THE SCOTTISH TARTANS

WITH HISTO R ICAL SKETCHES OF THE CLANS AND FAMILIE S OF SCOTLAND THE BADGES AND AR MS OF THE CHIEFS OF THE CLANS AND FAMILIES

ILLUSTRATED BY WILLIAM SEMPLE

K H TO D W a A . O N N LT . . J S . ’ ED NA WOR S EAS ER R OAD ED N UR SCO LAND I K , T , I B GH , T ND 0 M SE M S E LO ON W. . 3 U U TRE T, , C 1

I NT R OD U CT I ON

0 the tru e Celt th e tart an is the symb ol of an G overnment and social o rganisation was a trib a l ancie nt and in which and revered state of so ciety , heredita ry pyra mid , for each of the old Earl s

n b e n w and b - the head of a cla i s to k o n loved as a was elieved to be cou sin to the Ard R igh . Ea c h n a n b ki d nd co siderate father y eve ry d epend ant . chief and Chieftain held hi s countrie allodi ally I t revives the d evoted loyalty of clans men to thei r unde r God It was termed a duthus ; and chief it recalls the memories of thei r d evotion to the usual clai m was that hi s progenitor was the an exiled R oyal ra ce (no w under the L a ws of fi rst to have raised s m oke and b oiled water o n n n n n R n b n Ta is try represe ted by the reig i g oyal that l a d . S u seque tly the Feudal S ystem Family) ; it opens the flood - gates of S cotti sh (s c ientifically defined as the o rganisation of the a nd a n p atriotis m , m kes the wearer proud to thi k Fa mily was adopted to give permanence to the he ye t m ay breathe the free air in the land of the S cottish Tribe S ystem and thencefo rth the ” m n n and fl . C n S an n n ou tai the ood la yste m devel oped , d to each asce di g There is reason to believe that the Highland rank of Chieftains and chiefs the others gave un n dres s i s of extre me a tiquity ; sculptured resem questioning allegiance . Eve ry m e mber of the b n be n o n n n n n n n la ces of it are to fou d a cie t sto es sa me cla , o r subdi vi sio of a cla respectively , in n n n in n r . in and and various pa rts of the cou t y The dress had co m mo sur am e , u ite d hom age its old est form was kilt and plaid in o ne . The uns we rving service in p eace o r war were freely f n n n avourite custo m of m arki g the cloth with stripes give to the chief, who was the protecti g head of and and n in n and in n an sp ots , thus p roduci g what , the la guage all , his tur owed ho mage either to earl ” Bre acan a b — of the ael , was called m have een o r d re ct o e n e Fat er of a t e G , y i ly t th Ki g th h ll h n n p ractised i very early ti mes . Accord i g to Fathers and sup re m e chief. A clan was thus a n S n and n n n n moder authorities the cottish Highla d s fa mily , for it has bee rece tly laid d ow i n n b n an n sla ds were divided i to great tri al d istricts , each heraldic l aw that cla d fa mily mea exactly ' I ' ” u e b n n o a z r l d y a rea C ef, e o m ate M r r e s a me t n . e or a n sat on o ne o _ t hi d i d th hi g Th g i i is f _ G ” E Ri h i n and n n no t n and n (later arl) , or g (K g) , , excepti g the cousi ship , frater ity the cl a , L and P n th n n n n ords of the sles ri ce s of alloway , the se e e am e t n o t a e a d I G lik f ili s wi hi it, is c i u lly xp i g o vincial n n n n b n Ki gs ow e d allegia ce to thei r High i to ra ches , each further recruited by those ,

- - gin A rd Ri h Alba n b in e .o r n n t he g, the g , who eca me , du e call d septs depe da ts , who , though of n f f course , the Ki g o S cots . The whole system o humblest rank , claim equal ance stry with the

20671 44 f n i f r n n R a chie . Thus welded together, thi s warlike race ador ed h msel with ta ta ribbo s of oy l n n II attai ed a pitch of passio ate patriotis m which has S te wart pattern. n n E n n n in n and ever b ee s u rpassed . ver ready a d u ited to The earlies t list of cla s the Hiel a ds n n in s es s ven in an Act of Par ame nt of t e ea r repel the i vader , the cla s preserv ed thei r I l i gi li h y d ivid ualit in n 15 87 U n i and y ti mes of se cu rity . Weari g the . til the d ra mat c disastrous outburst n in n n 1745 an n in C n Highl a d d ress co m mo , they were disti guished of hardly y cha ge was mad e the la t e mar n s o n t e clot ro m w t as S yste m t after t at fru t ess e nd eavo r t o by h ki g h h f hich—i w , bu h i l u woven ; they had thei r d istinctive b adges so me restore Bo nni e Pri nce Charli e to the throne of his n n fl — n n n ative pla t o r ower i their headgear ; while fathers , the old ties of cla ki ship were c ruelly thei r respecti ve war - cri es were chosen fro m the attenuated by the rigidly rep ressive A cts of 1746 n n b 174 ct n n a me of s om e ota le fea tu re of nature in the a nd 8 . By the former A the cla s me we re n F in b n n . l a dscape which they dwelt . They were p roud , for id de to wear the tarta or car ry a rm s or a nd a nd n n n n n ff n fierce fearless , stepped exul ti gly to the the first tra sgressi o of this e a ctme t , the o e d er

n nn n n b n . field of d eath , followi g the heraldic b a er of their was i mpris o ed ; for the seco d he was a ished C n I n 1748 n t chief or hieftai , which also fluttered fro m the a d etermi ed a tempt was m ad e to destroy n a bagpipes . the feud al power of the Highl a d chiefs by n W n n hateve r be the d ate of the i ntroduction of the A ct to abolish heritable !urisd ictio . Fo rtu ately n y n n n n no t and Highla d d ress , earl e ough me tio is m ade of the p ri ciple was co mpl etely a bolished i t unde r the foreign but forceful na me of the Chi efs and Barons capitani t rib uu m still

n n n t n . n n r and in Tarta e to e title it to ve era io J a mes III retai at least ho ora y po wers , their status S n o wne l n . of cotl a d had his g of cloth of gol d the he raldic l aw of S cot a d survives However , n ane n and a n n 178 2 b r n n n li ed with el e e halve of Bl u e u til , except y stealth , the ta ta was u see ” ’ n I n n in n a nd in n n Tarta e . the s a me e try the Treasure r s upo the hills the gle s , where i t had bee b 1471 ’ n n n D a n n . I ook fo r we are tol d that halve e el e a people s p rid e the year me ti o ed , the uke of d oble tartane was used to ly ne ridin c oll ars of M o ntrose fought nobly for the re p eal of the

n in n D n A ct and . to her l ady the Quee while , a c cord a ce hated isarmi g , was s ucces sful The

n Ard - R n n n M n with the traditi o al custo m of the i gh , as tarta could agai be wor l a y of the chiefs t and well a s out of love fo r its p ic uresq ue charm , were restored to the peerage , the chie fly titles J a mes V wore the tarta n when in 15 3 8 he went co nti nued to b e recorded in the L yon R egister of

a - n n in n Ar n C and hu ti g the Highla d s . L ater there are ms , where the ge ealogies of hiefs allusio ns to the tartane in seve ral A cts of Chieftains are re cord ed by A cts of Parli am ent . n 662 n n n n Parli a ment . I 1 a special tri b ute was paid to D uri g the mela choly p eriod whe the tarta R At nn n i t by oyal ty . his m arriage in that year Charles was ba ed by overnme t, the oppressed High , G 6 ~ n n n n s n landers dourly and sile tly e dured thei r wro gs . age t m ade fortu es by dep opulati ng the

