Autumn Loch

The name Skene comes from sgian - a dirk (a small dagger). The story goes the clan progenitor slew a wolf that was giving King Malcolm II a hard time. As a thank you, he was granted the land covered by a hawk’s flight by Loch Skene in Aberdeenshire where he built Skene castle. The direct line of chiefs ended in 1827 when the clan lands passed to the chief’s nephew, who was created Baron Skene in 1857, by then the family had many branches after many centuries of successful mercantile activity.