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r . t o a s s i s t t h e ki ns m e n o f t h e i r cl a n C l a d i n kilt .

n t ; but wh a t t h e y c o ul d n t w e ar a s a b i rt h r ight
o o a nd pl a i d i n b o nne t a nd fea t h e r t h e S c o t t i s h
, ,

th e y w o re o u t o f a dmi rat i o n for t h e d re s s w hi c h s o ldi e r a cqui tte d hi m s e l f wi t h m a g ni fi c e nt d a r i n g

typi fi e d t h e h e ro ic qu a li”t i e s of t h e S c o tt ish l a nd . o n m a ny a s t u b b o r n fie ld o f b a t t l e We ll m igh t .

Th e D i s tr i c t T a rt a n”s nd s u c h o ld s e tts a s
a th e g a ll a nt S ir C o li n C a m pb e ll c ry a t L uckn o w ,

t h e J a c o b i te T a rta n c o nn ot i ng a l o v e fo r t h e
, B r ing o n t h e T a rt a n l I t i s t h e i m p e ri s h a b l e
p atr i a r ch a l bl o o d b o nd s y m b o li s e d by th e R o y a l
-
b ad g e of b ra ve ry ; it is th e d re s s th a t h a s wo n a
H o u s e s er ve d t h e pu r p os e o f t h e s e A m o ng t h e
, . d ea t hl e s s re no w n .

cl a ns m e n t h e m s e l ve s t h ere w a s c o nfu s i o n a s t o Th e e a r ly ni ne t ee nth e ntu ry s a w th e c o m c

t h e a ccu ra te ch o ic e of th e t arta n which w o ul d me n me nt o f C l a ns hip s re v i va l fr o m t h e b l o w
’
ce
sh o w th e cl a n t o which t h ey li ne a lly b e l o ng e d ; o f 1746 ; a nd u nd e r th e e x a m pl e o f t h e Qu e e n
,

8
 p ss
E m re V ict o r i a t h e C hi e fs w e re a g a i n e nco ur
,
wh o l e ra c e “ and s u r na m e o f e a ch ) a nd thu s giv e
,

a g e d to re s u m e t h e i r tr i b a l f u nc t i o ns nd t o m a k e a s tr iki n g c l a n i g ni fi an t o t h e s e S c ott i s h
”
,
a -
s c ce
th e i r h o a ry t o w e rs o n c e m o r e t o c l a ns m e n at h”o m e
,
h o n o u rs I n th e g o v e r na nc e o f B r i ta i n t h e Ki ng
.
,

a nd fr o m o ve rs ea s t h e ,
h e a rt h o f t h e r a c e to, s t ill re p re s e nts t h e A d R igh r -
h e a d of t h e
which i n th o u gh t nd in fa c t t h e s c a tte red c hild re n
,
a ,
ki nd re d v i z t h e High C hi e f nd hi s L o r d L y o n
,
”
.
-

,
a
o f t h e ra c e an e v e r t ur n U nd e r t h e s w ell i ng fo l d s
c . Ki ng o f A r m s o f S c o t l a nd re p re s e nts t h e High
o f t h e chi e fly b a nne r c l a ns m e n in ki l t nd tre w sa , S e nna c hi e s o t h a t t h e a s c e nd i ng b o nd o f ki n s hip ,

a nd th e d a ugh te rs of t h e c l a n i n pl a i d a n d a r i s a id
,
s y m b o li s e d by Th e i s s t ill n a c tu a l
a

s t ill g at h e r a ro u nd t h e i r C hi e f nd B n t ig h na a s
a a -
er a nd l e g a li s e d fe at u r e o f t h e R ea l m o f S c o t l a n d ,

th e p a re nts o f t h e ra c e Th e hi s to r ic t i t l e s o f t h e
. li nki ng t h os e o f S c ot t i s h bl o o d t h e w o r l d o ve r
, ,

S c o ts p ee ra g e p e r p e tu a t e t h e tr i b a l p r o v i nc e s o f b ot h wi t h o n a no t h e r nd w i t h t h e a rt s th e
e a ,

th e C e ltic ki ng s (b e i ng h o no u r s sh are d by th e p o e t ry and th e r o m a nc e o f C e l t ic S c ot l a nd .

 A LPHABE T I CA L L I S T OF F AM I LY NAM E S
S howing the Tarta ns they a re enti tl e d to wea r

N a me . C o nne ct e d wi t h Cl a n . Co nnecte d wi th C l a n .

M a cn ab .

Do . Mackay .

Leslie . M acB ean .

Gordon M a cD o na l d Maclean of Duart

M ackintos h
. , .

. M a cD o nal d , Macle an of D ua rt,

Gordon . M a cL e o d of Harris .

Ogilvie Macmill a n
M a cA li st e r, M acD o ne ll of G le n
. .

B arclay .

garry . M a cD o nal d , M a cL e o d of Harris .

Al l an M a cD o nal d of C l anranald Nl a c Lamo nt M a cG re go r M acl ean

F arlan e
, , ,

o i Duart
Grah am of Menteith
. .

Do
G rah am of Mentei th
. .

. Buch anan .

M a cAl p ine . M acD o nal d .

Ross S tewart ( Roy al )

F arquh arson
. .

DO .

M a cmnes . Morris on .

A rmstrong Brodie
Lamont , Ma cmil lan
. .

M a cA rt hu r ( Campb ell of .

S trachur) B ruce
M ackin tos h ( S haw)
. .

. Cumming .

Mackay . B uchanan .

B aird . Lamont .

Camp b e l of Argyll
é)
Campb ell of A rgyll S tua rt of , .

B ute 0.
F orb es
.

. Campb ell of Cawdor .

B arclay . S incla i r .

B a ird . Campbell of Cawdor .

M acF a rl ane . M a cL e o d of Raa say .

10
Na me . Co nne cte d wi t h C l a n . Co nne cte d wi t h Cl a n .

C ampb ell of A rgy l l . Mac kintosh

S tewart of G arth
.

C meron . .

Campbell of Argyll . Do
Col quh oun
.

S ke nc . .

S tewart of Appi n, S tewart of Cumming .

Gall oway . Do .

Carnegie Do
Cu nn ingh am
. .

Macphers on . .

M a cF arl ane . M acD o nal d of Cl anranal d , Mac

C a mero n . pherson .

Chishol m . Macki ntosh .

S ut herlan d . D alz el l.

Chi shol m M acD o nal d .

Ma cki ntos h, Mac

.

Cameron , D avidson .

phers on . Do .

Do . Do .

Do . Do .

S inclair . Do .

Cockbu rn '
. Campb ell of Argyll .

Rob ertson Lindsay

B uc h an an
. .

. Me nzies Macnab
, .

Colquh oun . M unro , Ros s .

M a cD o nal d S kene
Macki ntos h
. .

Robertson .

Stewart of App in
.

. Rob ertson;
M ackintosh . M a cD o na l d .

M a cG re go r or M acGri go r . Do .

Cumming M a cD o nald ( of A nt ri m) .

B uch anan
.

M acD o ugall . .

M ac D o nal d . Do .

Campbel l of I nve rawe M acD o nal d ( of Antri m) .

M acD o nal d M acD o u gall .

F arquhars on
.

. Douglas .

Colquhoun, M acD o ugal l B uchanan

B uchan an D av i dson
. .

Cranston . , .

Crawford . M acD o ugall .

Do . B u ch anan .

11
 Conne cte d wi th Cl an .

Do .

S tuart of Bute .

M acD o nal d M a cF arlane

G unn
, .

Stewart (Royal) .

M acL achl an, Ogi l vi e ‘

Ma cnab .

Ross .

Ma cp her son .

Do .

Morris on
G rant of Gl enmo ri st on,
.

Gil li vray
Mackintos h
.

Do
G ordon
.

M acD onal d
Macp h ers on
.

M acD o nal d .

Do .

Stewart of Ath oll , S u th erl and .

M acGregor .

12
 Cl a n . C o nnect e d wi t h Cl a n .

J ohnston .

Do .

D avidso n
Gu nn M a cD o nal d ( M acI an) of
A rd namu rch a n a nd o f G lencoe
, ,

M acpherso n S uthe rland , .

M a cD o na ld .

M acN au gh t o n .

Camero n Kennedy , .

Mackenz ie .

S ke ne Do
Far quhars on, Mackintos h
. .

. Kerr
Colquho un
.

B uchanan . .

Do . M a c G re go r .

Campb ell . M a cD o nal d .

M a cF arl ane .

M acD o nald . Col quhoun .

Hay M ac L a chl an
Gunn M a cD onal d of G lencoe
. .

, Lamont .

(M a e l an) . Do .

M a cN aug ht o n . Do .

M acD o nald . Do .

Home . Do .

M acD o nal d . Lauder .

Do . Maclean .

Do M a c G re g o r
G ordon
. .

. Macpherson .

M acD o nald . Lamont .

Do . B uchan an .

Do . M ac F arlan e S tewa rt (Roy al ) , .

Rob ertson . Leslie .

I nnes . Macleod of Lewis .

M acD o nal d L amont

G unn St uart of B ute
. .

, . Lin dsay .

Do do S tewart of Appi n
Gunn M D n ld (M
. . .

ac ) ofo a acI an Do
Ardnamurchan and of G l en coe
, .

. Ma clennan .

13
 C o nne ct e d wi t h C l a n . Co nne ct e d wi t h Cl an .

M a ! le nna n . M acB e a th , M acB e t h M acB ea n M acD o nal d Maclean

, ,

C a mr b e ll of Loudoun . of Du a rt .

Mackinno n . M acB e o l a in M acK e nz i e .

L amont . M acBh ea th M a cB ean M acD o nald

, ( Cla n
Do . D onald North an d S outh ) ,
M a c D o nald . Maclean of D ua rt .

C o lquh o un . M a c N a ugh t o n .

NI a c G re go r . M acD o nal d .

Fergus o n . Morrison .

M ac F a rl ane . M a c D o nal d of Cl anranal d .

M a cA li st e r M acF arl ane

F arquharson M acL e o d of
. .

B uch anan .
,

Lam o nt . Ha rris .

M a cA li S t e r . Macinnes .

Do . M a cD o na l d .

M a cD o nal d of C l anran al d , Mac Do .

F arl ane . Mac c all um .

M acA li S t e r . Buchanan .

Do . Do .

M a cAl p ine . S tuart of B ute .

B uch anan Macn ab , . B ucha nan .

Mac kintosh . Do .

M a cinnes Macinnes
F arq uharson Mackintosh
. .

M a c G re go r M a c rae .

Campb el l of S t rachur (Ma c

, . ,

M a cG re g o r .

M a cA rt h u r . Arthur) .

M a c L e o d of Lewis . Do .

Bucha na n M acD onald

Lewi s
. .

M ac A ul ay Macleod of Lewis
, . M a cL e o d of .

B uchanan . M a cD o nald .

Do . M acF arl an e .

Do . M acF arl an e , S tuart of B ute .

Do Mackay
Mack int o sh ( S haw)
. .

. M acD o nal d .

M a cB e an . Cameron Mackinto sh ,
, Mac
Macmil l an . pherson .

M acB e an . M acChl e ry Do .

14
 Co nnect e d wi t h Cl a n . C o nne ct e d wi t h C l a n .

M acG re go r . Al acrae .
B uc hanan . Do .

S tua rt of Bute . Do .

M ac L e o d of Harri s l . M ac L e o d of Harris .

Lamont . M a c G re go r .

M acD o nal d M a c D o nal d of Ki ntyre

F arquh arson M a cL e o d
. .

Do . ,

B uch anan Harris

G unn
. .

. M acCui sh M acD o nal d .

Macintosh . M a c C ui t h e in Do .

S tewart of App in . Mac c u l l o ch M a cD o u gal l Munro R o ss , , .

M ackintosh . M acC M acquee n .

Do . M acC u rrach Macphers o n .

M acD o ugall . M acC ut ch e n M acD o nald .

Robertso n . Mac c utcheo n Do .

Mackinto sh . Macdade M acd aid

, Davidso n .

M acF a rl an e . M a cD ame ll M a cD o nald .

M acKe nz i e . M a c D a vi d D avids o n .

Campbell of I nv e rawe Rob ert M acD e rrmd Campb ell of Argyll

'

.
,

so n. M a cD i a rmi d Do . do .

Mac c onnell M acD o nal d . M acD o nachi e Robert son .

M a cC o no chi e Campbell of I nve rawe , Rob ert M acD o na ld M acD o na l d .

so n. M acD o ne ll M a cD o ne ll .

M acD o nal d . M acd o nl ea vy B uchanan .

M acD onal d of Kinty re M a cD o u gall M a cD o ugall

Gunn
. .

M acD o wall M acD o we l l Do

of L ewi s
. .
,

M L
ac eod M a c d ra in M acD o nald .

G unn
.

M acD ufi M a cD ufi
' '

. .

B ucha nan M acD uffi e M a cfi e

Macl ai ne of Loc hb uie
. .

. M a cD ul o t he M ac D o ug all .

M a cL e o d of Lewis . M acE a chan M acD o nald of C l anranal d .

Macqua rrie ac E a ch e rn M a cD o nal d

kl
. .

Do . acE achin M a cD o nal d of Cl anranal d .

M acD o u gal l . M a cE achran M acD o nal d

F arquharso n
.

Colq uho un . M acE arachar .

Macrae . M a cE l frish M acD o nald .

M a cD o nal d . M acE lh e ran Do .

15
 C onne ct e d wit h Cla n . Connecte d wi th Cl a n .

M acF a rl ane . M a cG ill i v ra y .

M a c N a u gh t o n . Mackintosh , S t ewart o f Atholl .

M a c F a rl ane . M ac l v o r ( Campb ell of Argyll ) ,

M a cE wan . M a cD o ne ll of Kepp och .

M acD o na l d , Ma cqua rri e .

Macl ai ne of Lochbui e . Do . do .

Do . do . M acD o nal d , M acpherson .

Macki nt o sh . Do . do .

M a c F arl ane . M acGre g or .

M a cF ar l an e . B uchanan, M a cF arl ane .

Farquh a rson . M a cG re gor .

M acL are n Do
G raham of Mentei th
. .

Do
F erguson
. .

. M a cL are n .

M a cfi e . M a cG re g o r .

M ac F arl ane Do
F ras er
.

M acD o nal d of Cl anranal d . .

Do . do . M a cGre go r .

M acF arl ane . Ma cq uarrie .

Mackay . M acfi e .

B uchan an of S all o chy Campb ell , Macqu arrie .

of Ar gy l l, Graham of M e n M acfi e
Farquhar son, Mackintos h
.

t e ith .

B uchan a n of S all o chy . M acL e o d of Harris .

M a c L achl an, Ogi lvie . Macki ntosh ( S ha w) .

Lamo nt . M acN au g h t o n .

Do Do
M a cD o ne ll of Keppoc h M acD o nal d (M acI an) of G l en
. .

M a cGil livray . coe.

Do . M acD o ugall .

Cameron M a cD onal d
Keppoch
. .

M a c D o n e ll of Do .

Grant of Gl e nm o ri st on, Ma c
.

Do
Gunn M acD o nal d of Ardh a
.

G illi v ray
murchan, M acD o nal d of G len
.
,

M ac Gil v e rno ck Graham of Menteith

il li v ray , Maclaine of Loc h
.

Ivl a c Gil vra M coe

c
.

me . M acil do wi e Cameron;
16
.
 C o nne cte d toith Cl a n . Co nnecte d wi th Cla n .

M a cGre go r Ma c lean of D uart , . M acD onal d of Clanranald .

M acD o nal d . Mackay .

Do . Mackintos h .

Do . Macpherson .

D0 M a cD o nal d .

G rant G len
0 0

Ma cGi lli vray, of Do .

mo rtst o n . Do .

M acB e an Campbell of Argyll

Maclai ne of Lochb u ie
. .

. M a cD o nal d .

M acGil l i vray . M acN aught o n .

M acD o nal d . Do .

Lamont . M acKenz ie .

M acD o nal d . M acD o nal d of Cl anranal d

F arquh arson
.

Lamont . .

F raser . M acKe nz i e
F arquh ars on
.

Buch anan .

F erguson
.

Menz ies
Buch anan
. .

. Do .

Macinnes . Camp d of Crai gni s h , M a c

Rob ertson . Donal d o i Cl anranal d .

M acFarl ane . M acKi chan M acD o nal d of Cl anranal d , Mac

Ma c kin tosh . D oug all
Ma cintyre
.

. M a ckay .

M acF arl ane . M a cD o nald .

Campb ell of Crai gnish M ac , Ma ckintos h

Ma cD o nell of K epp o ch
.

D onald o f Cl anranal d .

Campb ell of Arg yll Rob erts on of

.

M a cI ver or M acI vo r F ras er

S truan M acKenz i e
, .

. Do .

F arq uh ars on
,

M acF arl ane . .

Cameron Mac kinlay

Gunn
. .

. Buc h anan .

M ackay . M a cD o nal d
M ac kinnon
.

M a cD onal d of Clanranald .

Gunn
.

Do
Gunn Ma D n ld of Ard a
. .

c o a h Do
Mac kintos h
,
m u chah M a D nal d of G len
.

r , c o .

co e . Ma ckinnon .

17
 C onne ct ed wit h Cl a n . Co nne cte d wi th C l a n .

M acKird y S tuart of B ute Lamont , M acD o ugal l .

Ca mpb el l of Crai gni sh , Ma c

.

M acKi sso ck M a cD o ugall

M a cD o u gall , M unro, Ross
.

D onald o f C l anranal d . .

M a cN a u ght o n . Lamont .

M ac L achl an Cameron
B ucha nan, Ma ci nnes
. .

S tewart of Appin . .

Robertson . Ma t hes on .

M acL achl an B uchanan

Maclain e of Lochb ui e
. .

Menzies
Stewa rt of App in, Stew art of
. .

M a cD o nal d .

Lamont . Gall oway .

M acD o nal d . Ma cmil lan .

Do . M enzi es .

M acL aren . DO .

M acD o nal d . Mackinnon .

M ac L achl an . S tewart .

Do. B ucha na n, M acKenz i e .

M a cL are n . Do do . .

M acD o nal d . M acD o nal d, Macphers on .

Campb e l l . Do do. .