They brooded up on the loss of thei r ancient heri Highl and s .

b ut . b t i tage , were p owerless to reclai m their p rivileges The right aspec of th s sorry cha p ter was , T h n b n n n n n e wi gs of their martial ardou r had ee however , that m a y Highla d ers s ettl ed , ofte i ’ Cli llo de n and in n n completely clipped at , , the word s group s (so meti mes e migrati g , like le garry s ‘ ” G th n . me n n C b n o f e ballad , the cla s were all away , away , u de r their hief hi m self, with a n er

n r n n . fl n in n E This , i a ve y literal s e se , was soo to be Their yi g) , ma y parts of the mpire , where the

b n n n - p ride hu m led , thei r hopes blasted , stra gers Highla d heart beats s o stro g to d ay . The flood n n n r i n n n flo w al most i the la d of their birth , the ki dly ule o f e m gratio agai bega to freely wes tward a nd in n n n n n n of the chiefs replace d by the haughty the ope i g years of the i etee th ce tury . ” n b n n n n ff C n i tolera le d omi atio of Ha overia o icers , the But though exiled , the hild re of the M ist me n of the bens and glens at las t tore the msel ves had still a consu ming love for the h omela nd they d ad b n n n an h . a d n fro m their a cestral soil , sailed with their left ehi d the m They d elighted i s pired and n n n wive s fa milie s ac ross the wide Atla tic . their child re with s tori es of the cla s 1n the d ays Between 1763 a nd 1775 no t le ss than of their greatnes s ; they set the young hearts n n in A C n n n n n Highla d ers fou d a refuge merica ; a ad a year i g fo r the heather hills , the ru shi g to rre ts , n nd n w l and n n n n re ceived m a y of them ; a a e Ce tic ra ce the wi d i the pi es . B ut ab ove eve rythi g n n n o n b and n in n spra g u p to ourish thei r childre the tradi eautiful gra d ature , the gla mou r of the tions which the pilgri ms had brought with them tarta n had taken an i m m ovable grip upon the im a inatio n overseas . g of the Celt . The love for the old dres s n n in and n a The scatteri g of the cla s , though partly the was his blood , this lo ve grew s tro ge r nd

D i n A ct . W n outco me of the is arm g , was al so due to d eeper with years of exile ith the tarta , n n n nn n the altered e co o mic co ditio s fostered by the moreover , go the gra ciou s m a er , stately demea anover an ove rnm ent c ress re o n o ur and c o urt rac es ave ever d st n H i G , whi h put p u , ly g , which h i i n n S n uishe d n and the chiefs , rui ed by d evotio to the tewart Ki gs , g the Highla de r , m ark a s ocial ” a nd n n : Y n n n o n m had c o fis cated m a y of thei r estates ou g o rga isatio based the fa ily , where the

i S in n - a ch efs were lured to the outh , educated cere mo y of the heather thatche d c ott ge was ’ E n s eas . and n e r ress re of r e o orme o n a as ea rnt in t e efta n s ast e gli h id u d p u u g—s t f d wh t w l h chi i c l , e ro res ve we re often n ce o r and t at in tu rn o n a a o m e d o w n t ro b —p g si , i du d h , , wh t h d c h ugh forced to tu rn ove r thei r land s to sheep - run ages in the C ourt of the Ard - Righ at S cone and n n s pe culators ; whils t shippi g co tractors staged H olyrood house . n n i n W n n n n a co curre t e migrat o ra mp , out of which , he the pio eers had go e to their lo g rest, n n n i e n and n n to the co ster atio of the older ch efs , thes their s o s daughters s till cas t a lo gi g look toward the old clan country from which they drew co nfusion had followed the te rrible ti me of the n n n n R n the n n n in their origi . I stead of bei g the forb i dd e garb ebellio ; i ge ious method s of i weav g h n wo n n n n in n a n n e of the outl aw, the Hig la d dres s re ewed the p atter s had bee some i st ces e ti r ly in ne w and ni n M n i n and favou r the home , at eve ry reu o of l os t . i or fam lies ha d los t their ide tity , n n r ar n n e the scattered race it wa s the spe cial toke of lo g the riddle of the cor ect t ta for cla , for s p t ,

and n d n n and nd n n an n o . ho ourable esce t fro m heroic a cestors . for dep e a t was o t easy o e to s lve Clan S ocieties grew up and multipli ed in the Ne w But fortunately the tangle d skein of Celtic geneal ogy W and n C n n W n b n n n i . S . orld olo i al Britai herever cots was u ravelled y d egree s By p atie t , pai staki g e n the n n n and n i m dwelt, sympathetic feeli g of ki ship i dustry Celtic scholars a tiquar e s at las t and n no t n revived , the tarta became sym b olic of the p roduced a tolerably accurate accou t of e ve ry ’ n n W n Highl a d s alo e but of S cotland as a hole . cla s man s lineage . Thi s had ind eed b een re cognised about the time Fro m the chaos of the past the tartan has been n n P n n 707 nd n o no u and of the U io of arlia me ts i 1 a i the restored to its rightful plac e of h r, _ th e

‘ early eighteenth century the tartan was worn in i nterest which it evokes is both national and world C t E n n M n S me n and n who the i y of di burgh , the firs t regi me t to wear wide . a y are the cottish wome

t n n R n n - n the tar a bei g the oyal Compa y of Archers . still wear it for love of the lo g go e days . I t is a Ardent S cots men began to inquire if they also were gladd ening gli mpse of the clan- glory that never o t n n an i r and n n historically e titled to wear the ta rta of a p arts fro m h storic ace , which , s o lo g a s n n n n v n cla fro m whi ch , percha ce , they were desce d ed . its childre prese r e the p roud traditio s of thei r n n in n n n r n n Historically , m a y were d isapp oi ted , at least cla , is a co sta t s ou ce of i spiratio , to decore n n n n n h fi di g that they belo ged to o e of the great the house fro m w ich they co me , to live as a C n N n n n and la s o r ames , eve of the Borders , by who m credit to the a cie t heroes , to be ever ready n rn t n n spe cial tarta s were wo . Clans men they were to assist the kins men of hei r cla . Clad i kilt no t no t b and in b nn and t S t ; but what they could wear as a irthright plaid , o et fea her , the co tish they wore out of admiration for the dress whi ch soldier acquitted hi mself with m agnificent d aring

typified the heroic qualities of the S cottish l and . o n many a stubborn field of battle. Well might ” D t n and n i C n L n The istric t Tar a s such old setts as the galla t S r oli Campbell c ry at uck ow , ” the a co b te a rtan c onn ot n a ove fo r t e in o n t n b J i T , i g l h Br g the Tar a l I t is the i mpe ri sha l e patriarchal blood - b ond symbolised by the R oyal badge of b rave ry ; it is the dress that has wo n a n n n House , serve d the purpos e of these . Amo g the deathless re ow . clansmen the mselves there was confusi on as to The early nineteenth century saw the co m ’ the accurate choice of the tartan which woul d me nce me nt of Clanship s revival fro m the bl ow l n n n 74 n sh ow the c a to which they li eally belo ged ; of 1 6 ; and , under the example of the Quee 8 E V C n e ncour and n and mpress ictoria , the hiefs were agai whole race sur a me of each) , thus give “ ” n n and n n- i nifi cance S aged to resu me their trib al fu ctio s , to m ake a striki g cl a s g to these cotti sh

n n n n . I n n n n n their hoary towers o ce m ore , to cla s me at ho me h o ours the gover a ce of Britai , the Ki g ” and n rd - Ri h from overseas , the hearth of the race , to s till rep rese ts the A g he ad of the ” in an n n n - and L L n d i . C which , tho ught fact , the s ca ttered childre ki d red , viz the High hief, his ord yo n n n n n of the ra ce can ever tur . U nder the s welli g folds Ki g of A rms of S cotla d rep rese ts the High fl nn n n in and S nn n n n n of the chi e y ba e r cla s me kil t trews , e a chie s o that th e asce di g b o d of ki ship , and n in and b an the d aughters of the cla plaid arisaid , sym olised by The is still actu al

n- rn n n still gathe r around their Chief and Ba tighe a as a d legalised feature of the Real m of S cotla d , n n n o the pare ts of the ra ce . The his toric titles of the li ki g th se of S cottis h blood , the worl d over, n S cots p eerage perp etu ate the tri bal provinces of both with o ne a nother a d with the arts , the n the Celtic kings (being honours shared by the p oetry and the ro m ance of Celtic S cotla d . ALPHABETI CAL LI S T OF FAM I LY NAME S

S howing the Tartans they are entitled to wear

Na me . C onnecte d with Cla n. Connecte d with Clan.

