Gardyne is a Scottish surname from the county of Angus. The family or Clan Gardyne originated in the environs of Gardyne Castle; their seat was Friockheim, Angus, Scotland.
People with this surname include: Alexander Garden or Gardyne (c. 1585–c. 1642), Scottish poet John Gardyne of Lawton and Middleton (died after 1704), Scottish laird, MP for Angus in 1667 Michael Gardyne (born 1986), Scottish footballer Thomas Gardyne of Middleton (1780–1841), Scottish landowner, founder of the village of Friockheim Alan David Greenhill Gardyne (1868–1953), Scottish army officer and laird of Finavon Finavon Castle (19th-century mansion) In his military career Gardyne gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Gordon Highlanders.
See also John Bruce-Gardyne, Baron Bruce-Gardyne, Conservative MP for Angus Lucinda Bruce-Gardyne, entrepreneur and cookery writer
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