S tewart of App in . Murray

Do . M acD o nal d of Cl anranal d, Mac
Macl ean . pherson .

Campb ell . S mart of B ute .

Macpherson . Ma cn ab .

M a c G re g o r . M a cN augh t o n .

Maclenn an . Do .

M a cL e o d of Harri s . Do .

M a cL e o d of Lewis . M acF arl ane M acNa u ght o n, .

Maclean M a cD o u gall
Mac kintos h, Mac
. .

Cameron , M acN au gh t o n .

ph ers o n . Do .

M a cL e ve rty M acD o nal d Do .

M c L eo d of L ewis , S tuart of
.

M acL e wi s Do
% ute
.

. M a cN eil of B arra, M cN eill of

Macpherson . G i gha .
M acGre go r . M a cN e e M ac Gre go r .

18
 Co nnect e d wi t h Cl a n . Co nne cte d wi t h Cl a n .

Ma c quee n Math es on .

Ma xw ell
.

F ras e r . .

Ross . M acD o nald .

I nn a . M enz i as .

Campb ell of Argy ll . Lamont .

M a cT av i sh . M e nzi es .

Ross Ma cintyre Do .

C ampb ell of Ar gyll Ma ckintos h

, .

Do
Graham S tew art ( Royal )
. .
,

Ross . , .

C ameron . M enzies .

Campbell of A rgyll Do
F orbes
. .

Cameron Mackay Macki ntosh ,

, , .

Macpherson . I nn es.

M acKe nz i e . M acF arlane .

M acD o nal d of Clanranal d . M enz ies .

Macl e an of D uart . I nnes .

M a cB ean . M acF arl ane .

M a cN augh t o n M unro
G raham S tew art (Royal)
. .

M acKenz i e . , .

M acD o nal d of Cl anranal d . M o nt g o me ri e .

M a cD onal d of Cl anrana l d , Mac M enzi es .

pherson . Mur ray .

Cameron . Les li e
.

M ac Farl ane . Mackay .

Buchana n of Leny . Morrison .

M acD o nal d . S ut h e rlan d .

Macqua rrie S tewart of B ute .

M unro
.

B uc hanan
Gunn, M acFarlane Ma c
. .

. B uch anan, M acD onald ,

M a crae . Kenz ie .

Malcolm Do do .

M acD o nal d, Ma cph ers on

. .

M acL e o d of R aasay . .

M acGreg or Do do
Mur ray of Ath ol l , M urray of
.

G unn
. .

C ameron, M acD o nal d T ul lib ardi ne .

Bu chana n
.

. M acF arlane .

Math eso n . M acNe il .

20
 Connected wi th Cl a n . Connect e d wi th Cl a n .

Ma cN eil . F h
arqu arson, M acD o nal d
B u c hanan
.

Ma ckay . .

M acGre gor . Mackintos h .

G unn. M acF arl ane .

M a cL e o d of Lewi s . Robertson
Gunn
.

Do . .

Do . Rol lo
Ke ppo ch
.

Do . M acD o nel l of .

M acGre go r . I ) 0.
Cummi ng Ma ckintos h, Ma c M a cD onal d .
Na ughton
,

. Ros e .

Ma ckintosh Ross .

Robert s on
.

M acL e o d of Harri s . .

M a cD o nal d . M acCa lman (B uchanan) .

O gil vi e
. Cummi ng .

S uth erland . Ruthven

M acD onell of G l eng arry
.

M acD o nal d .

Gunn
.

Do
. .

Do. S cott .

Do. S eton .

M acF arlane . M a cD onal d .

M acL aren . Mackin tosh .

Lamont F ras er
Cameron, Ma ckintosh, Mackay
. .

M acGre go r .

M acD o ne ll of Keppoch .

M acD o nal d
M urra
.

Mackay .

M acD onal d . Cameron, M acD onal d , L am ont

M u rray
.

Macrae . .

Ramsay M acD ufi
'

. .

Maclea n of Col l . B uch anan .

Murray . M acD o nal d .

Rob e rtson of S t rathl o ch . M acF arlane .

Innes
Farq uha rson, M acD onal d
.

.
Robertson
S tew art , Royal
.

S t ewa rt of Appi n
.

M acD o nald . .

21
 C onne cted wi t h C l a n . C onne cted wi th C l a n .

S tewart of Atholl Lamont

Fraser
. .

S tewart of G all o way . .

S tewart Royal , . M a cint y re .

Stuart of Bute . Campb e ll of Argyll .

S utherlan d . U rquhart .

Macqueen . Mu n ro Ross , .

Gurm '

Wallace
F raser
. . .

. Cu nnin gham .

Do . M unro Ross , .

Ross . Buchanan .

Mackin tosh . Do .

Campbell of Argyll . M acF a rl ane .

C ameron . M acN au g ht o n, M acF arl ane .

”
Campbell of Argyll . M acD ufi .

Campbell of Argyll M a cF arl ane , . M acD o nal d .

Campbell of Argyll . M acquarrie .

M ac L e o d of R aase y . M a cG re gor Lamont , .

Rob ertson Gunn Mackay

Macki ntos h
.
, .

. Gunn .

Do . Macintyre .

Lamont . Buchan an .

M a cD onald . Do .

N o te —A gre a t ma ny of th e Clan S e pt s h ave i n modern times adopted Sp ecial Tartans , but it

'

h as b een found
i mpo ssible to deal with these i n the present work
.

.
 PL ANT BAD GE S OF T HE CL AN S

(According to va rious Authori ties)

P eriwinkl e ( P Lesser P eri winkle) Ma ca rthur Wil d Thyme

Cranberry S cots P ine (A rdi ncap le)
. . .

Birch B laeb erry ( Bilberry ) Oak

, , . Maca ulay , .

Cranberry Crowb erry , O ak Macbean Red Whortleb erry

F ir Club Moss , Wil d Myrtle
, .

Macd onald S cottish H ea t her

F ern Macdonell ( Keppoch) W hite Heat her
. .

B earb erry , Dogberry , Haz el , Willow

. .

. Macdouga l l B ell H ea th (p rob ably Cross

Cumi n leaved H ea th) Cyp ress
Red Whort leb erry ( Cowb erry )
. .
,

. B oxwoo d Holly Red Whortl eberry

, , .

H olly Wil d Thyme Cloudberry Cranberry

B oxwood Cra nberry Red Whortl e
, .
, .

Crowberry Oak ( Ca me ro n ba dg es) ,

er y Rock Rose, S cots P ine ( S cots
, , ,

S cots P in e
gr
.
,

It Red Whortleberry .

F ergu on
s Aspen or P oplar ( A berde e nshire ) S c ots P ine .

Roc k Rose ( P e rt hshire ) S cots Holly

P ine ( S t ra chur) S cottis h H eather, Wh ite Heath er
.

B room , Bul rush Reed G rass

.

B room
D eer s Grass ( Heath Cl ub Rus h) ,
. , .

Yew ’

I vy Rock I vy Holly Variegated Holl y

.

St Columba s Flower ( S t J ohn s

, . , .

’
S purge Laurel Macki nnon ’

Cranberry S cots P ine

. . .

, . Wort ) S cots Pi ne
, .

J unip er Ros e Root Mack intosh Holl y , Red Whortleb erry

Less er P eriw in kl e ,
, . .

Mistletoe . Maclachl an Ash , B room ,

Holly Row an
Maclai ne ( Loch b uie) Blaeberry ( Bilb erry ) B rambl e
. .

Red Hawthorn . , .

Oak . Maclaren Spurge Laurel .

Crab Apple Tree, D ryas , Trefo il

-
. Maclea n Crowb erry (D ua rt B ro l a s, P e nny cro ss , ,

L i me Tree Rue , . D rimni m) ; Holly (A rdg o ur, C 011,

S cottish H ea ther ( L ing ) D o chg a rroch)
Fu rz e ( Whin)
.

S cots P ine
.

. Macl ennan .

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Ma cl eo d J uni per
( M a cle o d of M acl eod ) ; Red Menzies Ash Common Club Moss ( Stagh orn
Moss ) Menzies Hea t h , Rowan
,

Whortl eberry ( L e wis) . , .

M acmi l la n H olly Common Club Moss

B room Butc h er s B room ; J uni p er
. . .

Macna b B lue B ramble , Crowb erry , Holly ’

S cots P in e S cottish H ea ther S t one

, ,

(A t ho l l )
Ev ergreen Al kanet , H awt h orn, Ox
, , .

B ramble ( R o e b u ckb e rry ) .

Macn aught o n Trail ing Azalea ( L o ise l e urea ) . tongue .

Macneil M cN eill D ryas S eaware (Algae) Trefoil Bul rush Syca more
B racken F ern F ine leaved H eat h
.
, , , . ,

Macni col J uniper T railin g Azalea ( Loise -

( B ell Heath er)

, , ,

l e ure a)
Red Whortl eb erry , Whi te Hea th er Wild Rosemary ( Mars h Androm e da)
. .

S cots P in e
.

B earb erry , J un ip er
F u rz e ( Whirl ) , Whi te Cl over ( D utch
. .

Red Whortleb erry ( C o rry boro ugh)

S cottish H eather ( S ky e) Clover
Common Club Moss ( S ta gh orn
. .

M acrae S tewart Oak

Moss ) F ir Club Mos s B room , B ut ch er s Broom, Cott on
.

’
, . S ut h erland
Malcol m Rowan b erries S edge
Urquh art
. .

Math es on B ro o m Holly
, . Wallflower .

NOT E S
1 b a dge of Clan Alpin i s S cots Pine ( S cots F ir) th at of Cl an
. T he ,

C h att a n is Red Wh ortl eb erry ( Cowberry ) and th at of Clan D onal d ,

is S cottish Heath e r ( Lin g) Boxwood was apparentl y us ed o n .

o c casion as a s ubstitute for Red Whortleb erry .

2 . In S cotland Cran berry u su lly m i ans Red

a Wh ortl eb erry .

Dogberry
3 .
( Colquhou n) is s tat ed by s everal authoriti e s
t o b e equ i val ent to B earb er ry .

24
 HI S derives its name from B rod ie home
,

i n G aelic B ro t ha ch a tha nage which has b elon ged to the B rodi es

,

from t h e dawn of hi story They are o ne of the ori gin al trib es of

.

Morayshi re Their early charters were destroyed when B rodi e

.

H ous e was b u rn t by Lord Lewis Gordon in 1645 From M al colm .

,

Thane of B rodie in the rei gn of Alexa nder I I I the lin e of chi efs is
,

deduced ; an d for Michael so n of Mal colm Thane o f B rodie

, , ,

Rob ert the B ru ce created a b arony in 13 1 1 Alexan der B rodi e of

.

B r o die was as Lord B rodi e a celeb rated j udge in the reign of

, ,

Charles I I a nd hi s des ce nda nt Al exander B rodie of Brodie was

, ,

Lord Lyon King of Arms 1727 5 4 The Lord Lyon s so n dyin g

,
-
.
’

unm arried he was s ucceeded as heir of tail zie and Laird of Bro d ie
,

by hi s cous in J ames so n of J ames B ro d ie of S p yni e from whom

, ,

des cends the pres ent B rodie of B rodie B rodi e Castle the s eat o f
'

.
,

the chiefs is a pictures que old S cottish fortalice The B rodi es of

Leth e n a nd the B rodie s of Eastbourne in S ussex—o f whom S ir
.
,

B e nj ami n B rodie a distin guished surgeon received a baronetcy

i n 18 3 4 —
, ,

are the pri ncipal cadets o f the cla n .

26
T HE origi of the B uch a
n s h as b een traced
na n o ne ,
Gi b ert a S teward of the Earl of L e
l nn ox , about t h e middl e
of the thi rteenth century The Earl c onf erred upon G ilbert a
,

p art of t he l ands of B uchan an from whi ch he took hi s name

Maurice of B uchanan hi s s uc c es sor received t he s ame gr ant
, .

from the 6th Earl of Lenn ox Maurice married the da ughter

, ,

of M entei t h of Rusky and thus hi s so n b e came connected with

.

t h e Royal House . The latter ma rried the s ole heir es s of t he

an cientyfamil y of Leny I t is s aid tha t at the battl e of Baug é
eh Anj ou , i n 1421, S ir Al exander, th ei r eldes t so n, slew the
.

Duk e of Clarence The former was killed at the batt l e of

Vern euil in 1424 wh en hi s s econd brot her W alter, s ucceeded
.

, ,

to the B uchanan esta tes an d hi s third b rother to the Leny

,

es tates Walter married I sab el Countes s of Lennox Their

.
, .

el dest so n Pat rick married the heires s of Kil learn and

A uchre o ch , whil e T h omas the i r youn gest so n foun ded the
, ,

House of D rumikil of whi c h the famous hi storian, G eorge

, ,

Buchanan, was a descendant P atrick s so n, Walter, married

,
’

a daughter of Lord Grah am , and by her had a youn ger so n who

.

”
became known as Ki ng of Kippen Walter a gran ds on of .
,

Patri ck, and foun der of t he li n e of Spittal was twi ce married , .

By hi s second Wif e he had Wil li am founder of the no w exti nct ,

l ine of A u chmar The p rin cipal l ine b ecame ext inct in 168 2
.
,

repres entation was c l aimed by Buchana n of A u chma r,

whose line perished in 18 16 The famil y lan ds are no w
.

poss es sed by the Duk e of Montrose .

28
 CAME
Camerons are of p ure Celti c ancestry and Camero n
of Loc hi el is th e chi ef hous e of th e Cl an Ewe n .
,

youn ger so n of Ewen 13 t h Chi ef of Lochi el was the

, ,

founder of the hous e of E rra cht . Donal d 2nd of E rracht

, ,

j o ined P rince Charl ie at G l e nfmnan, where , un der Lochiel ,

he was s econd in comman d of the Camerons His daughter

.

married Cameron of S camada le , an d had a so n Lieutenant

,

Alexander Cameron, wh o led t h e Camerons d urin g the last

three hours of Waterloo His eldest so n, S ir Al an Camero n
.

of E rracht , went to Ameri ca, and with the 8 4 th ,

or Royal E migrants , help ed to defend Queb e c against

Arnold I n 179 3 he raised the 79 th or Cameron High
—
.

l an ders
. S ir Ewen Cameron of t h e main lin e Lochi el
was o ne of the greatest c avaliers dur ing the Civil War His .

loyalty was p erpetuated in Donal d Cameron of Loc hiel ,

o ne of Pri nce Charlie s staun c h est frie n ds i n 1745 Ac hna

’
.

carry is the seat of the Camerons of Lochiel .

29
 name C ampbell fi rst
appears in 12 16 i n conn ection with,

proprietor of lands i n Stirli ng but the fi rst of importan ce was

Neil Campbell who in 129 6 was made King Edward s Baillie over
, , ,
.
’

la nds in Argyll His great grandso n was created Lord Campbell by

.
-

J ames I I and was the fi rst of the family to take the title of Argyll
, .

His gra nds on Colin was made Earl of Argyll i n 145 7 and Baro n
, , ,

of Lorn i n 1470 The Marquis of Argyll was the great leader of the
.

Cove na nters durin g the Civil Wars in the reigns of Charles I a nd

Charles I I The 8 th Earl was created Duke of Argyll in 1701
. .

The P eerages and estate des cended to J ohn s econd Duke of Argyll
,

a n d Earl of Gree nwi ch ( died H e was succeeded by his

brother who died without issue and s o the title devolved upo n his
, ,

cousi n General J ohn Campb ell of Mamore, I nveraray Castle is

,

the s eat of the Campbell Chiefs whos e designation is M a cC a ile in

,

M ho r
.

30
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CAM PB E L L O F B R EADA L B ANE

CAM PB E L L O F C A WD O R

31
 Chi s hol ms are of Lowl an d ori gin, but vi rtuall y
-

Gaeli c by des cent an ancestor having marri ed Margaret , the

,

Celt ic heiress of E rchl e ss i n the Ai rd Their L ament is C umha

“
.

”
d o dh Uil l e a m S ise a l ( Lament for Wil l iam
’
-
and

their B adge , t h e F e rn Thei r ancient s tron ghol d was E rchl e ss Castl e

.

in S trat h gl ass w hi ch their des cend ants s til l o wn

, A Rob ert Chi s
.

ho l m, kni ght is mentioned in 13 69 and a T h omas of C hisholm in

, ,

1403 . Three of th e cl an were Bishops of Dun blan e in th e fi fteenth

an d si xtee nth centur ies J ames C his holm was Master of the House
.

hol d to J am es V I Menti on is made of Al exander Chisholm of

.

S t rat hgl ass in 15 78 and of Jo hn C hi sho l m of Comer i n 16 13

, . In
1 608 Lord B almeri no the S cott is h S ecretar y of S ta te , was t aken to
,

ta s k in E nglan d for havin g written to P op e Clement V I I I to

obtai n a C ardi nal s Hat for C his holm , a S cots man, broth er to t he
’

Lai rd of C ro une ri ggs in P e rths hi re .

The Chi ef of t h e C hishol ms is cal l ed in G aeli c A n S iosa l a ch .

The arms of th e Chiefs were in 18 8 7 and 19 3 8 confir med to the

heir of li n e of t h e b aroni al hous e of Comer and E rchl ess as Chi s
holm o f Chi sholm ”
.
 HE C o l quh o uns derive their n ame from the B arony of Col quhoun
in D u nbarto nshi re I n Alexander I I s rei gn Humphrey Ki rk
’
.

p atri ck was granted a charter of these lands of C o l ch o un His .

success or, ngram, took t h e surname of Col quhoun of Colquhoun

I ,

married the F air Maid of Luss , and s o acquired that estate

”

There w ere th ree branc h es of th e Co l qu ho un s—o f that Ilk , of Ki l

.

p atri ck , and of Luss Luss became the c hi ef s eat of the family

. .

Si r Hump h rey Col quhou n of Luss received other la nds from

J ames I V S ir Humphrey, 17th Laird of Lus s , fought agai nst Rob
.

Roy at Loc h Lomond H e died in 1715 , wh en the estates an d chi ef

.

s hip pass ed to hi s d a ugh ter and h er husb an d G rant of Pl u scard e n

, .