Macnab .

Do . Mackay .

Leslie . M acB ean .

Gordon. M acD onald , Maclean of Duart . o n ld Mackintosh . M acD a , Maclean of D ua rt,

Gordon . M a cL e o d of Harris .

Ogilvie . Macmill an. acAli ste r a n M , M cD onell of Gle Barclay .

garry . M a cD onald , M acL e od of Harris . n Al l an M acD onal d of Clanranald , Nl ac Lamo t, M a cGre go r, Maclean o i Farlane . Duart .

Do . Grah am of Menteith . n Graham of Menteith . Buch ana .

M acAlpine . M acD onal d .

Ross . Stewart (Royal) .

D O Farquharson.

M acmnes. Morrison.

Armstrong . Brodie . acA hu n n M rt r (Campbell of Lamo t, Macmilla .

Strachur) . Bruce .

n m in . Macki tosh (Shaw) . Cu m g

Mackay . Buchanan .

Baird . Lamont . l Campbell of A rgyll , Stuart of Campb e of Argyll . é) 0 Bute . . l Forbes . Campbel of Cawdor.

Barclay . Sinclair .

B aird . Campbell of Cawdor.

M acFarlane . M acL e od of Raasay . 10 N a me. Conne cte d wi th Cla n. Connecte d with Cla n.

Campbell of A rgyll . Mackintosh .

C meron. Stewart of Garth .

Campbell of Argyll . Do . h S kenc . Colqu oun.

Stewart of Appin, Stewart of Cumming.

Galloway . Do .

Carnegie. Do .

Macphers on. Cunningham .

M acFarlane . M acD onald of Clanranald, Mac

Ca meron. pherson. n Chisholm . Macki tosh .

S ut herland . Dalz ell . M acD o nal d Chi sholm . .

Cameron, Mackintosh, Mac Davidson.

pherson. Do .

Do . Do .

Do . Do .

Sinclair . Do . ' Cockburn. Campbell of Argyll .

Robertson. Lindsay . n n n Bucha an. Me zies, Mac ab .

Colquh oun . Munro, Ross .

M acD onald . S kene .

Robertson. Mackintosh . Stewart of Appin. Robertson;

Mackintosh . M acD ona ld .

M acGre go r or M acGri gor. Do .

Cumming . M acD onald (of Antrim) .

M acD o ugall . Buchanan.

M acD onald . Do .

Campbell of I nverawe M acD onald (of Antrim) .

M acD o nald . M acD ougall .

Farquharson. Douglas .

Colquhoun, M acD o ugal l . Buchanan. n n Cranston. Bucha a , Davidson.

Crawford . M acD ougall .

Do . Buchanan. 11 Connected with Clan.

Do .

Stuart of Bute .

M acD onal d , M acFarlane .

Gunn .

Stewart (Royal) .

M acL ac ‘ hl an, Ogilvie .

Ma cnab .

Ross .

Macpherson.

Do .

Morrison.

Grant of Glenmoriston,

Gil livray .

Mackintosh .

Do .

Gordon.

M acD onal d .

Macpherson.

M acD onal d .

Do .

w Ste art of Atholl , Sutherland .

M acGregor. 12 Clan. Connected with Cla n.

Johnston.

Do . Davidson

Gunn , M acD onald (M acI an) , of urc an and o f A rdnam h Glencoe .

Macpherson, Sutherland .

M acD o nald .

M acNaught o n.

Cameron, Kennedy.

Mackenzie .

S ke ne . Do .

Farquharson, Mackintosh . Kerr .

Buchanan. Colquhoun.

Do . M acGre go r.

Campb ell . M acD o nal d .

M acF arlane .

M acD onald . Colquhoun .

Hay . M acL achl an. M acD onal n n Gunn, d of Gle coe Lamo t .

(Mae l an) . Do .

M acN aught on. Do .

M acD onald . Do .

Home . Do .

M acD onal d . Lauder .

Do . Maclean.

Do . M acGre go r. n n Gordo . Macpherso .

M acD onald . Lamont .

Do . Buchanan .

Do . M acF arlan e , Stewart (Royal) .

Robertson. Leslie .

Innes . Macleod of Lewis .

M acD onald . L amont .

Gunn, Stuart of Bute. Lindsay .

Do . do . Stewart of Appin.

Gunn, M acD onald (M acI an) of Do . r en Ardnamu chanand of Gl coe . Maclennan. 13 Connected with Cla n. Conne cted wi th Clan.

Ma! lennan. M acB eath , M acB eth M acB ea n, M acD onal d, Maclean

C amr b e ll of Loudoun. of Duart .

Mackinnon. M acB e olain M acKe nz ie .

L amont . M acBh eath M acB ean, M acD onald (Clan

Do . Donald North and South) ,

M ac D onald . Maclean of Dua rt .

Co lquho un. M acNaught on.

NI acGre go r. M acD onald .

Fergus on. Morrison.

M ac F arl ane . M acD o nald of Cl anranal d .

M acA list e r. M acFarlane . an n u n M acL e od Buch a . Farq harso , of

Lamo nt . Ha rris .

M acAliS t er. Macinnes .

D o . Ma cD onald .

M acD onald of Clanranald , Mac Do .

Farlane . Maccallum.

M acA li S t e r. Buchanan.

Do . Do .

M acAl pine . Stuart of Bute .

Buchanan, Macnab . Bucha nan.

Mackintosh . Do .

M acinnes . Macinnes .

M acG re o r a r u n k n . g , M c ae . Farq harso , Mac i tosh a re r l t M cG go . Campbe l of S rachur (Mac

M a cA rt hur. Arthur) .

M acL e o d of Lewis . D o .

Buchanan. M acD onald .

M acA ul ay , Macleod of Lewis . M acL e od of Lewis .

Buchanan . M acD o nald .

Do . M acFarlane .

Do . M acFarlan e , Stuart of Bute .

Do . Mackay .

Mackinto sh (Shaw) . M acD onal d .

M acB e an . Cameron, Mackintosh, Mac

Macmill an. pherson. cB e an ac M a . M Chl ery Do . 14 Connected with Clan. C onne cte d with Clan.

M acGre go r. Al acrae .

Buchanan . Do .

Stua rt of Bute . Do . M acL e o d M acL e o d of Harris . l of Harris .

Lamont . M acGre go r.

M acD onald . M acD o nald of Ki ntyre . h Do . Farqu arson, M acL e od

Buchanan. Harris .

nn M acD o nald . Gu . M acCui sh

Macintosh . M acCuit hein D o . u Stewart of Appin. Macc ull o ch M acD o gall , Munro , Ro ss .

Mackintosh . M acC Macqueen.

