Scotland.
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