Their so n, J ames G ran t o n hi s succession took the n ame of Si r

, ,

James Col quhoun of Luss H e fell heir to th e Grant estates and

.
, ,

resumi ng the name of Grant was suc ceeded in the Chi efship of
,

Colquhoun and estate of Luss by hi s second so n S ir Ludovick G ra nt .

H e in turn su cceeded to the estates of Grant , Luss going to his

b rother J ames, who was made a B aronet in 178 6 and died the ,

same year H e w as succeeded by his so n S ir J ames w hose gre at

. , ,

grandson S ir James 5 th B aro net was su cceeded by his cousi n

, , , ,

Sir Alan J ohn in 19 07

, .

33
 earliest historic referen ce to this fa mily cha rter
William de L indsay co nferred by King William wherein mention
,

is made of J o h annis de Crawford filiu s R e ginal d i I n 1 127 there

'

we re t wo k nights of this name servi ng u nder Ki n g David I Sir J o h n ,

and Sir Grega n the latter obtained a grant of l an d from this king in
Galloway The surname is derived from the B arony of Crawf ord
.
,

i n La narkshire Memb ers of this family are mentioned in charters

.

of 1 170 1 190 1228 123 0 and 1248 The Arms of Loudoun were
, , , , .

quartered by Sir Regin ald de Crawford ab out 1200 o n h i s marriage

,
~

with Margaret de Loudoun the heiress of that extensive Barony

,
.

Margaret the daughter of S ir Hugh Crawford Sheriff of Ayr married

, , ,

S ir Malcolm Wallace of Elderslie and became the mother o f S ir

,
“
William Wallace the hero of S cotlan d S ir Reginal d Crawford was
, .

prominent i n the s ervice of b oth Wallace and Rob ert the B ruce ,

an d was executed at Carlisle i n 13 07 for his loyalty to the l atter .

C rawfu rd of A u chi name s is chief of the Name and C rawfu rd of

,

C rawfu rd l and o ne of the pri n cipal b ra nches .

34
 C U N N IN
. _ GH6 M

GU NNIN
Cunninghams trace their des cent from Wam e b al d ,

settled in the di s trict of Cunni ngh am Ayrshire and obtained

, ,

the manor of t hat name before 1162 an d took hi s surn ame from the
,

la nd His grandson foun ded the C unn in ghams of G lengarn ock

.
,

a nd hi s gran ds on was the ancestor of Cunn i ngham of Po l rnai se .

S ir Robert Cunnin gham swore fealty to King E dwa rd I of E nglan d

i n 129 6, and left two son s , from t h e youn ger of who m came
the Cunni nghams of D ru mquh asse l B all ind a ll o ch B al b o ugie and
, , ,

Ba nton Alexan der Cunn ingham was created Lord Ki lmaurs ab out
.

145 0 an d Earl of Gl e ncaim, 148 8 but w as kil l ed i n the same year

, ,

at the battle of S au chi e b urn The 5 th Earl was a grea t supporter

.

of the Reformation and when Queen Mary was sent to Loch Leven
,

he went to the chap el at Holyrood an d demoli shed the altar a nd

other thi ngs there After the deat h of John 14th Earl i n 1796
.
, ,

without issue t he title became dormant

, T h e F airlie Cunni nghams
.

are the des cendants of the second so n of the l st Earl C unningham .

of C o rse hil l B aronet from 1 673 , and representative of the second

,

so n of the 3 rd Earl of G l e ncai m , is no w regarded as the C hief .

36
 HE Davidson s are Celtic Their Clan P ipe Music is T ull o ch s
.
’

S alute .
”
All t h at is known of their fi rst Chief is that hi s name
was David T h eir home like that of the Cumi ns , was in B aden och
.
, .

I n 1296, al ong with t h e Mac kintoshes and Macp hersons , th ey met

t he Camerons i n battle at I nv e rnah ave n T h e Macpherson s and
.

Ma t ai s ( Davidsons ) disputed priority Macki ntosh favoured the

.

Davidsons , and the Macp h ersons left th e fi el d T h e Camerons were

.

victoriou s T h e Macp h ersons fel l upon t h e Camerons , and defeated

.

3them in t urn T h e Macp h ers ons and t h e Davidsons no w fell out

. .

Reconci liat i on being u seless , it was arranged that thirt y men should
b e selected from each side t o fi g h t for t h e mastery Rob ert I I was
. I
umpire T h e battle was fought o n th e Nort h I nch of P erth i n 13 9 6
. .

O nl y o ne Davidson was left alive S ince then th ey h ave fi gu red but

.

slightly in hi story Tu l loch in Ross shire , is th e residenc e of the

.
,
-

Chief He is the heredi tary Keep er of th e Royal Cas tl e of D ingw all

. .

37
 HERE l egends of the origi n of t his powerful
but the fi rs t recorded is William de D ouglas who witnessed a ,

charter b etween 1 174 and 1 19 9 Douglas dale in Lanarkshire is

.

the d a t ha s of the race whose chiefs lie buried i n D ouglas Kirk

,
‘

”
H is gran dso n S ir William , l e Hardi had issue the Good , ,

Sir J ames an d Archibald the Tin ema n t h e l o se r) who was .

,

killed at Halidon Hill 13 3 3 leavin g a so n William created l st

, , , ,

Earl of Douglas who became through his wife Earl of Mar

, , , .

Mar .
“
Earl died i n 13 8 4 leavin g a s o n J ames 2nd Earl of Douglas
The Good ”
, ,

Sir J ames previously mentioned di ed i n

,
,

defence of B ruce s heart in S pain i n 13 3 0 The 4t h Earl

’
.

created Duke of Tourain e i n 1424 and was killed at the b attle of ,

Verneuil the same year The 3 rd Duke of Tourain e a nd 6t h Earl

.
,

of D ouglas was with his b rother David lured i nto Edi nburgh
, , , ,

Castle and b eheaded 1440 The 7t h Earl of Douglas and l st Earl

‘

of Avondale was the father of six sons—William 8 th Earl killed

, .
,

, , ,

by James I I at Stirlin g 145 2 ; J ames 9 t h and last Earl forfeited

, , ,

14 5 5 a nd died a mo nk at Lindores i n 14 8 8 ; Archibal d Earl of

, ,

Moray killed at the battle of A rkinh o l m 145 5 ; Hugh Earl of

, , ,

O rmo nd b eheaded after the same battl e ; J ohn Lo rd B al v e ny

, , ,

e h e ad e d 1463 ; a nd H e nry Bishop of Du nkeld

, , The tarta n is .

lustrated as worn by an offi cer of the Cameronians ( S cottish Rifles )

38
 D rummond Clan derives its n ame from lands
D rummond or D rymen in Stirlingshire, The progenitor .

this Clan was Malcolm B eg, Lord of the lands of D rummon d and
S enes chal of S trathearn i n 1225 I n 1499 Lord D rummo nd was
.

i n poss essio n of D rymen . The D rummon d chiefs were B arons

Cargill a nd S t o b hal l o n the Tay
J ames 4t h Earl of P erth was Lord Cha ncellor of S cotla nd The
, , .

Chevalier made him D uke of Perth His eldest so n J ames

.
, ,

2nd Duke was out in the 15 and was attainted His s ons ,
’
, , .

J ames and J ohn 3 rd an d 4t h Dukes died u nmarried

, , The 5 th .

a nd 6t h Dukes were you nger s on s of the l st Duke Then the .

Earldom of Perth pass ed to th e Melfort branch George so n of .

,

L é on D rummo nd was restored to the S cottish titles of Earl o f

,

Perth a nd Melfort by Queen Victoria i n 1 8 5 3 H e died in 1902 .

whe n the M elfort title p ass ed to his daughter Lady Marie D rum ,

mon d a nd the Perth titles t o his ki nsma n William 1 1t h Vis c o u nt

, , ,

S trathalla n The Clan Pip e March is

'

. S p a z dse a ra chd D hi uc
P hea irt D uke of P erth s March
’

39
 ERLE D UNDA S is mentioned
William the Lion His direct des cendant i n the
.

century J ames D undas was twi ce married and from hi m are

, , ,

des cended the D un d ase s of N e wl i st o n D ud di ngst o n and , ,

M amour S ir James D undas of D un das, great grandson of

.

J ames D undas was twi ce married an d is t h e ancestor of the

, ,

p res ent head of the family s t il l sty led Dun das of Dun das A
, .

repres entative of the C e l t i c bran ch Robert D undas was Lord , ,

President of the Court of S ession; and was twice married By .

hi s s econ d marriage he had Hen ry created Vis coun t Melville , ,

18 02 an cestor of t h e prese nt Vis co unt By his fi rs t marriage

the Lord P resident had a so n who also became Lord President
, .

, ,

and was father of Rob ert , Lord Chief Baron of the Court of
Exchequer His gran dson was created a Baronet 18 9 8 The
.
, .

D und ase s of Fingask are des cended from J ames D undas who ,

was fath er of Alexander who fell at Flodden, 15 13 whose

, ,

direct des ce ndan t i n the sixth degree Thomas D un das had

two sons—Thomas and Lawrence of Kerse The last named
, ,
-

, .

Thomas was the ancestor of Charles created Lord Amesbury , ,

18 3 2
. The above named Lawrence of Kers e was created a
-

Baronet 1762 an d was father of Sir Thomas created Baron

, , ,

Dun da s of Aske 179 4 H is so n Lawrence 2nd Baron was

, .
, , ,

created Earl of ! etla nd 18 3 8 and his grandson was created

, ,

Marqui s of ! etland 18 9 2 , .

40
 Elli o ts were an imp ortant family in the south S cotland .

The Chief of the clan was of R e d h e u clf and some othe r bran ches ,

of the family were designed as of L arri st on B rai d l ie, H o rsli e h ill

'

, ,

A rkl e t o n and S tob s

, Of the last named bran ch came Gilb ert Elliot
.
-

of S tobs c el eb rated i n B order history as Gibbie wi the g owde n ’ ‘

W
,

garters ,
”
wh o died leavi ng s everal sons i lliam, t he eldest was
.
,

a ncestor of the Baro nets of S tobs no w regard ed as th e p rincip a l

'

lin e of Elliots extant ; als o of J ohn Elliot M D P hysician to the

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,

P rin ce of Wales , who was created a B aronet 1778 b ut died un , ,

married 178 6 and also of the celebrated General George Augustus

Elliot who success fully defended Gibraltar for three years ( 1779 —
,

,
83 )
again st the whole power of France and S pain Ge ne i al Elliot was
’

created Lord H e at hfi e l d Baron Gib raltar 178 7 b ut the title b e carr e

, , ,

extin ct o n the death of his so n Fran cis 2nd Ba ro n 18 13

, , Gavin , .

Elliot of Midlem Mill 4t h so n of the above named Gilb ert Elli o t

,
-

of S tobs was father of G ilb ert Elliot Lord Justice Clerk created
, , ,

a Baro net 1700 whose great grandso n Gilbert afte rhav ing b e e n
, ,
-

, ,

Governor General of I ndia was created Earl of Mi rito , 18 13

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 S had several sons Thomas hi s heir and Mal col m an cestor of
ROB ERT ER S KI NE Chamb erlain S cotl and 13 5 0 5 7 -

, , ,

, , ,

th e Erski n es o f Ki nn o u l l S ir Robert s gr andson was created Lord ’

.

Ersk ine The 3 rd Lord Ersk ine was succeeded by his so n J ames
.
, ,

as 5 t h Lord wh o left two s ons the youn ger S ir Al exan der Ers ki ne
, ,

of Gogar had a so n Thomas created Earl of Kel lie whose l in e

, , , ,

b ecame ext in ct in 1 8 29 ; the elder J ohn 6t h Lord Ers kin e was , , ,

restored th e old Celtic Earld o m of Mar by Quee n Mary J ohn .

,

23 rd Earl is well kn ow n i n c o nn ecti o n with the R is in g of 1715

, In .

1 8 75 the H ous e of Lords decided that Walter H en ry 13 th Earl of ,

Kellie had made out hi s cla im to the Earld o m of Mar dated 15 65

, , .

H e died in 18 8 8 ; a nd his so n Walter J ohn became 12t h Earl of , ,

Mar and 14t h Earl of Kellie The ancient Ce l t ic Earldom des cended
.

to the heir female J ohn F G o o d e v e Erski n e a nd is the most

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, .
-

a ncient p eerage in Britain J ohn Earl of Mar so n of the Re gent

.
, ,
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Mar w h o ruled during the chil dh o o d o f J ames V I had a nu mber
, ,

of so ns . 1) J ames the eldest was created Earl of Bucha n

, , .

( 2) H enry the s econd was the father of J ames Lord Cardross and
, , , ,

h i s des ce nda nt b ecame 9 t h Earl of B uch an From the 12t h Earl .

the present Earl des cends a nd from the brother o f the 12t h Earl
,

come the Lords Ersk ine ( 3 ) Charles the thi rd so n was father of
.
, ,

a nother Charles created a Baro net wh o s e des cendan t the 6t h

, , ,

Baronet inh erited the Earldom o f R o ssly n from his maternal grand
,

father Alex ander Wedderburn Lord Cha ncellor of E nglan d and

, , ,

his des cenda nts st ill e nj oy this title .

42
 EM GM5 Ch i
!

Fergusons are Celti c They w e re l o ng s ett led

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Argy ll ,

where the chiefs of Cl ann Fh e a rghui s of S tra chur were H ere d i -

t a ry M ae rs of G l e nshe lli ch F erguson of D unfall an d y ha s long b een

.

C hi ef of the F ergusons in At holl Two of th e cl an, s ons of the

.

Lai rd of B ad yf aro w near I nv e rury , fi gured promi nently

, Rob ert .

th e P lotter, concerned in the R y e h o u se Plot, es cap ed detect ion

and di ed in 1714 . J ames , a Maj or G eneral served under M a rl
-

b orough at Blenh eim The F ergusons B aron ets of Kil kerran, have
.
,

held l ands i n Ayrshir e s i nc e t h e rei gn of Ch arl es 1 S ir James .

Ferguson 6t h B aronet , a di stin guished states man was kill ed in the

, ,

J amai ca e art hqu ake 1906 Ada m F erguson histori an and moral
.
,

phi losopher ; Rob ert F e rgu son, th e p oet an d S ir Wil li am F erguson

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,
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were ill ustrious memb ers of t h e clan Anni e Laurie .
,

heroine of t h e song was wi fe of Ferguson of Crai gdarroch Briga

, .

di e t G eneral Ferguso n comma nded the Highl an d B rigade at the

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capture of the Cape of Good Hope .

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 H I S clan Celtic .Their March C a th E ura i nn
The Battl e of Glen E u ra nn J oh n of Forb es fi rst of the ,

name fi gured i n the reig n of William the Lio n whe n the d ut hus of
, ,

Forb es ( whi ch the race had held from the time when O C o no ch a r ’

killed t h e b ear whi ch made the B raes of Forbes u ninhabitable)

was feudalis ed . I n 13 03 Alexa nder F orb es defe nded Urquhart
Castle again st Edward I and was slai n with the garrison Alexander
, .

Forb es of Forb es was made Lord F orb es about 1442 John the .
,

6t h Lord was a favourite of J ames V

, The l ot h Lord , Alexan der
.
,

was a Ge nera un der Gustavus Adolphus The family is still

.

represented by Lord Forbes whos e s eat is Cas t l e F orbes o n D o nsid e

,
.

The Lords Pitsligo are des cendants of William a so n o f Sir J ohn ,

F orb es of F orb es who lived i n the reign of Rob ert I I The 4t h

, .

Lord was attai nted after Culloden The B aro nets of C raigie va r
.

s p ring from Patrick Forb es of Cors e arm o ur b earer to J ames 111

,
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.

The Lairds of Cullode n are des ce nded from t he F o rb e se s of T o l qu

houn who date from 1420 S ir Alexa nder F orb es o f T o l qu ho un
, .

saved Charles I I s life at the battle of Worcester This family was

’
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rui ned by the Darien S cheme Sir William F o rbes 8 th Baro net o f
.
,

C ra i gi e va r succeeded as Lord S e mp il l in 18 8 4
, Their seat is the
.

tall roma ntic castle of C raigi e var

, .

45
 HE F ras ers Fre nch in origi n Cl an Pip e Music
. C umha
M hi c S hi mi dh Lovat s Lament
’
March S p a id
se a ra chd M hi c S himi dh ( L o vat s March ) Gil bert of Fraser is
’
.

ment io ned in 1 109 S ir S im o n Fras er of O liver Castl e was done to

.

death by Edward 1 Hugh was the fi r st de sig ned of L o vat a nd

.
,

from him des cends the Cla n Fraser of Lovat Hugh s e cond o f
.
,

Lovat was ma de a Baro n ab out 14 60 Hugh 3 rd Lord fell fi ght i ng

, .
, ,

with the M a cR o nal d s n ea r L o chl o ch y in 15 44 Hugh 9 t h Lord .

, ,

died childless S i mon Fraser of B eaufort t o ok poss ession His so n

. .
,

S imo n styled hi ms elf Master of Lovat but for hi s di s creditable

, ,

conduct he had to flee to Fra nce an d his father b ecame Lord Lovat
, .

This S imon afterwards became 1 1t h Lord I n 1746 his title was .

attain ted and he was b ehea ded The ti t l e was revived i n 18 3 7 and
, .
,

passed t o Thomas Fraser of Streichen and Lovat from whom is ,

desce nded th e present Lord Lovat His s eat is Beaufort Castle o n

.

the old estate of Lovat Another bran ch of the famil y is the Fras ers
.

( Baro nets ) of L e d cl u ne ; while the H o use o f Fraser o f Phi l o rt h is

'

represe nted by L o rd S alt o un .

46
 Gordons their origi n i n the Lowlands S cottis h .

Gordons are des ce nded from Sir Adam Gordon the frie nd of ,

Wallace a nd to whom B ru ce gra nted the lands of Hu ntly or S trath

,

b ogie H e fell at Halido n Hill i n 13 3 3

. Alexa nder 3 rd Earl o f
.
,

Hu ntly fought at Flodden George 6t h Earl was created a Marquis

, .
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in 15 99
f -

George 4t h Marquis was made Duke of Gordon i n 168 4

.
, , .

T he Dukedom laps ed i n 1 8 3 6 a nd the Marquisate we nt to the Earl

,

of Aboyne The Earls of Aberdeen are des ce nded from Patrick

.