Do . M acCu rrach Macpherso n.

M acD o ugall . M acC ut ch en M acD o nald .

Robertson. Maccutcheon Do .

Mackintosh . Macdade, M acdaid Davidson.

M acFarlane . M acD ame ll M acD o nald .

M acKe nz ie . M acD avid Davidso n. '

Campbell of I nve rawe, Robert M acD e rrmd Campbell of Argyll .

so n. M acD iarmi d D o . do .

Macc onnell M acD onal d . M acD onachi e Robert son. o nal M acCono chi e Campbell of I nve rawe , Robert M acD onald M acD d .

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

M acD o nal d . M acd onl ea vy Buchanan.

M acD onald of Kinty re . M acD o ugall M acD o ugall . unn l G . M acD owall , MacD owe l Do . na M acL e o d of Lewis . M acd rain M acD o ld . ' ' cD Gunn. M acD ufi M a ufi .

Bucha nan. M acD uffi e M acfi e . c u Maclaine of Lochbuie. M acD ul othe M a D o gall .

M acL e o d of Lewis . M acE achan M acD onald of Clanranal d .

Macqua rrie . acE ache rn M acD onal d . kl M a cD o nald lanranald Do . acE achin of C .

M acD ougall . M acE achran M acD o nald . u r c Colq houn. M acE a a har Farquharson.

Macrae . M acE lfrish M acD onald .

MacD onald . M acElheran D o. 15 Conne cted with Clan. Connected wi th Clan.

cF cG vra M a arlane . M a illi y.

f . M acN aught on. Mackintosh, S tewart o Atholl

M acFa rl ane . M acl vo r (Campbell of Argyll),

M a cEwan. M acD one ll of Keppoch .

M acD onald , Ma cqua rri e .

Maclaine of Lochbui e . Do . do . D o nal n Do . do . M ac d, Macpherso .

Mackinto sh . Do . do .

M acF arlane . M acGre gor. nan M c M a cF arl ane . Bucha , a Farlane . r Farquharson. M acG e gor.

M acL are n. Do .

Do . Graham of Mentei th .

Ferguson. M acL aren .

M acfi e . Ma cGregor.

M acF arl ane Do .

D . M ac onal d of Clanranal d . Fraser ac r or Do . do . M G eg .

M acFarlane . Macquarrie.

Mackay . M acfi e .

B uchanan of S all o chy , Campbell Macquarrie.

r M acfie . of A gyll, Graham of M e n i r n t e th . Farquha so , Mackintosh L Buchanan of S all o chy . M ac e od of Harris . acL c i n M a hl an, Ogi lvie . Mack tosh (Shaw) .

Lamont . M acNaught on.

Do . Do . a ne acD on d M cD o ll of Keppoch . M al (M acI an) of Glen

M a cGil livray. coe .

Do . M acD ougall .

Cameron. M a cD onal d.

M acD onell of Keppoch . Do . an Gr t of Gl e nmo riston, Mac Do . M ac Gillivra . nn D onal d y Gu , of Ardh a M acGil ve rno ck f n murchan Graham o Me teith . , M acD onal d of Glen

Ivl acGil vra M il li vra . y, Maclaine of Loch coe cme M acil dowi e r n; . Came o 16 . to Connected ith Clan. Connected with Clan.

r MacGre go , Maclean of Duart . M acD onal d of Clanranald .

M acD onald . Mackay .

Do . Mackintosh .

Do. Macpherson. 0 M a cD onal d 0 D 0 .

Ma cGilli vray, Grant of Glen Do .

mo rtston. Do .

M acB ean. Campbell of Argyll .

Maclaine of Lochbuie. M acD onal d .

M acGillivray. M acNaughton.

M acD onal d . Do .

Lamont . M acKenz ie .

M acD onald . M acD onal d of Clanranal d .

Lamont . Farquharson.

Fraser. M acKenz ie .

Buch anan. Farquh arson.

Menz ies . Ferguson. Buchanan. Do .

Macinnes . Campd of Craigni sh, Mac

Robertson. Donald oi Clanranal d . r M acFa l ane . M acKi chan M acD onal d of Clanranal d, Mac

Mackintosh . Dougall .

Macintyre . Ma ckay .

M acFarlane . Ma cD onald . i i h c Campbell of Cra gn s , Ma Mackintosh .

n o f Clanranald . Do ald Ma cD onell of Keppoch . c Ma I ver or M acI vor Campbell of Argyll , Robertson of Fraser. Struan, M acKenz ie . Do . cFarlane M a . Farquharson. Cameron. Mackinlay . unn G . Buchanan .

Mackay . M acD onald . M ac al lanr D on d of C anald . Mackinnon.

Gunn. Do .

Gunn, MacD onald of Ardh a Do . r cD nal k n mu chah , Ma o d of Glen Mac i tosh . c oe . Mackinnon. 17 Conne cted with Clan. Conne cted with Clan.

n M acD ou l . M acKirdy Stuart of Bute . Lamo t, ga l

ni M acD o u all . M acKisso ck Campbell of Craig sh, Mac g

M acD o u all nr . Donald o f Clanranal d . g , Mu o, Ross n M acNaught on. Lamo t .

M acL achl an . Cameron. an Stewart of Appin. Buch an, Ma cinnes.

Robertson. Matheson.

M acL achl an. Buchanan .

n s . Maclaine of Lochbui e. Me zie a in r M a cD o nald . Stew rt of App , Stewa t of

Lamont . Galloway .

M acD o nal d . Macmil lan. n s Do . Me zie .

M acL aren . D O.

M acD onal d . Mackinnon.

M acL achl an. Stewart . Kenz ie Do . Buchanan, M ac .

M acL are n . Do . do .

M acD onal d . M acD onal d, Macpherson.

Campb ell . Do . do .

Stewart of Appin. Murray cD onal d r d Do . M a of Clan anal , Mac n Maclean. pherso . m t Campbell . S ar of Bute. n Macpherson. Mac ab .

M acG re go r. M acNaughton.

Maclenn an. Do .

M acL e o d of Harri s . Do . r u hton M acL e o d of Lewis . M acF a l ane , M acNa g .

acD o u all . Maclean . M g acNau ht on Cameron, Mackintosh, Mac M g .

pherso n. Do .

M acL e ve rty M acD o nald . Do .

cL . M acL e wi s M eo d of Lewis , Stuart of Do % M acN eil ar M cNeill ute . of B ra, of i Macpherson. G gha . r M acGre go r. M acNe e M acGrego . 18

onne cted wi th Cl an. Connected with Cl an. C s n Macqueen. Mathe o .

a . Frase r . M xwell o Ross . M acD nald. as Inna . M enz i .

Campbell of Argy ll . Lamont .

M acT avish . M e nzies.

Ross , Macintyre . Do .

l . Campbell of Argyl , Mackintosh . Do a Ross . Graham, Stewart (Roy l) .

Cameron. Menzies .

Campbell of Argyll . Do .

Cameron, Mackay, Mackintosh, Forbes .

Macpherson. I nn es .

M acKenz ie . M acF arlane .

M acD onal d of Clanranald . M enz ies .

Macle an of Duart . I nnes .

M acB ean. M acFarlane .

M acN aught on. Munro .

w . M acKenz ie . Graham, Ste art (Royal)

M acD onal d of Cl anranal d . M ont gomerie . s Ma cD onal d of Clanranal d, Mac M enzie .

pherson. Murray .

Cameron. Lesli e .

M acFarl ane . Mackay .

Buchanan of Leny . Morrison.

M acD onal d. Sutherland .

Macqua rrie . Stewart of Bute.