Gordon of M e t h l i c who fell in battle at Arb roath i n 1445 T e n

, .

Baron etcies p ertai n to this cla n : G o rd o nst o u n Clu ny Lismo re , , ,

Lochinvar Park D al p ho ll y E a rl st o u n Embo Halki n Nit o n

, , , , , , .

Two regiments have bee n rais ed from it The 9 2nd or Gord o n .

,

Highla nders raised i n 179 4 and the old 75 t h a nd 9 2nd li nked

, ,

together are no w the Gordon Highla nders

,
The Marquis of .

Hu ntly is chi e f o f the Gordo n cla n .

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 G RAHAM ON T R O S
I R WALTER S COTT says few famil ies can boast more
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,
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historical renown t h an that of Graham Their origin i s wrapped .

i n the mists of antiquity but tradi t io n has it that the Grahams are
,

des cended from a famous warri or Wh o br ea ched the Roman Wall

i n 4 20 an d wo n it the name of Grah am s Dyke The fi rst recorded ’

app ea ran ce of the name is Wil liam of Graham o ne of the witnesses

, .

to David I s Holyrood Charter ( 1 143

’
H e obtain ed t h e lands
of Abercorn an d Dalkeith Hi s gran dson David Graham acquir ed
.
, ,

from Will iam the Lion b efore 1214 c ert ain lan ds near Montrose
, ,
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U nder Al ex ander I hi s so n obtai ned the l an ds of B undah and

S trath earn from the Earl of D unbar and those of S t rathblan e an d ,

Mugdock from the Earl of Lenn ox Sir Wil l iam Grah am of D undaff .
,

chi ef of Cl an Graham durin g t h e reign of J ames I married as hi s

, ,

s econd wife May Stewart , t h e secon d daughter of Kin g Robert I I I

, .

Patr ick hi s eldest gr ands on was in 1445 rais ed to th e peerage as

, ,

Lord Graham i n recogni t ion of his gall an try i n the fi eld and hi s
,

s erv i ces as a Lord of Reg g e ncy durin g the mi nority of J am es 111

Will iam 3 rd Lord G raham was i n 15 04 created Earl of Montrose
.

, , ,

the titl e b eing derived from the lands of Aul d Montros e J ames , .

5 t h Earl was the celebrated Marqui s of Mo ntrose , the Marquisate

,

b eing created in hi s favour i n 1644 J ames 4th Marquis was crea ted .
, ,

D uke of Montrose i n 1707 From hi m is des cended the p resent.

Duke Chi ef of t h e clan I t was t h rough t h e eff orts of the Mar qui s
, .

of Graham ( afterwards D uke of Montrose) that in 178 2 t h e A ct of

174 6 ( whi ch abolished an d made p enal the us e of the Highl an d
garb ) was repeal ed H igh l anders were thereby placed un der a debt
.

o f gratitude to the House of Mo ntrose that will n ever b e forgotte n .

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 R A HA M O F

M AL I S E G R AHAM a j un ior gran dson of Sir Patri ck

,

Graham of D un daff an cestor of the ducal house of M o ntrose

, ,

married Euphemia S tewart Cou ntess P alatine of S trathearn of

, ,

which d ignity James I dep rived them but create d Mal is e Earl o f
,

Me nteith i n 1427 William 7t h Earl and Lord Justice Ge neral

. , ,

established his right as Earl Palati ne of S tra t hearn in 163 0 but thi s
arous ed such envy that his confi rmation was recalled , and the arms
”
of St rathearn were ordered to be dashed out of his windows He .

was created Earl of Airth in 1 63 3 His so n Lord K il p o nt was

.
, ,

murdered un der dramatic circumstan ces by S tewart of A rd vo i rli ch ,

as recorded in S cott s L ege nd of M o nt ro se William Graham Lord

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,

Ki l p o nt s so n, s ucceeded his grandfather as Earl of Airth and

’

Menteith but little was left of the estates S i nce his death i n 169 4
, .
,

the Earldoms of Ai rth and Menteith and S trathearn have b een

dormant There are ma ny cadets of the Grahams of Me nteith o f
.
,

whom the most cel ebrated are the Grahams of Gartm o re and Ard o ch
des cendin g from the fi fth so n of the l st Earl and of which h o us e the
,

S cottish patriot , R B Cunni ngham Graham of Ardoch M P wa s

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lately the represe ntative .

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 Gra nts Celti c S t a d Chre ag E a l a cha idh
.
, S tand
Craigell achie is t heir sloga n They are of the s ame stock
.

as the M a cG re g o rs and their location has always b een S trathspey

, .

S ir Lauren ce Gra unt S heri ff of I nvern ess ( 1249

, acquired the
greater pa rt of Strathspey Sir I an R u a dh Grant Chief of the cla n
.
, ,

in 13 8 1 married Matilda de G l e nca irni e ; an d for his des cenda nt ,

J ohn A m B a rd R ua d h the lan ds of Freuchie were crea ted a feudal

, ,

barony His successor S he umas na n C re a ch was a frien d of Mary

.
, ,

Queen of S c o ts From J o hn Grant of Freuchie and Gran t a strong

.
,

support er of J ames I V are des cended the Chiefs of Gran t and S trath
,

spey a nd the Baronets o f C o rrirno ny a nd of G l e nmo rist o n J ame s

, .

Gran t of Grant and hi s so n Ludovick were in the clan fi ght at the

H aughs of Cromdale G l e nm o ri st o n fought fo r P rin ce Charlie at
C ullode n There are thr ee B aronetcies—Dalvey 168 8 ; Mony
.

.
,

musk 1705 and B all ind all o ch 18 3 8 Ma ny of the G l e nmo rist o n

, , .

Gra nts were banished t o B arbadoes after t h e They have a

di stin ct tarta n The cl an raised the Grant or S trathspey Fe ncibles
.

i n 179 3 a nd the
, old 9 7t h i n 1794 The fi rst was disba nded i n
.

179 9 a nd the other was drafted i nto other Highla nd regime nts in
,

1795. Lord S trathsp ey is t h e Chief o f the cla n .

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 H A MJ L I Q N

HE foun der of thi s fa mil y was Wal ter, so n of Gil bert de Hamel
don e to whom B ruce gave the B arony o f C ad z o w i n Lan arkshi re
, _ ,

celebrated as the home of the ol d white Caledoni an cattle S ir .

J ames t h e H ami l ton Lord of Cadzow under J ames I I was in 1445

, ,

created Lord H amilton B y hi s wi fe, P rincess Mary sister of

. .

J am es I I I h e had J am es , 2nd Lord , created Earl of Arran 15 02

, ,

whose so n J ames 2nd Earl t he Regent Arran of Mary Queen of

, ,

S cots chil dh ood founded Ha milton Palace and was declared by

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Parliament after her n ext heir to th e thron e Hi s so n John b ecame .

Marquis of Hamilton 15 99 , and James 3 rd Marq uis b ecame Duke , ,

of Hamil ton 1643 Wi ll iam 2nd D uke died i n defence of Charl es I I

.
, ,

at Worcester 165 1 His daughter Ann e b ecame Duchess of Hamil

, .
, ,

t on
. H er so n J ames 4th Duk e patrioticall y opp osed the U ni on
, ,

1707, an d was shortly after killed by an E nglish p eer , Lord Mohun .

Wil liam 12t h D uke was in 18 64 confi rmed by Napoleon I I I in

, ,

t h e French duchy o f C h at e lh e raul t Al fred, 13 t h D uke after th e

.
,

demolition of Hamilton Palace removed th e s ea t of t h e chiefs to

,

D u ng av e l i n their Lords h ip of Av en The D uke of Ha milto n is

.

Chi ef of the fami ly and Hereditary Keeper of the Palac e of Holyrood

,

house .

52
 I L L I AM wh o flouris h ed about 1170 said
have b een the father of two s ons of whom the younger Rob ert
, , ,

was a ncestor of the Marquis es of Tweeddal e F rom the elder so n

. ,

William came the hous e of Erroll , and hi s des cend ant Sir William
, ,

Hay was created Earl of Errol in 145 3 The Hays of Erro l l hold the
, .

offi ce of H ere d itary Constabl e of S cotland thi s title hav ing b een
,

conferred i n 13 14 by Kin g Rob e rt B ruce o n t h e grandfather of the

l st Earl T h e 4th Earl fell at F lodden i n 15 13 and the 13 t h Earl
.
, ,

dyin g unmarried i n 1717 was s ucceeded by his sister as Countess

,

of Erroll B ut o n her death i n 175 8 without issue the titl e went

.
, ,

to J ames B oyd , so n an d heir of th e 4t h ( and att ainted) Earl of

Kilma m o ck, by his wife, A nn Livingstone who was the daughter
,

an d heiress of th e Earl of Linlithgow and Calla nder and his wife

, ,

Margaret H ay sister of the ab ove mentioned Countess of Erroll

,
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.

On succeeding to the titl e J ames B oyd cha n ged his name to Hay i n ,

accorda nce wit h cl an law ; and hi s des cenda nts succeedin g to the
Earldom have b een contin ual Chiefs of th e Cla n Hay .

53
 ATR I CK s eco nd of G o sp at ri ck Earl of D un b ar s aid
Pb e t h e foun der of thi s famil y H e lived about 1228 His
,

.
, ,

des cendan t S ir Thomas Home had with ot her issue two s ons S ir
, , , , ,

Alexan der an d S ir D avid Home of Wedderb urn ancestor of the

, ,

Earls o f Marchmont S i r Alexan der was a great sol dier an d fought

.
,

at H o mil d o n i n 1402 an d at Vern euil i n 1424 losi ng his life in the

, ,

last battle H e had three sons— from th e youn gest came t h e Homes
.

of S p o rt and from the s eco nd the Homes o f T y nni ngh ame and
,

N ine we l l s
. Sir Al exan der t h e eldest so n carried o n the famil y
, , ,

an d his s o n Al exan der Ma ster of Home died in his father s life ’

, , ,

time but l eft two s o ns Alexander 2nd Lord Home and J o hn

, , , ,

Home of Whi t e ri gs an d E rsil t o n The former s des cendant J ames

.
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2nd E arl dy i ng without issue 163 3 the ti tles we nt to a des ce nda nt

, , ,

of J ohn Home of Whit e rigs a nd E rsil t o n S ir J ames H ome o f .

C o ldi ngkno ws who thus b ecame 3 rd Earl of H ome is the a ncestor

, ,

of the present Earl .

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T H I S Cla derives its name from the Barony of I nn es
n ,

the la nds betwixt S pey a nd Lossie granted by Malcolm I V

,

to B e ro wa l d of I nn es at Christmas 1 160 after his co nciliatio n

,

with S omerled Lord of the I sles From B e ro wal d des cended

, .

a long li ne of Chiefs ( o f whom S ir Rob ert I nnes of that Ilk l st ,

Baronet received Charles I I o n his landi ng at S p e y mo u t h

,

Sir J ames 6t h Baro net b ecomi ng in 18 05 5 t h Duke o f

, ,

Roxb u rghe an d his so n bei ng i n 18 3 7 created Earl I nnes

, .

Fr om Walter of I nne rma rkie second so n of S ir Robert I nnes

,

of that Ilk spra ng the Baro nets of B a l v e ny a nd E d i ngigh t

,

(c reated a nd the Baro n ets of C o xt o n ( created

From Rob ert of D ra i nie came the I nne se s of Drumgask and

B a l na crai g of whom was F ather Lewis I nnes the Jac o bite
, ,

S ecretary of S tate Thes e b ra n ches were all l o yal t o the H o u se

.

of S tewa rt as were the I nne se s of C a t hl a w related to the

, ,

millionaire Mitchell I nne se s of S tow The arms sh o w n here

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have bee n thos e of the R o yalist a nd Jacobite li ne o f I nnes o f

B a l ve ny
. I nnes House a nd Coxto n Tower both near Elgi n , ,

are outsta ndi ng examples of S c o ts architecture .

55
 J o hn ston b elong to Du mfries orig inal
,

J ohn wh o had a toun or dwelli ng there lived i n ,

the twelfth centu ry Hi s des cend an t i n the sixth generati o n

.

was Sir Ada m J ohnston of that I lk wh o died in 145 5 F r o m

, .

his eldest so n Johri des cended the Lords J o hnston Earl s of

, , ,

H art fe ll an d Marquesses of A nn an dal e

, George t he last
.
,

Marquess di ed in 179 2
, Another s o n of S ir Adam was
.

Gilbert the fi rst of the family o f J o hn st o ns o f Elphi nst o ne

,
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.

His desce ndant S amuel was created a Baronet The J ohn

, , .

stones of We sterhall are des cen ded from 3 Matthew J ohn ston
a l so su p p o se d to b e a so n of S i r Adam His des ce nda nt was
.

created a B aronet i n 1700 The prese nt B aro net of Westerhall

.

and also Lord D erwe nt bel o ng to this family The 5 th .

Bar o net s daughter was created Cou ntess o f Bath The North
’
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C o un try J o hn st o ns claim des cent from the Du mfriesshi r e

famil y The J o hnst o ns o f Gre tn a and Newbie have no t y et
.

b een conn ected with the prin cipal house There were also .

J ohnstons of E l si e h e ill s Lockerbie , B e i rho lm S heens and

, , ,

Warrist o n and to the last b el o ngs S ir Archibald J ohnston

, ,

Lord Warri st o n executed i n 1663 The Joh nst o ns of that I lk

, .

i n Aberdee nshire are actually the C hiefs of the cla n .

 KE N
Y NE 03 V

N the twelfth ce ntury lived D un can de Carrick i n Ayrs ire , whos e h

I des cendant i n th e s ixth degree was Sir J ohn Kenn edy of D u nure ,
father of G ilb ert , whose so n S ir J ames , married a daughter of Ki ng
,

Rob ert I I I His so n Gilb ert was created Lord Kennedy ab out
.
, ,

145 2 . The 3 rd Lord was created Earl of Cassilis ( Cass els ) about
15 09 but was kil l ed with most of the S cottish nobility at Flodde n
, ,

15 13 T h e 3 rd Earl di ed i n 15 5 8 it is supposed by poison leaving

two s ons —G ilbert , 4t h Earl , and Thomas of Cull e an F rom the
.
, ,

4t h Earl des cended the 5 th , 6th , 7t h , and 8 th , the last of whom

died in 175 9 On hi s death , William D ouglas , Earl of R ugl e n and
.

March claimed t h e titl es as h eir general , b ut was no t successful

,
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.

On the death , unmourned in 1792 of D avid l ot h Earl a des cen dant

, , , ,

of T h omas of C ull e an previously mentioned the titles w e nt to a

,

des cendant of the s eco nd so n of S ir Alex ander Kennedy , so n o f

Thomas of C ul l e an This was Archibald Kenn edy , who b ecame
.

1 1t h Earl a nd his so n was created Marquis of Ailsa i n 18 06

,
.

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 OHN KERR Forest of S elkirk livi ng 13 5 7 , ,

Henry S heriff of Roxburgh whose so n Robert was father

, , , ,

A ndrew of A u l d t o u nb u rn This A ndrew Kerr had three sons

. .

From the youngest came the Kerrs of G at e shaw and from the ,

s econ d the Kerrs of Li nto n The eldest so n was father of Walter of

.

Gessford who had two sons

, From the you nger des ce nded the
.

Kerrs of D o l p h i nst o un Littledea n a nd Morriston

, ,The elder .
,

Sir Rob ert of C av e rt o n died i n his father s lifetime leavi ng two ’

sons—Ge o rge of F au d o nsi d e and S i r A ndrew who succeeded his

, ,

, ,

grandfather i n Gessford S ir An drew had three sons

. From the .

fi rst are descended the Dukes of Roxburgh The s eco nd had a so n .

,

Mark who was created Earl of Lothian 1606 but the title became
, , ,

exti nct i n 1624 The third so n of Sir A ndrew of Gessford was

.

a ncestor to Sir Thomas of F e rni e hi rst whos e so n by his fi rst ,

marriage was created Lord J edburgh 1622 and by his s econd

marriage had two s ons— Sir J ames whose so n b ecame Lord J cd
, , ,

burgh and Rob ert Earl of S omerset 16 13 Rob ert of A nc rum;

uncl e of above named Sir Thomas had two grandsons—William
, , , .

, ,

from whom des cended the Kerrs of Lin ton and S ir Robert created , ,

Earl of A n crum 163 3 and was succeeded i n the title by the so n of

, ,

his second marriage Charles , his gra ndson by his fi rst marriage ,
Robert 4t h Earl of Lothia n also succeeded to the Earldom of
,

An crum and was created Marquess of Lothian 1701 His direct

, , .

des cendant is the p rese nt Marquis o f Lothian .

58
 L E S L lE

Lesli es of F lemi sh stock name

B art holf o f Les l ie 1165 —
.

12 14
, S ir An drew Leslie of t hat I lk
.

o ne of t h e S cottish n obl e s who signed the letter to the Pope declari ng ,

that wh ile o ne hun d red S cotsmen l ived they woul d never yield to ,

E ngland George l oth of Leslie was l st Earl of Roth es The 3 rd

.
, , .

Earl fell at F lodden J ohn 7t h Earl of Rot h es was a z eal o us

.
,

adherent of C h arles I I an d was wi t h hi m in exi le After the R e st o ra

, .

tion h e was Lord High Ch ancell or I n 168 0 he was created Duke of

.

Rothes . S ir Alexander Lesli e ( l st Earl of Leven, 164 1) was a

renown ed F ield Ma rshal under Gustavu s Adolphus
-
H e after .

wards led t h e armies o f the Covenant His title is no w uni ted with .

that of Melvill e S ir David Leslie ( l st Lord Newark , 1660) was

.

another veteran of Gus tavus s wars The titl e has b ee n dormant

’
.

since 179 1 S ir P atrick Lesli e of Pit cai rli e was made Lord Lin dores
.

i n 1600 . T hi s t itle h as b een dorm ant s ince 1775 The E arls of .

Rothes C hiefs of t h e cl an sti ll hold Rot hes Castl e o n th e Sp ey

, , .

The tartan is ill ustrated as worn by an o ffi cer of the Ki ng s O wn ’

S cottish Borderers .