Buchanan. Munro . h n n M acD onald Gunn, M acFarlane . Buc a a , , Mac

M a crae . Kenzie .

Malcolm . Do . do .

acD onal d n. M acL e od of R aasay . M , Macpherso

M acGregor. Do . do . r l u Gunn . Mu ray of Atho l, M rray of

T ul lib ardine . Cameron, M acD onald .

M acF arlane . Buchanan.

Matheson. M acNeil . 20 Connected wi th Clan. Connected wi th Clan.

cN n l Ma eil . Farquharso , M acD ona d .

Ma ckay . Buchanan.

M acGregor. Mackintosh.

Gunn . M acFarlane .

M acL e o d of Lewis . Robertson. Do . Gunn.

Do . Rollo . cD on Do . M a ell of Keppoch .

M acGre go r. I ) 0 .

Cumming, Mackintosh, Mac MacD onald .

Naughton. Rose.

Ma ckintosh . Ross .

M acL e od of Harris . Robert son. M acD o c nald. M a Calman (B uchanan) .

Ogil vi e . Cumming.

Sutherland . Ruthven. M acD o acD nal d . M onell of Glengarry . Do. Gunn.

Do . S cott .

Do . Seton.

M acFarlane . M acD onald.

M acL aren. Mackintosh .

n . Lamo t Fraser . n Camero , Ma ckintosh, Mackay .

M acGre go r.

M acD onell of Keppoch .

M acD onald .

Mackay . Murra

M acD onald . Cameron, M acD onald , L amont .

Macrae. Murray . ' Ramsay . M acD ufi .

Maclean of Coll . Buchanan.

Murray . M acD onal d .

Rob e rtson of S trathl o ch. M acFarlane .

nn . n I es Robertso . u a n cD onald Farq h rso , M a . Stewart , Royal . M acD o nald . Stewart of Appin. 21 it Connected with Clan. Connected w h Clan.

Stewart of Atholl . Lamont .

Stewart of Gall oway . Fraser .

Stewart, Royal . M acint yre .

Stuart of Bute . Campb ell of Argyll .

Sutherland . Urquhart .

Macqueen. Munro, Ross .

' .Gurm. Wallace .

Fraser. Cunningham .

Do . Munro , Ross .

Ross . Buchanan.

Mackintosh . Do .

Campbell of Argyll . M acF arlane .

Cameron. M acNaught on, M acFarlane . ” Campbell of Argyll . M acD ufi .

Campbell of Argyll , M acFarl ane . M acD o nald .

Campbell of Argyll . Macquarrie .

M acL e o d of R aase y. M acGre gor, Lamont.

Robertson. Gunn, Mackay .

Macki ntosh . Gunn .

Do . Macintyre .

Lamont . Buchanan.

M acD onald . Do .

' t — n N o e . A great many of the Clan S epts have i n modern times adopted Special Tartans , but it has bee found

impossible to deal with these i n the present work . PLANT BADGE S OF THE CLANS

(According to various Authorities)

Periwinkle (P Lesser Periwinkle) . Macarthur . Wil d Thyme .

Birch, Blaeberry (Bilberry) , Oak . Maca ulay Cranberry , S cots Pine (A rdincaple) .

Cranberry, Crowberry, Oak Macbean Red Whortleberry .

Fir Club Moss , Wild Myrtle . Macdonald S cottish Heather . n n t Fer . Macdo ell (Keppoch) White Hea her . a Bearberry, Dogberry, Hazel , Willow. Macdougall Bell He th (probably Cross

Cumin. leaved Hea th) , Cypress .

Red Whort leberry (Cowberry) . B oxwoo d , Holly , Red Whortleberry .

Holly, Wild Thyme . Cloudberry , Cranberry .

Boxwood , Cranberry , Red Whortle Crowberry , Oak (Cameron badges) , n er y, Rock Rose, S cots Pine (S cots S cots Pi e .

gI t r Red Whortleberry .

Ferguson Aspen or Poplar (A berdee nshire) Scots Pine.

Rock Rose (Perthshire) S cots Holly .

Pine (S tra chur) . S cottish Heather, White Heather .

Broom . Broom, Bul rush , Reed Grass . ’ Yew . Deer s Grass (Heath Club Rush) ,

- I vy , Rock Ivy . Holly, Variegated Holly . ’ ’ Spurge Laurel . Mackinnon St . Columba s Flower (St . John s

t n . Cranberry, S cots Pine. Wor ) , Scots Pi e

Juniper, Rose Root . Mackintosh Holl y , Red Whortleberry .

Mistletoe . Maclachl an Ash , Broom, Lesser Periwinkle,

Holly . Rowan.

Red Hawthorn. Maclaine (Lochbuie) Blaeberry (Bilberry) , Bramble.

Oak . Maclaren Spurge Laurel .

- D rt ro a s ro s Crab Apple Tree, D ryas , Trefoil . Maclean Crowberry ( ua , B l , Penny c s , ni Lime Tree , Rue . D rim m) ; Holly (A rdgour, C011, h a rroch S cottish Heather (Ling) . D oc g ) . n S cots Pine . Maclennan Furze (Whi ) . 23 n Macleo d Juniper (M a cleod of M acleod) ; Red Menzies Ash , Common Club Moss (Staghor

t n. Whortleberry (L ewis) . Moss) , Menzies Hea h, Rowa

Macmillan . Holly . Common Club Moss . ’ n Macna b Blue B ramble, Crowberry, Holly , Broom, Butcher s Broom ; Ju ip er n a A tholl S cots Pi e, S cottish He ther, S tone ( ) . n Ox B ramble (R oebu ckb e rry) . Evergreen Alkanet, Hawthor ,

Macnaughton Trail ing Azalea (L o ise le urea) . tongue .

Macneil , M cNeill D ryas, Seaware (Algae) , Trefoil . Bul rush, Syca more .

- Macnicol Juniper, Trailing Azalea (Loise Bracken, Fern, F ine leaved Heath r a l eu e ) . (Bell Heather) .

n r e a . Red Whortleberry , White Heather . Wild Rosemary (Marsh A d om d )

S cots Pine . Bearberry , Juniper. r h Red Whortleb erry (Corry borough) Furze (Whirl ) , Whi te Cl ove (Dutc

S cottish Heather (S ky e) . Clover .

M acrae Common Club Moss (Staghorn Stewart Oak . ’ t n Moss) , Fir Club Mos s. Sutherland Broom, Butcher s Broom, Cot o

Malcolm Rowan berries . Sedge .

Matheson Broom, Holly . Urquhart Wallflower .

NOTE S

1. T he a b dge of Clan Alpin is S cots Pine (S cots Fir) , that of Cl an Chattan is Red Whortleberry (Cowberry) , and that of Clan Donald

is S cottish Heath e r (Ling) . Boxwood was apparently used o n

occasion as a substitute for Red Whortleberry .

2. I n n an r a i n S cotla d Cr be ry usu lly m a s Red Whortleb erry .

3 . Dogberry (Colquhoun) is stat ed by several authoritie s i a nt to be equ v le to Bearberry .

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n HI S derives its ame from Brodie, home h n in Gaelic B ro tha c , a thanage which has belo ged to the Brodies from the dawn of history . They are o ne of the original tribes of

Morayshi re . Their early charters were destroyed when Brodie

House was b urnt by Lord Lewis Gordon in 1645 . From Malcolm,

Thane of Brodie in the reign of Alexander I I I , the line of chi efs is f deduced ; and for Michael , so n of Malcolm, Thane o Brodie ,

Robert the B ruce created a barony in 13 11 . Alexander Brodi e of

Bro die was , as Lord Brodie, a celebrated j udge in the reign of

Charles I I and hi s descendant , Alexander Brodie of Brodie, was ’ - n so n Lord Lyon King of Arms , 1727 5 4 . The Lord Lyo s n dyi g nd d unmarried , he was s ucceeded as heir of tailzie a Laird of Bro ie by hi s cousin James , son of James Brodie of S p ynie , from whom

' descends the present Brodie of Brodie . Brodi e Castle , the seat o f the chiefs is a picturesque old S cottish fortalice . The Brodi es of , — Lethe n and the B rodie s of Eastbourne in Sussex of whom Sir

Benj amin Brodie a distinguished surgeon, received a baronetcy — , in 18 3 4 are the principal cadets o f the clan.

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HE origin of the Buc anans as been traced o ne T h h , Gil bert, a Steward of the Earl of Lennox, about the middle i n onf of the th rteenth ce tury . The Earl c erred upon Gilbert a p art of the l ands of Buchanan, from which he took hi s name . r n n hi s Mau ice of Bucha a , successor, received the same grant 6 nn from the th Earl of Le ox . Maurice married the daughter

of Menteit h of Rusky, and thus hi s son became connected with the Royal House . The latter ma rried the sole heiress of the

ancientyfamil y of Leny . It is said tha t at the battle of Baugé

- n in 1421 n eh A j ou, , S ir Alexa der, thei r eldest son, slew the

Duke of Clarence . The former was killed at the batt l e of

Verneuil in 1424, when hi s second brot her, Walter, succeeded to the Buchanan estates , and hi s third brother to the Leny

estates . Walter married Isabel , Countess of Lennox . Their

eldest son, Pat rick , married the heiress of Kil learn and

A uchre och, while Thomas, their youngest son, founded the

House of D rumikil , of which the famous hi storian, George ’ as Buchanan, w a descendant . Patrick s son, Walter, married

a daughter of Lord Graham , and by her had a younger son who ” became known as King of Kippen. Walter, a grandson of n in Patrick, and fou der of the l e of Spittal , was twice married .

By his second Wife he had William , founder of the now extinct

line of Auchmar. The principal line became ext inct in 168 2,

representation was claimed by Buchanan of A uchma r,

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

possessed by the Duke of Montrose . 28 C A M E

Camerons are of pure Celtic ancestry and Cameron i of Loch el is the chief house of th e Clan. Ewen, son n 1 younger of Ewe , 3 th Chi ef of Lochi el , was the founder of the house of E rracht . Donald, 2nd of E rracht , j oined Prince Charlie at Gl enfmnan, where, under Lochiel , he was second in command of the Camerons . His daughter married Cameron of S camada le, and had a son, Lieutenant

Alexander Cameron, who led the Camerons during the last three hours of Waterloo . His eldest son, Sir Alan Cameron of E rracht , went to America, and with the 8 4th , or Royal Emigrants , helped to defend Quebec against

Arnold . I n 1793 he raised the 79th or Cameron High n th n n — i l anders . S ir Ewen Camero of e mai li e Loch el was one of the greatest cavaliers during the Civil War . His n loyalty was perpetuated in Donald Camero of Lochiel , ’ n o ne of Prince Charlie s staun chest friends in 1745 . Ach a carry is the seat of the Camerons of Lochiel .

29 name Campbell first appears in 1216, in connection with proprietor of lands in Stirling but the first of importance was

’ Neil Campbell , who , in 1296, . was made King Edward s Baillie over

- lands in Argyll . His great grandson was created Lord Campbell by

James I I , and was the first of the family to take the title of Argyll .

His grandson, Colin, was made Earl of Argyll in 145 7, and Baron of Lorn in 1470. The Marquis of Argyll was the great leader of the Covenanters during the Civil Wars in the reigns of Charles I and

t in 1701. Charles I I . The 8 th Earl was crea ed Duke of Argyll n The Peerages and estate descended to John, seco d Duke of Argyll and Earl of Greenwich (died He was succeeded by his

and o n brother, who died without issue, so the title devolved up his n n cousin, General Joh Campbell of Mamore, I veraray Castle is n n M a cCa ile in the seat of the Campbell Chiefs , whose desig atio is

M hor.

3 0 - C A M P B E L L O F B R E A D A L B A N E

C A M P B E L L O F C A W D O R

3 1 Chi sholms are of Lowland origin, but vi rtuall y

- n m ri Gaelic by des ce t, an ancestor having ar ed Margaret, the h Celt ic heiress of E rchl e ss in the Ai rd . Their Lament is C um a ’ ” “ do dh - Uilleam S ise a l ( Lament for William and the e rn n c e ss l their Badge, F . Their ancient stro ghold was E r hl Cast e in S tr th l s i a g as , whi ch their descendants stil l o wn . A Robert Ch s l n in ho m, k ight, is mentioned in 13 69, and a Thomas of Chisholm 14 fi n 03 . Three of the clan were Bishops of Dunblane in the ftee th and si xteenth centuries . James Chisholm was Master of the House hold to James VI . Mention is made of Al exander Chisholm of

S t rath l as in 13 . I n g s in 15 78 , and of John Chisholm of Comer 16 1608 a a n Lord Balmerino , the S cott ish S ecretary of S t te, was t ke to task in England for having written to Pope Clement VI I I to ’ in the obta a Cardinal s Hat for Chisholm , a S cots man, brother to i ir La rd of Croune riggs in P e rthsh e . s ch The Chi ef of the Chisholms is called in Gaelic A n S io a la . The arms of the Chiefs were in 18 8 7 and 193 8 confirmed to the heir of line of the baroni al house of Comer and E rchl ess as Chi s ” holm o f Chi sholm . HE Col quhouns derive their name from the Barony of Colquhoun ’ in Dunbartonshire . I n Alexander I I s reign Humphrey Ki rk

patrick was granted a charter of these lands of C o l choun. His n n n un successor, gram, took the sur ame of Colquhou of Colquho , I ” and married the Fair Maid of Luss , so acquired that estate . o uho uns— There were three branches of the C lq o f that Ilk, of Ki l nd i patrick, a of Luss . Luss became the ch ef seat of the family . Sir Humphrey Colquhoun of Luss received other lands from

James IV . Sir Humphrey, 17th Laird of Luss , fought against Rob 715 Roy at Loch Lomond . H e died in 1 , when the estates and chi ef his a and n n P usc ship passed to d ughter her husba d, Gra t of l arde n. s Their son, James Grant, o n hi succession, took the name of Sir n n James Colquhou of Luss . He fell heir to the Gra t estates , and , resuming the name of Grant, was succeeded in the Chi efship of d hi s n son Colquhoun an estate of Luss by seco d Sir Ludovick Grant .

He in turn succeeded to the estates of Grant, Luss going to his brother James, who was made a Baronet in 178 6, and died the son same year . He was succeeded by his , Sir James , whose gre at n n 5 n gra dso , Sir James , th Baro et, was succeeded by his cousin,

Sir Alan John, in 1907.

3 3 earliest historic reference to this family charter

William de Lindsay conferred by King William, wherein mention

' o hannis filiu s R in ldi I n 1127 is made of J de Crawford e g a . there were two knights of this name serving under King David I , Sir J o hn and Sir Gregan the latter obtained a grant of l and from this king in

Galloway . The surname is derived from the Barony of Crawford , in Lanarkshire . Members of this family are mentioned in charters n of 1170, 1190, 1228 , 123 0, and 1248 . The Arms of Loudou were quartered by Sir Reginald de Crawford about 1200, o n ~ his marriage

n n . with Margaret de Loudoun , the heiress of that exte sive Baro y f Margaret, the daughter of Sir Hugh Crawford, Sheri f of Ayr, married o f Sir Malcolm Wallace of Elderslie, and became the mother Sir “ in William Wallace, the hero of S cotland . Sir Reg ald Crawford was prominent in the service of both Wallace and Robert the Bruce, and was executed at Carlisle in 13 07 for his loyalty to the latter . nd Crawfurd C rawfu rd of Au chiname s is chief of the Name, a of

C rawfurdl and o ne of the principal branches .