60
 A N D O L PH Sire de T o e ny liv ing 1018 des cendan t , Ivar , ,

Jarl of the Uplan ders is said to b e the an cestor of this family

,
.

From him des cended S ir David Lindsay of Crawford livin g 13 40 , ,

who had two sons ( 1) Sir Alexa nder of Gl e ne sk father of D avid ,

created Earl of Crawford 13 9 8 and (2) S ir Wil liam of The Byres

,
.

T he 5 t h Earl was created Duke of Montros e 148 8 His so n, J ohn , . ,

6t h Earl di d no t succeed to t h e D ukedom an d fell at F l o dden 15 13

, , , .

The 8 th Earl in con sequence of hi s s on s dis graceful b ehaviour

,
’
,

resigned hi s title to the Kin g who t e granted it with t h e p rovis ion

,
-

that at hi s death it should go to his cousin David of E dzel l Accord , .

ingl y o n the 8 1h Earl s dea t h D avid of E d z ell b ecame 9 t h Earl but

’

, ,

he gen erously obtained a re gran t of the titl e to D avid gran dso n of

-
,

the 8 t h Earl who b ecame 10t h Earl 15 5 8 On the death of the 16th
, , .

Earl the titl e we nt to the Lindsays of The B yres pass ing over the ,

Edzell fami ly David 9 t h Earl of Crawf ord , left two so ns ( 1) S ir

. ,

D avid of Edzell whose lin e fail ed 1744 and (2) J ohn of B alcarres
, , ,

father of David created Lord Lin ds ay of B alcarres , 163 3 whose

, ,

so n
, Al exan der was created Earl of B alcarres 165 1 This Earl s
, , .
’

grandson, J ames left two so ns o ne of whom Alexan der , 6t h Earl

, , , ,

b ecame 23 rd Earl of Crawford 18 08 o n the failure of the direct , ,

line of the Lindsays of The Byres , an d his descen dant is the pres e nt
Earl of Crawford an d B alcarres , whos e s eat is B al carres F ife , .

61
TH I S clan th e fi rst that b ran ched o ff from main Clan
D onald stem p robably early in th e thi rteenth centu ry
, Alister .

M or Lord of t h e I sles and Ki ntyre in 128 4 was the foun der H e

, , , .

opposed B ruce who shut him up i n Du ndonald Castle o n the

,

Clyde He died there a nd his estates were give n to his brother

.
, ,

Angus M or o ne of B ruce s supp o rters

, As Lords of the I sles
’
.
,

the dynasty was overthrow n by J ames I V a nd the M a cAl ist e rs ,

b ecame a dis t in ct cl an at Ardpatrick in S outh Knap dale Argyllshire , .

Their des cendants were called V ic I a n D hu Mention is made of - -

.

V i c I an Dhu M a cA l i st e r of Loup i n 15 15
- -
The M acA l i st e rs fought .

o n the side of Mo ntros e at I nv e rl o ch y i n 1645 Argyll dissuaded

'

Hector their Chief from b eing p resent Hector s so n Godfrey

, , .
’
, ,

married a daughter of S ir Robert M o nt go me ri e of S kelmorlie Their .

so n, Alexander M acA l ist e r of Loup fought for Dundee at Killie ,

cra nki e in 168 9 His b rother Charles married a daughter of Lam o nt

.
, ,

of that Ilk His gran dson Charles added ( by marriage) the S omer
.
, ,

ville Arms to his o wn Dying in 18 47 he was succeeded by hi s so n

.
, ,

Charles S omerville M a cA l i st e r who d ied in 18 9 1 H e was succeeded , .

by his so n Lieut Colo nel Charles S omerville M a cA list e r The

, .
-
.

present Chi ef is the Macalister of the Loup and Ke nno x .

62
T this
HE Cla
cla
n M a cAl p i ne is Celtic It is claimed that
n is a Royal o ne a nd that it is the most
.

a ncient i n the Highla nds . S ome records i ndicate

that for twenty fi v e generations Ki ngs o f S cotland
-

were of the M acA lp i ne li neage The a ncie nt crest

was a boar s head the war cry bei ng C umri ck B a s
.

’
,
”
A ilp e i n Remember the death of Alpi n The .

Alpi n alluded to was Ki ng Alpi n murdered b y

B ru d u s after the defeat of the S cots by the Picts n ear
,

D undee i n 8 3 4 . The traditional home of the

M a cAl p i ne s was D u nst affnag e near Oba n Argyll
, , .

S ome historians assig n an A l p ini a n origi n to the

M ac G re g o rs , M a cki nn o ns M a cna b s
, Gra nts , ,

M a cqu arri e s and others a nd group them together

, ,

u nder the n ame of S io l A ilp e in D oubt has been .

cast o n the accuracy of this origi n The M a c G re go r .

cla n s eems to have b een the principal o ne This .

would s eem vouched for i n the M a c G re go r motto ,

I s R i og ha il mo D hre a m My race is Royal ,

though later writers questio n thi s U nfortu nately

. .

most of the foregoi ng is vague traditio n No M a c .

Alpi ne has recorded arms or pedigree .

 M acA rt hurs are Celts A trib e of this clan were heredi ta ry
.

pip ers to the M a cD o nal d s of t h e I sles M acArt ai r aided Rob ert

.

the B ruce from whom h e received th e forfeited estates of Mac

,

D ougall J ohn M acArtai r h eld prin cely s ta te but thi s ended when
.

a later M a cArtai r was b eh ea ded b y J am es I and hi s l ands were

,

forfei ted I n later days the M acA rth urs gain ed p a rt of S trachur
.
,

i n Cowal Argylls hi re and al so owned a p ortion of Gl e nfall o ch and

, ,

Gl e nd o chart The famil y s eat of the M acArt h urs of T i r a cladi ch

.
- -

was o n Loch Awe side The ti t l e M a c ic A rt a ir suggests t hat Tir a

.
- - -

cla d ich was a cadet of th e mai n M a cArt air line .

64
 M a cAul ay s are Celtic i n origi n . Their
Row D unbartons h ire Ardi ncap l e was probably
A rdi ncap l e , in , .

bui lt in t h e twelfth century At o ne ti me they dwelt in Kin tail

.
,

and some thi nk t hey b elo n g to the Lennox fami ly I t is s aid th e

.

ori gin al n ame was A rdin cap l e s of that I lk until they to o k the name
,

of a chi ef cal l ed A ul ay A ul ay is mentioned i n various charters by

.

M ald ui n, Earl of Lenn ox , whose death took place at the b eginn in g of

the reign of A l ex ander I I I A ul ay was th e Earl s brother Hi s so n
.
’
.

an d successor , D un c an, or M a cA ul ay Kni ght is als o named in the

, ,

Earl s c h arters
’
. S ubs equently in 15 8 7, S ir A ul ay M acA ul ay is
,

enrolled as among t h e chi ef vassals of t h e Earl of Lenn ox A bran ch.

of the cl an went to Antrim i n I relan d and acqui red t h e lan ds of

, ,

Gl e ne rm . The last portion of the cl an territory pass ed out of the

h ands of the 12t h Chief in 1767, when A rdin cap l e was sold to t h e
D uke of Ar gyll Lo rd Macaulay, the hi storian an d essayist b elo nged
. ,

to t h e Cl an M acA u l ay of Lewis , fi rst o n record in 16 10 and a s eparate

,

cl an from the M a cA ul ay s of A rdin cap l e .

65
 HIS a Celtic clan and the name can be traced
, C8 11

t uri e s. They fo rmed o ne of the bra nch cl ans of the Cla n Chat t an
-
'

Their Chief i n th e early fourteenth ce ntury was B e a n M a cM il mo r .

A division of the clan was out with Lochiel i n the but

o n all other occasio ns they have mustered u n der the ba nner of

Maci ntosh and have acknowledged him as their high Chief The
, .

Chief of the clan was a Maj or i n t h e Mac intosh battalion of Prin ce

Charlie s army Father a nd so n fought for the Prin ce At Cul loden
’
. .

Maj or Gillies M acB e an a man of gigantic stature placed himself in

, ,

the gap of a wa ll and mowed dow n the E nglis h with his b roadsword
,
.

Thirteen includi ng L ord Robert Ker fell to his h and b efore his
, ,

enemies clos ed upon him then with his b ack to the wall he fought
, , ,

desp erately u ntil pierced by E nglish bayonets h e c o u ld fi ght no

, , ,

more The Bains or Baynes of Tulloch in Ross shire have never

. ,
-

used the prefi x Mac The name M acV e an is a variation of M a cB e an

. .

66
 M acD o nald s are of very an cient origin . founder
the heroic S omerled who freed his countrymen from the
,

Norse yoke , and ros e to power t hat no subj ect h as equal led H e
'

di ed in 1 164, l eaving three sons The s econd Reginal d died i n

.
, ,

1207 l ea vin g with other issue an eldest so n Donald , from whom

, , , ,

t h e clan takes its name As Lords of the I sl e s and Earls of Ross

. ,

the Clan D onal d w ere the greatest of th e Highl and cl ans, their chi ef
until 1493 ranki ng as an Islan d S overeign After the fall of th e
.

Lords of the Isles , fi rst G lengarry and th en t he Lords of S lea t held

,

the C hiefship The Chi ef of the G lencoe M acD o nal ds, M a c V ic

.
-

I a n M a c—
-
I a n was of Royal des cent , an d was , wi th nearly all his
,

cl an massacred by Campb ell of G lenl yon in 1692

, H e had
.

remain ed constant in hi s a d heren ce to Ki ng James , and loyally took

the oath to s erve William of Orange , but was rewarded wit h as foul
an act of treach e ry as was ever perp etrated Glencoe is th e tra
.

di t i o nal home of the poet Ossi an .

68
MA CD ONAL D O F CL A N RA NA L D

MACD ONE L L O F GL EN GARRY

MACD ONE L L O F K EPPOC H

69
 MACD ONAL D S L EA T

MACD ONAL D A R D N A M U R CH AN

70
 HIS Celtic clan The male li ne of S omerled of the I sles
. ,

who died i n 1 164 is conti nued in M acD o ugal l of D un ol ly

, ,

p robably des cended from D u gall eldest so n of S omerled an cestor , ,

also of the Lords of Lorn D u gal l s gran dson was Kin g Ewi n of
.
’

Argyll 1248 His so n was Alexa nder de E rgad i a or Alexander of

, .

Lorn H e died 13 10 and his so n was J oh n of Lorn B ruce s most

.
, ,
’

obsti nate oppo nent I n the battle of D al re e 13 06 b etween B ru ce

!

. , ,

an d J ohn M a cD o ugal l the famous , B rooch of Lorn was torn

from B ruce s shoulder I t is no w owned by M a cD o u ga ll of Du nolly
’
. .

B ruce ultimately overcame the clan D ougall of Dun olly , a direct .

des cenda nt of M a cD o ugall who opposed B ruce entered o n the ,

lands of D u nolly 15 62 S ir J ohn of D unolly who succeeded i n

.
,

15 98 married a daughter of S ir Dunca n Campb ell of Glenorchy

, .

J oh n styl ed of Lorn, fought for the Old Chevalier i n the 15

,
’
,

and hi s lan ds were forfeited but afterwards restored a nd are still

,

held by the present M acD o ugal l o f M acD o ugal l There are .

M acD o u gal l s of F reugh G art hl and G i ll e sp i ck Logan M a cke rst o u n,

, , , ,

a nd M u i l t o un The ancestral burial place is A rd ch at t an Priory o n

.
-

Loch E t iv e S everal of the clan have b een distinguished i n war,

.

n otably Colo nel M a c D o u ga ll who i n the S wedish s ervice defeated

, , ,

the Imp erialists at L e i gnit z .

71
 M CD U P
fi rsthi stori cal ment ion we have of thi s clan is of o ne D ufagan
C o mes supposed to b e the first of the Celti c Earls of Fife The
E arldom was held by t h e Grace of God ” and no t from th e Ki ng of
, .

s the twelft h c en tu ry ; and a sp ecia l Law Cl an

Constanti ne 2nd E arl of F ife in t h e
and was su c
The 5 t h Earl
who tr ea ted for the r ansom of
1174 Hi s gran dson M al colm
.
, ,

hi s su cces so r, C o l b an, and the

d ufi who was t h e prim a ry caus e of John
'

B al i o l s reb elli on again st Edwar d I The

’
.

arl died i n 13 5 3 , l eavi n g an o nl y

da ughter, an d so the line of the
Celti c E arls of F ife ended I t .
'

is clai med that Davi d D ufi of

J ” M ul d avi t i n B anfl shi re
'

des cended from th e Earls of F if e Hi s des cen dant was Willi am

,

Duff Lord B raco who received the titles Vis count Macduff
an d Earl of F i f e 1n t h e P eerage of I rel and
,

The title des cen ded in

.

e course to Al ex an der 6th Earl who was created Duk e of Fife

m 18 3 9 and that s ame year married P rincess Louise eldest da ughter
, ,

, ,

ng E / rd V I I H i s eldest daughter succeeded as Duchess

ffi ie m g g
12
o r .

o
.

72
 M A C EW A N

M A C E WA
O WA L was originally the home of this clan On the coast of
.

Glenfyn e , there stood i n 175 0 the rui ns of M a cE wan s Castle

’
.

The fi rst M acE wan Chi ef o n record lived i n 1200 F rom this date
there were n in e chi efs—S we ne M acE we n the 9t h was th e l ast
.

, ,

of th e Otter C hiefs I n 143 1—

. 3 2 this S we ne granted a charter of
certain lands of Otter to D uncan, so n of Al exander Campbell .

Thi s was t h e b e gi nn ing of t h e transference of the M acE wan estates

to the Campbells of Argyll The M a cE wan s wer e hereditary bards
.

to the Campb ells for wh i ch we are told t hey h ad free l an ds

, , , Neil
.

M a cE wan compos ed a G aeli c elegy o n Sir D un can Dow Campbell

of Glenorchy in 163 0 T h ere is a M S in Cawdor Castle entitled
. .
,

G enealogy Abridgement of th e very An cient and Notable Family

of Ar gyll , written by M a cE wan h ereditary s ennachie and
,

bard The arms shown are thos e of M a cE wanof Gle nboy

. .

73
TH I S Celtic clan Their country was the western shore
. ,

L o c h L o mo nd .They took their war cry from Loch S l o y ,

the foot of B e n V o irl i ch They are des ce nded from Du n can

.
.

M acG il ch ri st mentioned 129 6 b rother of M u l d u i n Earl of Lennox

, , , .

His grands o n was B artholomew ( Gaelic P a rl a n) from whom the

, ,

cla n is named Malcolm received the l an ds o f A rro ch ar in 13 9 5 but

.
Q
,

the male li n e failed a nd the lands were fo rfeited Andrew M a cF ar

, .

l ane married a daughter of the Earl of Lennox and succeeded in ,

1493. S ir J ohn M a c F arl ane fell at Flodden and Walter M a cF arl a ne

,

of Tarbert was killed at P inkie i n 15 47 The cla n fought again st

.

Queen Mary at Langside I n 1608 they slew C o lquhou n of Luss

—
.
,

an d were outlawed I n 1644 4 5 they fought for Mo ntrose

. Maj o r .

General M a c F a rl ane galla ntly captured I s chia i n the Bay of Naples

, ,

i n 18 09. I n 1624 ma ny of the cla n settled i n Ab erdee nshire u nder

o ther n ames . The last Chief is supp o sed t o have go ne t o America
at the e nd of the eighteent h century His house o f Arrochar b ecame
.

the p roperty of the Duke of Argyll .

74
 M acGilli vrays are Celts T h ey are des cended
.

warrior named Gilli vray , who had hi s stronghold at D unma

glass , and who , about th e thirteenth centur y acknowledged
hi msel f and his p osterity a bran ch of C l an Chattah under the
5 th Ma ckintosh . T h e M ac Gilli vray s of M ull and Morven
ha ve been s aid to b e a b ranch of D unmagl ass I n 15 79 me n .

tion is ma de of Archib al d M a cI l vo ray i n a cas e betw een t h e

Laird of Luss and others The Rev Martin M cGilli vray
. .
,

livi ng in Mull about 1640, carried a laymore and told C ,

Maclai ne of Lochbui e t hat he woul d use it if he di d no t pay

hi m hi s stip end The M a cGill ivray s fought for the Ol d
.

Cheval ier at S he rifi mui r i n 1715 When Mackintosh refused

'

to lea d his clan whi ch La dy Mackintosh had rais ed for P rince

,

Charlie, M ac Gilli vray of D unmagl a ss took command He

‘

fought like a l ion at Culloden, and fell wounded , in front of

,

Cumberlan d s 4t h Regi ment He was al ive next da y , and

’
.

was by Cumb erlan d s orders b rut all y murdered The Clan

,
’
, .

A o ngh ai s ( Mac inn es ) formerly wore M a c Gill ivray tartan .

T H I S cla claim des cen t from G regor a so n of Ki ng Alp in,
n ,

ruled about 78 7 They had great

. i n Perths hi re and
A rgyllshire . They held their lands by the sword fi ghtin g b ravely ,

for th eir homes and gave their enemies such good excus e to urge
,

their di sp oss ession that their name was suppress ed by P arliament .

I n the thi rteenth century they hel d the lan ds of G lenorchy Later .

they app ear as tenants of the Campb ells P atrick , who succeeded i n
13 90 had two yo u n ger sons—John Dhu M a c Gre go r of G l e nst rae
.

and Gregor M ac G re go r of Roro in G le nlyo n

, Ultimately th e chi ef
.

t ainshi p we nt to the G l e nst rae bran ch I n 15 02 t h e l ine of Roro

.

was dispos ses sed b y the Campb ells I n 1603 t h e M a c Gre go rs

.

overt hrew thei r oppress ors , the C o l qu ho uns of Luss at G l e nfru in, ,

F or thi s they were outlawed and t he ir Chi ef Alexander M ac

, ,

G regor wi th ma ny of his followers was executed in Edinburgh in

, ,

1604 but as late as 1744 M acG re go r of Glengyle drew blackmail

o n t h e Highl a n d B orders .T h e suppression of the name
was ann ulled by P arliament in 1774 Rob Roy was of the .

H ous e of Glen gyle . S cott proved that the M acGre go rs

”
were the real Chi l dren of the Mi st M ac G re go r of
.