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C U N N I N G H 6 M . _

G U N N I N

nnin Cu ghams trace their descent from Wam e b ald , in i s nni n settled the d trict of Cu gham, Ayrshire, and obtained n t n the ma or of hat ame before 1162, and took his surname from the

n . an n n la d His gr dso fou ded the Cunninghams of Glengarnock , and n n his gra dso was the ancestor of Cunningham of Po lrnai se . S ir Robert Cunningham swore fealty to King Edward I of England i n 1296, and left two sons, from the youn ger of whom came the Cunninghams of D rumquhasse l , B all ind all o ch, B al b ougie , and

Banton. Alexander Cunningham was created Lord Kilmaurs about 145 0 and l c , Earl of G en aim, 148 8 , but was kil led in the same year c at the battle of S au hi e burn. 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 chapel at Holyrood and demoli shed the altar and other thi ngs there . After the death of John, 14th Earl , in 1796 w ithout issue, the title became dormant . The Fairlie Cunninghams are the descendants of the second son of the l st Earl . Cunningham of Co rse hill , Baronet from 1673 , and representative of the second son of the 3 rd Earl of Gle ncaim , is now regarded as the Chief.

3 6 n ’ HE Davidso s are Celtic . Their Clan Pipe Music is T ull o ch s ” Salute . All that is known of their fi rst Chief is that hi s name

. in in n was David Their home, like that of the Cum s , was Bade och . I n 1296 n , alo g with the Mackintoshes and Macphersons, they met n the Camero s in battle at I nve rnahaven. The Macphersons and

Mat ais (Davidsons) disputed priority . Mackintosh favoured the

Davidsons , and the Macphersons left the fi eld . The Camerons were

victorious . The Macphersons fell upon the Camerons , and defeated

in rn. n and n n 3them tu The Macpherso s the Davidso s ow fell out .

Reconciliation being useless , it was arranged that thirt y men should fi be selected from each side to ght for the mastery . Robert I I I was umpire . The battle was fought on the North Inch of Perth in 13 96.

Onl y one Davidson was left alive . Since then they have figured but

- slightly in history . Tulloch, in Ross shire, is th e residence of the i th e l in Chief. He is the hered tary Keeper of Roya Castle of D gwall .

3 7 HERE legends of the origin of this powerful fi but the rst recorded is William de Douglas , who witnessed a charter between 1 174 and 1 199 . Douglasdale in Lanarkshire is

‘ the d a thas of the race, whose chiefs lie buried in Douglas Kirk . ” n His grandso , Sir William l e Hardi , had issue , the Good

Sir James and Archibald the Tineman t he .l ose r) , who was n 1 killed at Halido Hill , 3 3 3 , leaving a so n, William, created l st

Earl of Douglas , who became, through his wife , Earl of Mar .

Earl died i n 13 8 4, leaving a son, James , 2nd Earl of Douglas “ ” Mar . The Good Sir James , previously mentioned , di ed in ’ defence of Bruce s heart in Spain i n 13 3 0. The 4th Earl created Duke of Touraine in 1424 , and was killed at the battle of r d h Verneuil the same year . The 3 d Duke of Touraine , an 6t Earl of Douglas , was , with his brother, David , lured into Edi nburgh

‘

Castle and beheaded 1440. The 7th 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 Stirling, 145 2 ; James , 9t h and last Earl , forfeited

145 5 , and died a monk at Lindores in 148 8 ; Archibald, Earl of A r inh l Moray, killed at the battle of k o m, 145 5 ; Hugh, Earl of alve n Ormond , beheaded after the same battle ; John, Lord B y , n e he ad e d , 1463 ; and Henry, Bishop of Dunkeld . The tarta is lustrated as worn by an offi cer of the Cameronians (S cottish Rifles)

3 8 Drummond Clan derives its name from lands

Drummond or Drymen, in Stirlingshire . The progenitor this Clan was Malcolm Beg, Lord of the lands of Drummond and

S eneschal of Strathearn in 1225 . I n 1499 Lord Drummond was in possession of Drymen. The Drummond chiefs were Barons Cargill and S t obhall on the Tay 4th n n James , Earl of Perth, was Lord Cha cellor of S cotla d . The

Chevalier made him Duke of Perth . His eldest son, James , ’ 2nd Duke, was out in the 15 , and was attainted . His sons ,

n 3 rd and 4th James and Joh , Dukes , died unmarried . The 5 th and 6t h Dukes were younger sons of the l st Duke . Then the

Earldom of Perth passed to the Melfort branch . George, so n of

Lé on Drummond , was restored to the S cottish titles of Earl o f

Perth and Melfort by Queen Victoria in 18 5 3 . He died in 1902 when the Melfort title passed to his daughter, Lady Marie Drum mond , and the Perth titles t o his kinsman, William , 11th Visco unt

' Strathallan. The Clan Pipe March is S p a zdse a ra chd Dhi uc

’ Phea irt Duke of Perth s March

3 9 ERLE DUNDAS is mentioned

William the Lion. His direct descendant in the century, J ames Dundas , was twice married , and from hi m are descended the D un d ase s of N e wliston, D ud di ngst on, and

Mamour . Sir James D undas of Dundas, great grandson of

James Dundas , was twice married, and is t he ancestor of the present head of the family, still sty led Dundas of Dun das . A representative of the Ce ltic branch, Robert Dundas , was Lord

President of the Court of Session; and was twice married . By hi s second marriage he had Henry, created Viscount Melville ,

18 02, an cestor of the present Viscount . By his fi rst marriage n n n the Lord Preside t had a so , who also became Lord Preside t , and was father of Robert, Lord Chief Baron of the Court of

Exchequer . His grandson was created a Baronet, 18 98 . The

D undase s of Fingask are descended from James Dundas , who was fath er of Alexander, who fell at Flodden, 15 13 , whose r n n in n di ect de—sce da t the sixth degree, Thomas Du 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 Kerse was created a

Baronet, 1762, and was father of Sir Thomas , created Baron

Dundas of Aske , 1794 . His son, Lawrence , 2nd Baron, was created Earl of ! etland , 18 3 8 , and his grandson was created

Marqui s of ! etland , 18 92.

40 Ellio ts were an important family in the south S cotland .

The Chief of the clan was of Re dhe uclf, and some otherbranches ' of the family were designed as of L arriston, B raidlie, H o rslie hill ,

A r t - m kle on, and Stobs . Of the last named branch ca e Gilbert Elliot i ’ ‘ o n of Stobs , celebrated in Border history as Gibbie w the g wde ” n n . Wi the garters , who died leavi g several so s lliam, eldest, was

' r ci al ancestor of the Baronets of Stobs , now regarded as th e p in p ' n line of Elliots extant ; also of John Elliot, M . D . , Physicia to the

Prince of Wales , who was created a Baronet, 1778 , but died un married, 178 6 and also of the celebrated General George Augustus 7 9—8 3 Elliot, who successfully defended Gibraltar for three years ( 1 7 )

’ against the whole power of France and Spain. Ge ne ial Elliot was

b e carr e created Lord H e athfi e ld , Baron Gibraltar, 178 7, but the title

n n 2nd r n 18 13 . n exti ct on the death of his so n, Fra cis , Ba o , Gavi

- r o Elliot of Midlem Mill , 4th son of the above named Gilbe t Elli t , of Stobs , was father of Gilbert Elliot, Lord Justice Clerk , created

n - in e n a Baro et , 1700, whose great grandson, Gilbert , afterhav g be

n - n Gover or Ge eral of India , was created Earl of Mirito,18 13 .