M a cGre go r and Bal quhi dder whose l ine holds a B aronetcy

, ,

has b ee n offi cially recognised as Chief of the clan .

77
 MACINNE S
HE n ame of this clan is C l a n A ng h i in G ael ic
o a s I ts chiefs app ear to have b een
.

Constables of Ki nl o chal in e Cas t le O ne bra nch was hereditary bowmen to The Mackinn on
. .

MACIN T YR E
R A D I T I O N A L L Y thi s cla n is a s ept o f the M a c D o na l d s o f S leat Glen Noe is given
.

as the origin a l home of the clan They occupied lands there i n t h e twelfth a nd
.

t hirteenth centuries Thes e t hey later held fr o m the Campb ells of Glenorchy ( afterwards
.

Breadalbane) until 18 06 D u ncan Macintyre of Gle n N o e fi rst Chi ef married Mary

.
, , ,

daugh t er of Patrick C a mpb ell of Barcald ine by whom he had D onald his successor
, , .

D onald had t hree childre n J ames the eldest succeeded and was succeeded i n turn by
.
, , ,

his s o n D onald a doctor as 4t h Chi ef of Glen Noe D un can the third so n was a captain i n
, , .
, ,

a Highland regiment and was the last Macin tyre of Glen N o e D r D onal d e mi grated to New
. .

York His s o n J ames (5 t h ) and grandson D onald ( 6t h Chi ef) were well kn own i n the S tates
. .

78
 fi rst histori c Chief was An gus ( 13 8 0
H e was assassi nated and the cla n was ruled by his
,

you n ger so n until the rightful heir obtai ned his release
,

from captivity o n the Bas s R o ck 14 3 7 The latter s

, .
’

son was Chief a nd led the cla n i n the c ruel fi ght o f

Blair Tannic Caith n ess I n 1628 S ir D onald Mackay

, .
-

of S trath naver Chief of the cla n was created Lord

, ,

Reay , with remai nder to his heirs male b eari ng the

n ame a nd arms of M ackay which however have
, , ,

n ever b een recorded .

The maj or po rtion of the estates was sold i n the

s eventeenth ce ntury to pay the cost of maintai nin g
a nd tra nsporti n g 2000 me n whom L o rd Reay recruited

for foreig n service to assist the Pr o testa nt caus e i n the

great Thirty Years War The earliest Gaelic char ter
’
.

exta nt was granted by Donald Lor d of the Isles to

, ,

B ria n Vicar Mackay in 1408 .

79
 M acK e nz i e clan is of Celti c origin Its home has ever b een
.

i n Ros s shi re
-
and it ros e to power under a great Chi ef Al ex ,

an der I o nra e ch 7th Chi ef of Kin ta i l who rul ed in 1427

, , Hi s .

grand s on J ohn 9th C hief followed J ames I V to F lodden, and lived

, , ,

t o fi ght for Mary Quee n of S cots at L angside , Kenn eth the n ext
.
,

Chi ef was in 1609 created Lord Mack enzi e of Kintai l and his so n
, ,

Col in Earl of S eaforth i n 1623 Will iam , 5 th E arl was forfeited as

, . ,

a J acobite in 1715 b ut hi s gran ds on was t e created E arl of S ea fort h

-

i n 1771, and r aised t h e old S eaforth Hi ghl an ders in 1778 Hi s cousin .

an d eventual succ es sor F r ancis H umb erston e M ackenzi e was

, ,

t e crea ted Lord S ea fort h i n 1797 ;

-
and at hi s dea t h i n 18 15 hi s

da ughter M ary Lady S tuart Mackenz ie of S ea forth , b ecame C a ber

,

fe i dh and Chi ef of the cl an H er grandson J ames S tewart Mac

.
,
-

kenzie, Lord S eafort h of B rah an 19 21 was t h e l ast chi ef to h ol d a

,

peerage b ut his h e ir of lin e the L aird of S eaforth Chief of th e Clan

, , ,

M acK e nz i e s ti ll holds sway in their ca s tl e of Brahan

, .

( The sketch rep res ents an o ffi cer of the Se a fort h Highlan ders
about

80
 MA
.
e n mt e i

NL A Y
THI S thos e clans of whi ch we have very defi nite
account Lenn ox is supp osed to have b een the home of the
.

M ackinl ay s, and even at the present day they are most numerous
arou nd this district T h e chief s ept of the M a ckinl ay s is stated by
.

s ome hi storia ns as b ein g des cen ded from F inlay B uchanan of D ru mi

kil At the ti me of the Plantations the M a ckin l ay s, alon g with
.

other cl ans are supposed to have emigrated to I rela nd hen ce we

, ,

have the M ackinl ay s and M acGinl ay s of that co u ntry F rom 15 27.

till 1624 ment ion is made several times in history of M a cki nl ay s i n

Dumbarton an d Luss . I t is sin gular that no Mackinlay is recorded
in all the lists of the 1745 rebels . I t is a commo n mistake to record
the clan a nces tor as F io nnl ag h M ar, progenitor of the F arquh arso ns
of B raemar, but the connection is u nproved I t is no t at all u nlikely
.

that the name Macki nlay emb races s ome of the Macleay cla n
There were at o ne time s everal M a c—
.

A n Ie ig hs in Dumbarto nshire
’
-

a n d farther n orth were the M a c On l e dy s the real M acl e ay s

- -

, The.

fact that s ome of th e modern M a cki nl ay s insist o n a ccent i ng the

l ey of their name adds weight to this ass ertio n The Livingstones
—another form of Macleay—are the likely forb ears of the M ac
.

ki nl a y s .

81
T H I S Celtic cla is mentioned i n 15 9 4 as sheltering
n -

isl and
of Pab ay o ff the coast of S kye and its chief as own in g t h e
, ,

C a st ill of D una kym a nd the C ast i l l o f D unn i ngi ll I n 1409 Lachl an

.

M a c F i ngo n styled gentleman witnes s ed a cha rter b y the Lord of

, ,

the I sles to Maclea n o f Duart Accordi ng t o the L ochbuie charter

.

chests there was a n Abb o t of I on a named J o hn Mack inn on who

, ,

died in 15 00 The M a ckinno ns rebelled with S ir D onald Mac

.

Donald o f Lochal s h i n 15 15 I n 15 45 Ewen their Chi ef was s um

.
, ,

mo ne d a s a reb el U nd er Montrose they fought at I nv e rl o ch y a nd

.

Auldearn I n 165 0 they fought for Charles I I at Worcester J ohn

. .

Dhu Macki nnon of that I lk a nd 15 0 of the clan supported the

Che val ie r at S h e riffmu i r i n 1715 J o hn Dhu was attainted but was ,

pard o ned i n 1727 The cla n was out i n the 45

. At Culloden
’
.

their Chief was taken and was for lo ng impris oned in the Tower
, .

He died i n 175 6 The clan has supplied many s o ld iers of distin ction
. .

S t rat h a i rd their last p o ss essio n pass ed from the clan i n 179 1

, , .

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 A C L A CH L A N
‘

is a Cel t ic clan The M ac L achl ans

.

t hat I lk have resided from time immemorial i n S t ra th

lachl an i n Argy l ls hi re The di strict was on ce called Kilmo rli e

, . .

The first authenti c record is that the la nds of Gil e ske l Mac
Lachlan were in cluded in the S heriffdom of Argyll or Lorn i n
1292 by Ki ng J o hn B aliol and a charter gra nted hi m and hi s ,

name app ears o n the Roll of Magn ates of S cotl an d who sat i n
the fi rs t Parliament of Robert the B ruce at S t An drews The
. .

n ame L achl ans o n occurs i n three charters by Rob ert the B ruce .

I n 15 8 7 an d 15 94 Archi bal d M a c L a chl an of S t rathl achl an and

that I lk is mentioned . C o rro ne l M a c L a chl an was capt ured
at Phil ip haugh i n 1645 and executed in Edi nb urgh Cas tle
,
.

Lac hl an M acL achl an C hief of the clan, was A D C to P rin ce

, . . .

Charlie He was kil led at Cull oden I t is sai d that his hors e
. .

ma de its way h ome to S t rathl achl an al one after t he battle I n .

179 4 Do nal d M acL a chl an of t hat Ilk was Chief ; and the
a ncient castl e has continued to des cend to successive chiefs of
the clan There are M acL achl ans in M o rv e m and Lochab er
. ,

th e p rincipal fa mily of whi ch is M acL a c hl an of C o ru ana n .

84
 M A CL A IN E
(noel tau nt-

AINE
HE Macl ain es of Loch b uie are Celti c Their remote an cestor
.

was Hector R e aganach broth er of L ach l an L ub ana ch ancestor

, ,

of the Macleans of Duart , who were the off sp ring of Black John of
Mull . S ome say that H ector R e aganach was the elder brother
but i n any case the h iefs hip was s ettled o n D uart b y Tanistry , so
C
that Loc hbuie is a b ranch clan under the
_

”
-
Lairds of Maclean .

H ector persuaded a neighbouring Chief, M acF ad y e a n to let him ,

build a cast le o n a hi gh rock above t h e sea and then used the ,

advantage thus given him to add the lan ds of this Chief to h is o wn .

A Chi ef of Lochbuie died and left an infan t so n Maclean of Duart

ann exed the lands of his young ki nsman, who was s aved by b ei ng
s ent to I reland. Maclai ne, o n reachi ng manhood returned and ,

recovered h is castle and estates On o ne occasion Loch buie came

.

upon Duart sleepi n g after b attle in w hi ch he h ad defeated him

, .

He twisted his dirk in D uart s hair and stuck it i n the grou nd

’
.

Duart , o n wakin g kn ew t h e d irk , and made friends with Lochbuie

, .

The Maclai ne s fought gallantly for Claverhouse and for Montros e .

The famous Sir Arc hibald Maclai ne , K T C B , was a cadet of the

. .
, . .

Hous e of Lochbui e Maclai ne of Lochb ui e is the p resent re p re

.

s e nt at ive ; but the old castle and es tate were s eized by an E nglis h
creditor .

85
 H I S is an an cie nt clan an d of the man y ori gi ns t h e most probabl e
,

is that they are des cended from S t Lawrence Their c o un try . .

lay b etween Lochearnh ead a nd Glen gyle a nd th e y ap p e ar in the

'

Ragman Roll of 129 6 They were allies of the S tewart s of Ap pin

.

t hrough a love a t fi rst —

- -
sight episode and their feuds were freque nt
,

with the Buchanans Campbells and M ac G re go rs They fought at

, , .

B a nnockburn at Flodden a nd at Pink ie

, , They have b een dis .

t i ngu i sh e d in p eace The Psalms were translated into Gaelic by

.

Col in M ac L are n or M a c L a u ri n so n of the Rev J ohn M a c L au rin

, .
,

minister of Glendaruel Col in was b o rn at K il mo d an in 169 8

. .

H e was Professor of Mathematics in E di nburgh U nive rsi t y in 174 5

’
'

For hav ing planned the defe nc e of th e city again s t Prin ce Charli e
‘

he had to abs con d to York The ha rdships of the j ourney caus ed a n

.

il lness of whi ch he di ed in Ed inburgh in 1746 The clan fough t for

, .

Prin ce Charlie at Cull o den J o hn M a c L a re n Lord D reghorn

.
, ,
'

rais ed t o the B ench i n 178 7 established in Ly o n Cou rt that he was

,

Chi ef of the clan ; but hi s l ine expired Archi b ald M a c L a re n a

.
,

dramatic writer of some distinction produced two plays at a n

The cl an burial —
, _

Ed inburgh theatre H e died i n 18 26

. .place is
L e ackine by Loch Earn
, The clan is at present ch i e fle ss
. .

86
 Macleans of Duart Celtic They claim .

des cent from a fam o us Celtic warri o r G il l e an o f

,

t he Battle Axe and have lived i n Mull from a very

,

remote time They were vassals of the Lords o f the

.

I sles b ut became i ndepende nt o n the fo rfei t ure o f

,

the latter in 1476 I n many old deeds a nd Acts of

.

P arliament their chief is styled Laird of Maclea n ”

.

Duart Castle faci ng Lismore is their family stro ng

, ,

hold Their Chief Hector was slain at Fl o dde n

.
, , .

Lachlan Cattanach Maclea n of Duart l eft his wife o n a l o w rock ,

hopi ng that the returni ng tide would drow n her b ut she was res cued
, ,

a nd her husba nd was assassi nated i n Edi nburgh by her br o ther ,

DUART
MU LL L
CAS T E S i r J oh n Campbell A nother Lachla n harried the o ther Macleans
.

a n d the M a c D o na l d s H e fell i n battle with the M a cD o nald s o f

.

I slay in 15 98 . Sir J o h n Maclea n fo ught with Claverh o use at

Killiecra nkie and with Mar at S h e riffmu i r The clan was i n the
.

fro nt li ne at Culloden u nder the Duke of Perth O n the death o f .

S ir H ector Maclea n i n 175 0 the title pass ed to his c o usin great ,

gra nds on of Maclean of B ro l a ss from whom des ce nded the ce n

,

t e na ri a n Chief
, C o l onel Fitzroy D o nald Maclea n o f Duart a nd
M o rve m B art who restored the a ncestral castle of Duart i n Mull
, .
, .

87
 M A C L E N NA OR L O G

H I S clan s origin is Celti c Tradi t ion says that at D rumd e rfi t

’
. ,

where t h e Frasers defea ted the Logans a warrior called Gilli go rm

,

was slain His p osthumous so n was born among the F rasers, wh o ,

.

in tenti on al ly broke the chi l d s back The b oy was call ed C ro t ai r

,
’
.

M a c Gil li g o rm H e b ecame a priest and fo unded a church at

.
,

Ki lmuir in S kye and an other at Glenelg H e flou rished in the

, , .

thi rteenth century As Celtic Chur ch p riests were allowed to marry

. ,

he had a so n cal led Gil le F hi nn e in from whom the M acl e nn an s a re

,

des ce nded The M acl e nn ans were numerous i n Kin tail At Auld
. .

e a m i n 164 5 Lord S eaforth oppos ing Montrose i nte nded to cha nge
, ,

sides. The cl ansmen un aware of t hi s , refus ed to retreat when

,

o rdered to do s o Maclenn an the st andard b earer planted the

.
,
-

standard and defended it until he was shot down There are still .

M a cl e nnan s in the n eighb ourhood of Brah an the castle built by ,

C o lin l st Earl of S e aforth i n t h e s eventeenth c entu ry

, , J o hn .

Ferguson Maclenn an ( 18 27 aut hor of P rimi t iv e M a rriage ,

was a memb er of t h e clan The a rms are those o f Loga n o f that Ilk
. .

88
 MA C L E OD O E MA . C L EOD

HE M a c L e o d s are Norse and are des cended from T o rmo d so n

, ,

of Leod w ho was the so n of Olave the Black , Ki ng of M an

, .

They were vassals of the Lords of the I sles but became i nde ,

p endent when that Lords hip was forfeited The Harris Chief is .

'

I l
variously styled M acL e o d of M a cL e o d M acL e o d of t hat I lk,

and of Harris . T o rmo d received G lenelg from D avid I I

( Ch arter, His des c enda nt s h eld Harris , S t Kil da and
'

.
,

vast estates in S kye I n 15 77 M acL e o d of Dunvegan s uff ocated

.

the entire population of Eigg i n a cave Rory More outlaw then.

, ,

trusted Royal servant ( 15 95 1626) and I an B z e a c (s eventee nth

-

ce ntury ) a model C hief were M acL e o d s of D unvegan Of D un

, , .

vega n also was G eneral M a cL e o d of M a cL e o d who raised the ,

s econ d battal ion of th e 42nd Dunvegan Castle is sti ll the abode

.

of the M acL e o d s of that I lk T h e 27th C hief S ir Regi nald

. ,

M acL e o d of M a cL e o d , died in 193 5 and was succeeded ,

GA S
by hi s daughter Flora Mrs M acL e o d of M ac L e o d 28 t h chief o f
l LE
, .
,

the clan.

89
 M a cL e o d s of Lewis ( li ke t h e M a cL e o ds of M a c L e o d )
N o rs e o rigin and were o wn ers of th e Lewis and o f Wat e rni sh
,

in S kye . They had al s o t h e lan ds of A ssynt o n t h e mainlan d by

chart er o f t h e Cro wn 13 40 They received charters of t hei r in s ul ar
.

p o s se ssi o n s in t h e fif teenth cent ury Al o n g with t h e clan smen o f

.

t h e H ar ris br an ch t he y fo ught o n the right w i n g at H arl aw i n 14 1 1 .

At t h e cl o s e o f t h e si xteent h cen tury t h e mal e l ine of t h e M ac L e o d s

o f Lewi s b ec a me ext in ct The l ands o f A ssynt pass ed to the Ear l
.

o f S ea fo rt h i n 16 60 The st o ry o f how t hi s came about is o ne of

.

t h e darkest a nd bl o o diest pages i n the t roubled histo ry of t h e

Hi ghl and cl ans Thei r estates we re t r an sferred to M acK e nz i e of

.

Kin t a il and M a cL e o d of R a asa y b ecame t h e m al e repres en ta t iv e of

,

the an cie nt race I n th e ni n et e enth ce n tu ry t h e R a asa y family

.

a l so l o st their l ands but c o nt in ued t o b e t h e p rin cipal cadet o f S i o l

,

To rqui l. The M a c L e o d s fo ught for Charles I I at Worcester b ut ,

t o ok n o active p art i n future J acobite ris ings Am on g th e m any

.

s ci o ns o f t h e Cl an M a c L e o d man y memb ers have risen to di sti nc

,

t i o n : F o rem o st p erhaps are t h e M a c L e o d s o f Morve n to whi ch

, , ,

h o use b elo ngs the famous D r Norman M a c L e o d . .

90
T HE a n ces tor of t hi s
Cel t ic clan was the Abb ot of the monastery
of S t Fi ll an i n Gl e nd o cha rt The offi ce of Abbot b ecame s ecul ar
. .

is ed and here d ita ry in o ne family The M acnab s lost n early al l t heir

.

l an ds through j oini ng with th e M a cD o u gall s agai nst B ruce I n the .

reign of J am es V a decisive batt l e was fought b etween t hem and

I
t heir dea dl y enemi e s , t h e N e i sh es ; th e M a cN ab s Wo n The N e i sh e s .

shel tered o n the isl and in Loch Earn I n J am es V s rei gn, S moot h
.
’

J ohn Ma cnab and hi s tw elve sons stole upon t h e N e i sh es and slew

”
t hem all s ave o ne an d a b oy I n 1646 th e M a cnab s defended
.

th e Castl e of Kin card in e cut t hei r way th rough S ir J ohn Mi ddl eton s
’
,

Guards , and fought for Montrose J ohn Macnab of that I lk fel l .

at Worcester I n 165 4 th e Laird of G l enorchy assisted i n puttin g

.

the b ai ll M aknab s out of th e country ”

The Chi ef s famil y fought
.
’

for th e Hous e of H anover i n t h e 45 but th e clan fought for

’
,

t h e S tewarts . T h e 12t h C hi ef is the sub j ect of R a e b urn s great ’

p ortrait, T h e Macnab Archib al d t h e 13 th Chi ef, s old hi s

.
,

es tates , and wi t h some h un d reds of the cl an emi grated to Canada ,

.

H e died in F rance in 18 60 Hi s daughter S op hia F r ances , died i n

.
,

18 94 . There are M acnab s of Acham , I nch e we n Dundu m S trath , ,

fil l an Sui e Newto n Cowie J amai ca an d oth ers

, , , , , .

92
 M a cN a u ght o ns are of Celti c ori gin . T h ey
des cended
from a P ictish king named N e cht an or N au cht o n who foun ded ,

Abair N e acht ain or Ab ernethy Their lands lay along t h e shore

.

I
of Loch Awe , in Lorn Alexander I I granted th e custody of t h e
.

castle an d island of F rao ch Eilean, in Loc h Awe to Gilc hrist ,

M acNaught o n . The cl an fought against B ruce I n 1426 Donald

.

M acN aught o n was B ishop elect of D unkel d

-
S ir Al ex an der
.

M acN aught o n of th at I lk was slain at F lodden Al exander Mac

.

Naughton of that I lk raised a magnifi ce nt b and of Archers for

Charles I , wh om h e s erved fai thfully H e clove to Charles I I
.

likewise was a courtier, and di ed in London A comp l imentary

, .

letter was s ent by J ames V I I to M acN aught o n of that I lk in 168 9 .

A branch of t h e cl an s ettled in An trim I rel and They acquired

, .

an es tate and castle called B e nu ardin and w ere hono ured wi t h a

Baronetcy Their l ine was recogni sed as c hiefs by t h e Court o f

.

the Lord Lyon, an d t h e p res ent B aronet is the Chief of Cl an

M acN au ght o n The old s eat of the rac e was D u nd e rawe C a stle
.

a tall tower o n Loch P y ne .

93
 H E M acN e il s of B arra and the M cN e i l l s of Gi g h a are Celtic ,

a nd accordin g t o some se nnachies trace their commo n origi n to

Neil O g Neil the fou nder of the cla n lived about 13 00 The ‘

earliest mention of a charter to a M acN e i l o f Barra—named G il l e o nan

.
, , .

—is of date 1427 Gill e o nan the 9 t h of B arra is o n record i n 15 45

.
, , .

The Chap el o f S t Barr was the burial place of the M a cN e il s of

.
-

B arra I n 15 8 7 Queen Eliz abeth complain ed t hat Roderick M a cN e il

.

o f Barra had seized a n E n glish ship .R o derick did n o t app ear at

M al a wi
Edin burgh when summoned but he was captured by M a cK e nz ie
M
,
. c na u t
.
of Ki nta il an d conveyed to Edi nburgh B arra was forfeited and
, .

given to Kin tail The sup eri o rity o f B arra passed to Sir James
.

M a cD o na l d of S leat u ntil 168 8 I n 165 0 M a cN e il of B arra was

.

among the S cottish C o l o ne l l s o f H o rsse I n 168 8 R o de ri c k

.

M a cN e il 14t h of B arra obtained a C rown charter of B arra maki ng

, , ,

it a free barony S everal M a cN e il s named Roderick suc ceeded

. .

I n 1 8 4 0 Barra was s o ld to C o l o nel J o hn G o rd o n of Cl un y The

.

45 t h Chief Rob ert Lister M a cN e i l of Barra recovered the isla nd

, ,

of B arra and K ismu l l Cas tle the island fortress of the chiefs
, .

94
 far back as 1472 the M cN e il l s o f Gigha we re Ke e p e rs
S of the Castle o f S weyn i n N o rth Knapdale Argyll shi re
, , .

The L o rd o f the I sle s was their overl o rd Neil M c N e il l

Chief of the cla n or bra n ch —
.

cla n in the fi rst half o f the

sixteenth century He had a so n Neil fr o m wh o m the
.
, ,

M cN e i l l s of Tay nis h are des cended A nother s o n J o h n O g

.
, ,

was the a ncestor o f the M cN e i l l s o f G a l l a c h o i ll e a nd o f

Crerar afterwards of C o l o n say J ame s M a cD o na l d o f I s lay
, .

p urchased G i gh a i n 15 5 4 I t was ac quired later by J o h n

.

Campbell of Calder w h o s o ld it i n 15 9 0 t o Hect o r M c N e i l l o f

,

Tay nish G i g h a a nd Tay ni sh were owned by his des ce nd

.

a nts till 178 0 I n that year Alexa nder M c N e ill o f C o l o nsay

.

purchas ed G i g h a I n additio n to the Tay ni s h family there

.
,

were M cN e ill s of G a l l ach o i ll e C a ra ske y T i t F e rgu s I n

, ,
-
.

the s eve ntee nth century Torquil of the H o us e o f Tir Fe rgus

, ,

married the heiress o f the Mackays a nd acquired the la nds o f

,

Ugadale i n Kin tyre The present ow ner is called M a c N e a l

, . .

Sir J o h n M c N e ill , LL D E nv o y at the C o urt o f

. .
,

Persia 18 3 1 belo nged to the C o l o nsay b ra nch

, , H ect o r .

M cN e il l wh o wr o te
, C o me u nder my Pl a idie was a ,

member o f the Cla n M cN e ill H e died at Edi nburgh i n

.

18 18. The children of the h o us e o f M cN e i l l were acc o rd ,

i ng to ol d Highla nd custom taught their ge neal o gy i n Gaelic

,

o n S u nday morni ng .

95
 NI C L
O S ON

NI CO L

HE origin of thi s cl an is diffi cult to det ermi n e b ut S kye s eems ,

to b e their native place The N i co l so ns h eld the lan ds of S co rry

.

breck , S kye from ab out the mi dd l e of the eleventh century A

, .

history of the M acD o na l d s written in t h e reign of Charles I I

, ,

mak es mention of M a cN i co l of P o rtree I n 1263 at the battle of .

,

Largs S ir An drew Nicolson, a D an ish knight from th e I sle of S kye

, ,

commanded o ne of H aco s ships Memb ers of the fami ly s ettled at

’
.

L o nfe ao n Pe ne fil e r Aird an d els ewhere in S kye , b ut Nicol s on of

, ,

S co rryb re ck was always l ooked upo n as the head of the clan i n the
west Norman Nicolson of S co rry b re ck emi grated to New ! eal and
. ,

a nd his des ce ndan ts still sub sist there The arms of th e Chief
represe ntative of S co rry b re ck—are duly recorded i n Lyon
.

The late Al exander Nicolson L L D advocate distin guished himself

, . .
, ,

in the Celti c fi eld B orn at H ugo b o st , Skye i n 18 27 called to the

.
, ,

B ar in 18 60, h e was commission ed to report upon the state of

educati o n i n the Highl ands in 18 65 H e was also a memb er of Lord.

Napier s Commission appoi nted i n 18 8 3 to inquire into the co nditio n

’

of th e crofters .

96
 . M 2115 8 5 9 k!

MAC P

T H E Macpherso ns
are Celts The C hief is called Clun y M ac
.

pherson . The Macphersons of I nv e re shi e (no w Macp herson

Gr ants of B allind al l o ch) are anot her b ran ch This bra nch is called .

S l z o chd Gi ll ies S ken e traces the Cluny family from D un can the
'

.
,

Parson 143 8
, D un can was from S t rat hn a irn
. The I nv e re sh i e .

Macp hersons are from B aden och An drew Macp hers on in Cluny .

a nd of Gra nge i n B an ffshire was t e nant in Cl uny i n 1603 D un can

'

.
, ,

Macpherson of Cluny was i n 1672 defeated by Macki ntosh in obtain

i ng offi cial recognitio n as Chi ef of Clan C h at t an The I nv e re shi e .

an d Pi t me an families Oppos ed b eing real B adenoch Macphersons

,

des cen ded from M u i re a ch Parson D unc an di ed i n 1722 The . .

Macp hersons had no w b een recognis ed by Lyon Court as a clan ,

and Clun y as C h ief give n

”
supporters Lachlan Macpherson .

married a daughter of Loch iel H e died in 1746 His so n Ewen

. . , ,

wh o married Lord Lovat s daughter fought for P rin ce Charlie

’
,
.

I n 178 4 the estates were restored to his so n Du n can whose so n , , ,

Ewen the next Chief di ed in 18 8 5 D un c an Macpherson of this

, , .

cl an l ed th e B lack Watch over the trenches of Tel cl Kebir Their - -

.

Chief s seat was long at Cluny Castle Kin gussie, I nvernes s shire
’

,
-

but this has b ee n sold , and the present Cl uny Macpherso n is i n

Australia .

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 Cla n Macquarrie is Celti c They fi rs t app ea red
.

p o ssessi o n o f the i sla nd o f Ulva a nd part o f Mull J o hn

.

Macquarrie o f Ulva died ab o ut 1473 and is the fi rs t p ro min

,

entl y me nti o ned . Aft er the forfeiture of the Lord o f t h e

I sles they fo ll o wed the Maclean s of D uart I n 1 5 04 Mac
.

G o rry o f U l l o wa a was s umm oned fo r reb ell in g with Donal d

D ubh who claimed the Lords hip o f the I sl es
, . I n 1609
An drew Kn o x Bish o p o f the I sles received as Kin g s C o m
, ,
’

missi o ner at I o na the s ubmissi o n o f Ulva and other Chiefs .

I n 1778 Lachl an Macquarrie o f Ulva s o ld his prop erty an d

became a s o ldi er at t h e age o f sixty three When the o l d
-
.

74 t h Regime nt Argyll Highl a nders was rai s ed Lachla n

, , ,

Macquarrie became o ne of t h e o ffi cers The M acqu arri e s o f

.

Ulva b ecame exti n ct in 18 18 .

 M A C R 'AS:

H I S clan is Celtic M acrae in Gaelic is M a cR a rh

.
,
”
S o n of Grace The home of the
. Wil d Macraes wa s
Ki ntail where they did great s ervice for th e E arls of Seaforth
, .

They were Constables of E ll and o nan Cas t le The Rev F arquhar . .

Macrae ( 15 8 0 Vicar of Ki ntai l , was a man of mark Col one l

—
.

S ir John Macrae ( 178 6 18 47) of A rdi nt o ul was an emi nent soldier

The Rev J ohn Macrae ( 1794—
.

. 18 76) of Knockbai n Ross shi re was ,

-

a famous divine As J acob ites t h e Macraes fought gallantly at

.
,

S h e rifi muir in 1715 , and loyally afterwards for the H ous e of Han over
'

I n 1778 t h e Macraes were th e ringleaders in t h e mut i ny of the

S eafor t h Highl an ders in Edinburgh They entrenched o n Arthur s
.
’

S eat and refus ed to yield until p ea cefu lly app roached and t heir
, ,

terms of enl istment ful fi lled B rigadier General Wil l iam Macrae
.
-

( 18 3 4 8 2) was a d isti ngui s hed leader i n the Americ an Confederate

-

army Maj or Rob ert M c rea of G uern sey ( 175 4

.
‘
, fought as a
loyal ist in t h e American War of I ndep endence The l ate Constab le .

of Eilea n Donan Castle, Lieut Col John Macrae Gilstrap o f

.
-
.
-

B a ll irno re , restored the pictures que fortress at Lochalsh .

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 MA C TA V I S H

MAC T

ACTA V I S H is the modern spellin g of this clan s name

M
’
.

Origi nally it had many forms chief of which were

.
,

Thompson, Thomas on M a cOmi sh and M acCo mb i e derived

,

from M a cT o mmie and M a cT hamai s or M acT avi sh from

, ,

the S cots Tamma s I n P erthshire as early as 148 8 D onald

.
, ,

M a cCause (anoth er form of the name) obtai ned lands near

Killi n, wh ere he di ed in 149 1 Many of the Argylls hire
.

M acT avi sh e s have changed their name to Thompson This .

family claim to b e a s ept of the Clan Campb ell des cended ,

from a so n of Colin the thi rd Campb ell from whom are

, ,

des cended Clan Tavis h Cam pbell M acT avi sh of D un a rd y

.

was C h ief of the clan .

101
H Tradition has it that the famil y settl ed at an early peri o d i n
I S T ORY is rather confusi ng as to the correct o rigi n of this cla n .

Argyll shire yet in the reigns of David I I and Rob ert I I we fi nd

,

charters gra nting lands to Mal colms in Stirl i ngshire Their te rrit o ry
.

lay in the Loch Awe district a nd they are traditionally rep o rt ed to

,

b e an o ff shoot of the M a cG hill e Chal l u ms ( o r M a c L e o d s) of R a a say .

They took protection of the Campbells o f Lochow and i n 14 14 Sir

,

Du nca n Campb ell of Loch o w gran ted to Reginald M a cCa l l u m of

C o rb a rro n certain lands t o gether with the o ffi ce of H ereditary
,

Co nstable of the Castles of L o ch afi y and Craig nish but this b ran ch

,

appears to have b ecome exti nct duri ng the latter half of the s even
t e e nt h ce ntury Dugal d M ac C a ll u m of P o ltall o ch i nherited the
.

estate i n 1779 and was the fi rst t o ad o pt the n ame of Malc o lm

,

permane ntly Admiral Sir Pulteney Mal colm was Comma nder i n
.
-

Chief of S t H elena and wo n the regard o f Nap o le o n J o h n Wi n g

.
, .

fi e l d Mal colm of Poltalloch was created Lord Mal colm i n 18 96 a nd ,

died i n 1902 when the p ee rage b ecame ext inct though his br o ther
, ,

i nh erited his estate an d the feudal title of Malcolm of Poltall o ch

,

C
des cended with the hiefship of the clan . The tartan shown has
b een approved as correct by Sir I an M al colm of Poltalloch .

102
 MA! W EL L
fi rst
mention we have of the Maxwell S ir John
Maxwell Chamberlai n of S cotl an d, who died wi thout issue
,

i n 124 1 H e was succeeded by his brother who with other

.
, ,

chil dren had two sons Herbert a nd J ohn

, S ir Herbert s
, .
’

des ce ndant i n the s eventh degree was created Lord Maxwell

and had two so ns —Robert 2nd Lord , and Sir Edward
,

From
, .

the latter come the Maxwells of Monreith Robert 2nd Lord .

,

Maxwel l was succeeded by his so n J ohn who fell at Flodden,

,

15 13 when the ti tle we nt to his so n The latter had two s ons

—Robert 5 th Lord an d Sir J o hn who became Lord Herries
, .
‘

, , ,

of T e rre gl e s Rob ert , 5 th Lord was succeeded by his so n

.
, ,

6t h Lord who i n turn was succeeded by hi s so n J ohn ; the

,

latter was executed for murder and the title fell to his brother , ,

Robert afterwards Earl of Ni t hsdale His so n Rob ert dyi ng

, .
, ,

without issue , the estates reverted to hi s cous in, Lord H erries ,

whos e s o n and gran dson held the Earldom i n turn The latter .

was s entenced to death as a Jacobite but , by the aid of his ,

wife es cap ed to Rome where he died i n 1744 H e left a

so n Wil liam whose grea t gran dso n proved his claim to the
, , .

, ,

Barony of Herries He died in 18 76 succeeded by his so n

. , ,

Marmaduke ( Lord Herries ) Sir J ohn Maxwell of Pollok .

,

great gran dson of Sir John, secon d so n of S ir Aymer had two

-

s ons Sir J ohn and Sir Robert

, From the latter come the .

Maxwells of C ard o ne ss al so those of F arnham From the former

, .

come the Maxwells of Pollok Baronets The great B o rder , .

castle of C ae rl av e ro ck was long the s eat of the Maxwell Chiefs .

 an cient home of t hi s cl an has ever b een Castle M enzies
Weem i n P erthshire The three davoch la nd of W eem was
.
-

the reign of Alexander I I I , confi rmed by J oh n Earl o f Atholl , ,

S ir Alexander so n and heir of Sir Rob ert de M e yne rs Hi s des cend

,

Sir Rob ert de Menzies 1479 —

.

a nt, 15 23 got Weem erected into a

, ,

B arony by J ames I I I 5 and in 15 10 J ames I V ordained the hous e to

b e named Castle — M enzies I t was reconstructed by James M enzies
.

of that I lk , S ir Alexander Menzies of that I lk was created -

Baron et 1665 I n 1746 S ir Rob ert 3 rd B aronet e ntertain ed P rince

, .
, ,

Charlie at Castle Menzies , his ki nsman, Colonel I an Me nzies of

S hian havi ng raised a regiment for the P rin c e Sir Neil 6t h B aronet
, .
,

of that I lk , raised the clan to welcome Queen V ictoria at Loch Tay

i n 1 8 42 5 a nd i n 18 94 u nder Sir Rob ert , 7t h B aro net the Cla n ,

Menzies S ociety—whic h n ow owns the A uld K i rk of Weem—was .

_
.

established The B aronetcy expired with S ir Neil 8 th B ar o net i n

.
, ,

1 9 10 and o n the deat h of his sister Miss Me nzies of M enzies the

, ,

C hiefship is u n derstood to have pass ed to S teuart Me nzies of -

C u l d a re s and A rndill y .

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 MORRI S ON
T HE Morrisons are s aid to b e of S can di navian extraction and their original home was
,

Lewis and the north west of S c otlan d The fi rst Morrison of importan ce according to
-
.
,

history Hugh or H u ch e o n the Brieve hel d the office of H ereditary D eemster or j udge in Lewis
, , ,

a n d adj ace nt isla nds

, an o ffi ce i n which he was succeeded by his so n J ohn The Morrisons .

at this time had many feuds with the M a cL e o d s the former having to take refuge with their
,

ki nsmen in Durn ess a nd E d d e ra chy ll i s Apparently j uridical duties were unpleasant in the
.

H eb rides .I t was only when the M a c K e nz i e s acquired Lewis in 1610 that the Morriso ns had -

peace From that p eriod they were chiefly kn own as churchmen several of them b eing
.
,

promi nent mi nisters The Rev Ke nn eth Morriso n of Lewis was an an cestor of Lord Macaulay
. .

through his daughter Margaret havin g married Rev A ul a y Macaulay great gra ndfather of Lord
. ,
-

Macaulay J oh n Morriso n of B ragar gra ndson of B rieve J oh n was a famous wit an d poet
.
, , .

The Harris bran ch of the family p roduced a succession of noted armourers and smiths D on al d .

Morrison of Ski nidi n S kye married a daughter of J ohn B reac M acL e o d of M a cL e o d The
, , .

most n oted of this family was Captai n Alexander Morriso n who assisted Ossia n Macphers on
,

i n his Gaelic a nd E nglis h labours a nd to whom is due the Gaeli c of the

, Address to the
”
S un i n C a rri e rhura
. The S kye family is still well represented Morriso ns are still an
.

i mporta nt clan in the H ebrides and the north west of S cotla nd-
The Morrisons of B ogn ie
.

i n Ab erdeenshire are the family whos e arms are usually pres ented as thos e of the Chief, a nd
those of the Hereditary B rieves of Lewis have no t b een registered .

106
 M U RRA Y
RE S K I N ,
F there is reason to b eli eve a P icti sh n obl e of the old race
an cestor of t h e great famil y of Murray was
,
, ,

of Moray His grandson Will i a m ass umed t h e name D e

.
, ,

Moravi a ”
F rom hi m is des cended the grea t house of
.

M u rray of T ul li b ardi ne S i r J ohn M u rray , 12t h feudal

.

B aron of T ul li b ardine , was by J ames V I in 1606 created E arl

of T ul l ib ardi ne Lord M urray G ask and B al quhi dder
, , .

William 2nd Earl of T ul lib ardi ne married Lady Dorothea

, ,

Stewa rt daughter and heir o f li n e of the 5 t h Earl of

,
- -

Ath oll who d ied 15 9 4 His s o n J ohn as hei r o f lin e of

, .
,
- -

the S tewart Earls of Atholl was in 1629 by Kin g Charles I

,

co nfirmed in his mother s peerage an d so became the l st

’
,

Murray Earl of Ath oll J ohn 2md E arl was crea ted Marqui s
.
, ,

of Atholl 1676 an d J ohn 2n d Marqui s D uke of Atholl in

, , , ,

1703 . Hi s eldest so n Will ia m Marq uis of T ulli b ar di ne , ,

unfurled P rin ce Charlie s stan d ard i n G l e nfi nnan i n 1745

’
.

J ohn 4t h D uke raised the Atholl Highl an ders The 8 th

L
E A R 013
' “ ,

D uke originated t he S cottish Nat ional Memorial i n Edi n

.

burgh Castl e The seat of the Duk e of Atholl is Blair Castle

.
,

Pert hs hire .

1 08
 O GI LV l t l ( H U N T I N G)

T HE recorded history of the O gilvies dates back

William the Lio whe me tio is made of a c ertai
n, n n n n
day s
G il l e b ri d e ,
s econd so n of G ill e ch ri st Earl of , A ngus ,
who assumed the name o f
Ogilvie from his estate s o call ed Patri ck of O gilvie his gra nds o n
.
, ,

was forced to swear fealty to the i nvader Edward of E nglan d for

his lands in F orfar in 129 6 I n 13 09 Rob ert I granted a charter
, ,

to Patrick of O gilvie of the B arony of K e t t ins i n F orfar Walter

.

Ogilvie of Wester Pourie was H ereditary S h e riff of Forfar in 13 8 5 .

His so n Walter O gilvie was also H igh S he riff of Fo rfa r in 13 9 1

, , .

when he lost hi s life i n a conflict with the famous D un ca n S tewa rt .

The l in e of S i r Al exa nder eldest so n of Sir Walter Ogilvie of A u ch t e r

,

house e nded i n a daughter who b ecame Cou ntess of B ucha n T he

, , .

headship of the family then fell to S ir Walter s s eco nd so n who was ’

,

Lord H igh Treasurer u nder James I in 1425 H e married Is ob e l .

D urward heires s of Li ntrathen by which his p o sterity we re

, ,

de sign ated u ntil raised to the Peerage his grands on Sir J ames b ei ng , , ,

made Lord O gilvie of Airlie i n 14 9 1 by J ames I V He died in 15 04 . .

James , 6t h Lord was a loyal sub j ect of Queen Mary James 8 th

, .
,

Lord was made Earl of Airlie by Charles I in 163 9 The 5 th Ea rl

, .

j oi ned Pri nce Charles at Edin burgh in 1 745 with 600 me n T he .

Earl of Airlie C hief of the cla n has the seats o f Cortachy C a stle and
, ,
”
the B o nn ie Ho o s e o Airlie b oth i n A n gus O th e r b ra nches o f
’

t h e cl an are the O gilvies of F i ndlater and D eskfo rd the Ogilvi e s o f

, .

D unlugas Ogilvie of I nverquharity and Ogilvie of Barras

, , .

109
 I M ON R AM S AY lived i n the Lothia ns 1 14 0 a nd ,

William de Ramsay prob ably his des cenda nt swore fealty to

, ,

Ki ng Edward I for his lands of Dalhousie in 129 6 . He afterwards

j oin ed King Robert B ruce I n 13 3 8 his so n Alexander defended
.
, ,

Du nbar against the E n glish and was afterwards appoi nted

,

S heri ff of T e vi o t d a l e This o fi e nd e d W illiam Douglas Knight

’

.
, ,

of Liddesdale who captured and imprisoned Ramsay starvi ng

, ,

him to death i n Hermitage Castle His des cenda nt Sir Alexa n .

,

der Ramsay of D al wo l se y had s everal s ons the eldest of whom

, , ,

Alexan der carried o n the mai n li ne of the farni l y p H i s great

gra ndson had two sons —G eorge afterwards Lord Ramsay of
,

Melros e later Dalhousie and J oh n Vis cou nt of Haddi ngt o n i n

, , ,

1606 a nd afterwards Earl of H o l d e rne sse

, William 2nd Lord .
,

Ramsay was created Earl of Dalhousie i n 163 3

, George 8 th .
,

Earl of Dalhousie had s even sons The elde st was George the
, .
,

9 t h Earl wh o died i n 18 3 8 a nd was s ucceeded by his so n J ames

, , , ,

l ot h Earl who afterwards became Gover nor Ge neral of I ndia

,
-

a nd Marquis of Dalhousie He died childless an d the estate

.
,

fell t o his nephew Fox Maule He also died without issue and
, .
,

was succeeded by George 12t h Earl who was so n of the H o n

, , .

J ohn Ramsay so n of the 8 th Earl

, D alhousie Castle n ear.
,

Edi nburgh is the seat of the Ramsays

, .

1 10
 R05 5

HE predecess o rs of the Ros es of Kil rav o ck s ettled Nai rnshi re

the reign of Ki ng D avid I t h e documentary history of
,

the race c o mmen cin g i n th e reign o f Alex ander I I at whi ch t ime ,

they held the l ands of G eddes i n I nvern ess The Kil ravo ck family .

have enj o yed their p r o perty th rough a des cent of 27 generations .

Hugh the so n an d successor of Hugh Rose of G eddes married Mary

, , ,

daughter of Sir Andrew de B os co of Redcastle and t hus obtained ,

Kil rav o ck whi ch wa s erected into a B aro ny i n 1474

, His so n .
,

W il liam had two so ns An drew the s econd an cestor of the Roses of

, , , ,

A u ch l o ssa n i n Mar a nd Hugh hi s succ essor wh o s e so n married

, , ,

J an et daughter of S ir Rob ert Chi sholm Constable of Urq uhart

, ,

Castl e by whom he received a large accession to hi s lan ds H e left

, .

a s o n Hugh who was succeeded by his so n John who married

, , , ,

I s ab ella Cheyne of E ssl e mo nt Hugh so n of t his marriage b ui lt

.
, ,

the old tower of Ki l rav o ck i n 1460 The castle is s til l in habited

. .

The Chiefs of the cla n as i s usual in the Hi ghl ands have alway s bee n
, ,

styled The Baron of Ki l rav o ck ” .

1 12
T HE Cla Ross was designated by the Highlan ders Cl a nn A z nd re a s
n
'

a nd i n the a ncie n t genealogical hi story t ey are ca l l ed C l a nn

h
I t b egi ns with P aul M a cT i re to whom William , Earl of
’

A nrz a s .
,

Ross Lord of S kye, granted a charter fo r the lands of Gairl o ch i n

,

I n Rob erts o n s I ndex there is mentio n o f a F e rquh a rd R o ss

’
13 66 . ,

supp osed to b e the s o n of Gille A nri as from whom t h e clan took its
,

name H e foun ded the Abb ey of Fearn, in Ross shire i n the reig n
.
-

o f Alexa nder I I Thi s l ine en ded wi t h Eup h em

. i a Countess of R o s s , ,

who resigned the Earldom to an un cle The Ros ses of B alnago wa n .

were a very ancient l ine as they S prang from William Earl of R o ss

, , ,

a fri e nd of Rob ert I His so n Hugh , was kill ed at Halidon Hill i n

. ,

13 3 3 . F rom Hugh Ross s econd so n of Hugh Earl of Ross the

'

, , ,

B a l nag o wan estate p ass ed o n from father to so n to D avid the las t ,

Laird of B aln ago wan who di ed without iss ue when the estate a nd
, ,

chieftainshi p pass ed u nder entail along with the arms to B rigadier

Charles Ross so n of G eorge l ot h Lord Ross of H awkhead This
, , .

li ne received a B aronetcy The R o ss es of S han dwick Rosses o f

.
,

I nve rch arro n a nd Ross es of Pi t c a l ni e are a ll di rect b ranches from

,

the B al na go wan famil y Ros s o f Pi t ca l ni e is supposed to represe nt

.

the an cient li n e of B a l na go wan .

1 13
T HE S cott history b egi ns
when there lived o ne U cht re d u s
i n 1 13 0,
fil i u s S coti father of Ri chard who is sa i d t o have had two so ns
'

, ,

Ri chard an cestor of the S cotts of B uc cleuch an d S ir Michael

, , ,

an cestor of the S cotts of B al we ary From Richard des cended S ir.

David S cott of B ra n xholm and Al exa nder of H o wp ai sl e y From .

S ir David des cended Sir Walter created Lord S cott of B uccleuch ,

i n 1600 . His des cen dant Fran cis 2nd Earl of Buccleuch left a , ,

daughter Ann e Countess of B uccleuch married to J ames Duke of

, , ,

Monmouth so n of King Charles I I They were created Duke and

, .

Duchess of Buccleuch 5 and though he was beheaded he r Dukedom ,

has been handed d o wn i n regular course from father to so n Alex .

a nder s ( of H OWp ai sl e y ) des cen da nt in the eighth degree was Francis

’

of T h i rl e st ane who was created a B aronet in 1666 His so n and

, .

s uccessor S ir William assumed the name of Napier o n hi s marriage

, ,

with Elizab eth Mistress of Napier Walter S cott of S ynton great

, .
,

gra ndson of Ri chard above me ntioned was a n cestor of Walter of

-

Harden whos e great grandson was an cestor of the S cotts of Gala

,
-
.

Sir William s (fi fth of Harden) you ngest so n was great grandfather

’
-

of S ir Walter S cott author of Wa v e rley etc The B a lwe ary S cotts

, , .

are des ce nded from Sir Michael grandson of U ch t re d us fi l iu s S coti

, .

B ranxholm Castle is the ducal seat of the Chiefs of the Clan S cott .

1 14
 S KE N

HIS took t heir n ame from t h e l ands S kene ,

Earldom of Mar whi ch they poss essed from the thirteenth

, ,

century ti ll 18 27 when by the death of the last S kene of that Ilk

, , ,

the e states pass ed to hi s n ephew t h e Earl of F ife I n 13 18 King

, .
,

Rob ert I by charter to Rob ert S kene of that I lk made the lands an d
loch of S kene a B arony I n 15 13 A l exander S kene of that I lk fell
.
,

at Flodden A bran ch of the ol d family of S ken e design ed as o f

.
,

C u rri e hi ll were celebrated lawy ers S ir J ohn S ken e of C u rri e hil l wa s

, .

a p romi n ent advocate i n the reign of J ames V I I n 15 9 4 he wa s

.

app oin ted L o rd Clerk Register and issued a col lection of the S cots
,

Acts of Parliament His so n S ir J ames S kene succeeded the Earl of

.
, ,

Melrose as President of t h e Court of S es sion in 1626 Alexan der .

S ken e of that I lk is mentio ned in 163 3 i n the B o o k of t he A nnua l

R e nt a rz s f o r A be rd ee nshire alo ng with others of the s ame n ame
’

, In .

164 1 An drew S kene of Auchtertool was dubb ed Kn ight at Holyro o d

by Cha rl e s I William F o rb es S kene Hist o riographer R o yal will
.
, ,

always hol d a foremost place among n o table S cotsme n of the

ni netee nth ce ntury H e was auth o r of several w o rks o f S c o tla nd s ’
.

hist o ry
. S kene of H a l l y ard s a nd Pill e ns is the only b ran ch o f
,

the family which retai ns its l ands i n S c o tl and .

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 RO Y A L
collectio ns this s ett is styled The Royal Tartan .

such it has always b een that worn by the Pip ers of His Maj esty s ’

Regiments of Foot and was—quite correctly— des crib ed some years

,

ago by t h e l at e Ki ng G eo rge V as my pers onal tartan In .

arisaid s ett —upon a white backgrou n d—it was als o the tartan o f
_

our S cotti sh Q ueens Our s overeign s went yearly to the Highla nds
.

”
for the Autumn Huntin g when as was the old m ann er of the
, ,

chas e i n S cotla nd the whole cla n j oin ed in rou ndi ng up the deer
, .

Our Royal House is the ol dest i n Europ e ; and the great p o rt rai t
gallery at H olyrood symb o lis es the 106 s overeig ns who transmitted
”
us this realm u nc o n quered O n the death of H e nry Be nedict
.
,

last o f the Royal H ous e of S tewart he bequeathed the old Corona

,

tion Rin g to George I I I Ac cording to Ta nistry t e n omi nati o n

'

.
, . .

by the Chief t he Celti c S overeignty was thus pass ed down i nto o u r

,

pres ent Royal Family , who through Pri ncess Elizab eth daughter o f ,

J ames VI i nherit the blood o f S cotla nd s a n cient s o vereig n dy nasty

,
’
.

The sketch illustrates a piper of the R o yal Highla nders ( Black

Wat ch ).

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T HE a n cestor o f the race was a B r eton noble Ala n a cadet
of the ancient Counts of D O1 and Din an Walter Fitz Alan .
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received from David I the offi ce of High S teward of S cot lan d ,

and was progenitor of the Hous e of S tewart Alexander the

h S teward left t wo s on s—J ames his success or and S ir
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J ohn of B o nky l From J ames des ce nded the Royal Stewarts

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S ir J ohn the B o nky l bran ch Walter the sixth S teward

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married Prin cess Marj ory B ruce Their so n reig ned as

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Robert I I . From his accessio n u ntil the death i n 18 08 of

Prin ce Cha rlie s brother the Cardin al of York t h e C hi e fs of
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Clan Stewart were heads of the Royal Hous e of S tewart ( S tuart )

O n the Cardinal s death the nearest lawful h e i rJ Boa ri ng the
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name was co n cluded to be George 8 th Earl o f Galloway

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whos e successors i n the peerage have been received as the

subsequent Chiefs of the cla n The Stewarts of Garli cs
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created Earls of Galloway 1623 des cen d from Sir J oh n ,

Stewart of B o nky l From Sir J ames fourth so n of Sir J oh n of

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B o nky l spra ng the Stewart Lords of Lorn e a nd the Stewart

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Earls of Atholl B ucha n and Traquair

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S tewarts of Appin derive from D ougal a so n of S ir J oh n of ,

Lorne murdered 1463 D unca n Stewart 2nd of Appi n w

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Chamberlai n of the Isles to J ames IV S ubs equent Chiefs .

the house of Appi n and A rd sh i e l fought for Charles I und

Montrose and for the Chevalier in the Ri si ngs of 1715 a nd 1745
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Though the lands are lost they still bear the title Stewart of
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Appi n and A rd shie l The sketch s hows an o ffi cer of the Royal

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S cots regiment i n full dress weari ng Hu nti ng S tewart tarta n

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H I S clan t akes its name from t h e di stric t s o called in Ross shire

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Urquharts of Croma rty at o ne time possess ed n early all

the o l d cou nty of Cr o marty Th o mas Urquhart was B ish o p o f
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R o ss i n 1449 and in 15 8 5 Alexa nder Urquhart was last D ean o f

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R o ss History makes frequent referen ce to S i r Thomas Urquhart o f

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C romarty a nd his family J oh n Urquhart of C ra i gfi nt ry who b u il t

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Crai g st o n Castle ab out 1 604 is recorded in the Roll of L andl ords

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a s guardi an to hi s g r an d n ephew a fterw ards S i r Thomas Urq uhar t

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o f Cromarty fa ther of t h e famous knight of the same n ame

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a rmy of Gu s t a vu s Adolphus of 1 626 we fin d C o lon el U rquh art a

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v a li an t s o ldier exp ert comman der and learned s ch o lar S ir
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Th o as Urquhart o f Cromarty attempted the dest ructi o n of I nve r

ne ss Castle in 1649 H e is given a place as an author and poet of
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s ome rep ut e i n the s eventeenth century H e forfeited hi s estat e

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dur i ng Cromwell s rule o n account of fi nan ci al diffi culties I n 1678

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th e Lair d of Cromarty a n d Al exa nder Urquh a rt of Newh a ll we re

Commissi o ners i n Parliament .