4 1 - ROBERT ERS KINE , Chamberlain S cotland , 13 5 0 5 7, S n had several so s Thomas , his heir, and Malcolm, ancestor of ’ th e Erski nes o f Ki nno ull . Sir Robert s grandson was created Lord

Erskine . The 3 rd Lord Erskine was succeeded by his son, James , as 5 th Lord , who left two sons the youn ger , Sir Alexander Erski ne of Gogar, had a so n, Thomas , created Earl of Kel lie , whose line became extinct in 18 29 ; the elder, John , 6th Lord Erskin e, was restored the old Celtic Earldo m of Mar by Queen Mary . John ,

23 rd Earl , is well known in co nn ection with the R ising of 1715 . I n

18 75 the House of Lords decided that Walter Henry, 13 th Earl of

Kellie , had made out his claim to the Earldo m of Mar, dated 15 65 .

He died in 18 8 8 ; and his so n, Walter John , became 12th Earl of

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

- - to the heir female, John F . Go od e ve Erskine, and is the most ancient peerage in Britain . John , Earl of Mar, so n of the Re gent ” Mar, wh o ruled during the chil dh o o d o f James VI , had a number of sons . 1) J ames , the eldest , was created Earl of Buchan .

(2) Henry , the second, was the father of James , Lord Cardross, and his descendant became 9t h Earl of Buchan. From the 12th Earl f 2t h the present Earl descends , and from the brother o the 1 Earl n come the Lords Erskine . (3 ) Charles , the third so , was father of t another Charles , created a Baro net, who se descendant , the 6 h

Baronet , inh erited the Earldom o f Ro sslyn from his maternal grand nd father , Alexander Wedderburn, Lord Chancellor of England, a his descendants still enj oy this title .

42

! EM GM5 Ch i

' n i . w r l tt Ferguso s are Celt c They e e ong se led Argy ll ,

where the chiefs of Clann Fhe arghui s of Stra - chur were Heredi a M ae rs Gle nsh lli n n t ry of e ch . Ferguson of D unfall andy ha s lo g bee n Chief of the Ferguso s in Atholl . Two of the clan, sons of the

Lai rd of B adyfarow, near I nv e rury , fi gured prominently . Robert t n th e Plotter, concerned in the R ye house Plot, escaped detec io

- and di ed in 1714 . J ames , a Maj or General , served under Marl n n borough at Blenh eim . The Ferguso s , B aro ets of Kil kerran, have held lands in Ayrshire since the reign of Charles 1. S ir James

Ferguson, 6th B aronet, a di stinguished statesman, was killed in the

a n n and Jamai ca eart hquake 1906. Ad m Ferguso , historia moral ' phi losopher ; Robert F e rguson, the poet and S ir Wil li am Ferguson, ” were illustrious members of t he clan . Annie Laurie, heroine of the song, was wi fe of Ferguson of Craigdarroch . Briga di et - General Ferguson commanded the Highl and Brigade at the capture of the Cape of Good Hope .

44 r i H I S clan Celtic . Their March Ca th E u a nn

The Battle of Glen E urann John of Forbes , fi rst of the in n n n duthus name , fi gured the reig of William the Lio , whe the of ’ Forbes (which the race had held from the time when O C o no char killed the bear which made the Braes of Forbes uninhabitable) n n was feudalised . I n 13 03 Alexa der Forbes defe ded Urquhart

Castle against Edward I , and was slain with the garrison . Alexander n Forbes of Forbes was made Lord Forbes about 1442. Joh , the n 6th Lord, was a favourite of James V . The l oth Lord , Alexa der , was a Genera under Gustavus Adolphus . The family is still

t o n D onsid e . represented by Lord Forbes , whose seat is Cas le Forbes n The Lords Pitsligo are descendants of William , a son o f Sir Joh

rt 4t h Forbes of Forbes , who lived in the reign of Robe I I . The

Lord was attainted after Culloden. The Baronets of C raigie va r

- spring from Patrick Forbes of Corse, armour bearer to James 111. The Lairds of Culloden are descended from the F o rbe se s of T o lqu

n 1420. n f hou , who date from Sir Alexa der Forbes o T olquhoun ’ saved Charles I I s life at the battle of Worcester . This family was n n rui ed by the Darie S cheme . Sir William Fo rbes , 8 th Baro net o f

C raigie var, succeeded as Lord S e mp il l in 18 8 4 . Their seat is the tall , romantic castle of Craigie var.

45 n in HE Frasers Fre ch origin. Clan Pipe Music C umha ’ M hic S himidh Lovat s Lament March S p a id ’ r hd M hic hi i se a a c S m dh (Lo vat s March) . Gil bert of Fraser is ment ioned in 1 109 . Sir S im on Fraser of Oliver Castle was done to 1 death by Edward . Hugh was the fi rst designed of Lo vat , and him from descends the Clan Fraser of Lovat . Hugh , second o f 4 Lovat, was ma de a Baron about 1 60. Hugh , 3 rd Lord, fell fi ghting M acR nal ds n chl h with the o ea r L o o c y in 15 44 . Hugh , 9 th Lord, i n died childless . S mo Fraser of Beaufort to ok possession . His so n,

Simon, styled himself Master of Lovat , but for hi s di screditable conduct he had to flee to France, and his father became Lord Lovat .

This Simon afterwards became 1 1th Lord . I n 1746 his title was attainted, and he was behea ded . The title was revived in 18 3 7, and passed t o Thomas Fraser of Streichen and Lovat, from whom is descended th e present Lord Lovat . His seat is Beaufort Castle o n the old estate of Lovat . Another branch of the family is the Frasers

' (Baronets) of L e d clune ; while the H o use o f Fraser o f Phi l o rt h is represented by L o rd Salto un .

46 n Gordo s their origin in the Lowlands . S cottish n Gordo s are descended from Sir Adam Gordon, the friend of

Wallace, and to whom Bruce granted the lands of Huntly or Strath f bogie . He fell at Halidon Hill in 13 3 3 . Alexander, 3 rd Earl o n n Hu tly, fought at Flodde . George, 6th Earl , was created a Marquis

f - in 15 99 . George, 4th Marquis , was made Duke of Gordon in 168 4 .

T he Dukedom lapsed in 18 3 6, and the Marquisate went to the Earl of Aboyne . The Earls of Aberdeen are descended from Patrick

T e n Gordon of M e thlic, who fell in battle at Arbroath in 1445 .

o Baronetcies pertain to this clan : Go rd o nst o un, Cluny , Lism re ,

n o n . Lochinvar, Park , D alp ho ll y, E arlsto un, Embo , Halki , Nit

o Two regiments have been raised from it . The 92nd , or Gord n

th and 2nd n Highlanders , raised in 1794 , and the old 75 9 li ked

no w n n . together, are the Gordo Highla ders The Marquis of

Huntly is chie f o f the Gordon clan.

47 G R A H A M O N T R O S

' IR WALTER S COTT says , few famil ies can boast more ” historical renown t han that of Graham . Their origin i s wrapped in the mists of antiquity, but tradit ion has it that the Grahams are descended from a famous warri or Who brea ched the Roman Wall ’ in 420, and won it the name of Graham s Dyke . The fi rst recorded a n n l n appe ra ce of the ame is Wi liam of Graham , o e of the witnesses ’ to David I s Holyrood Charter ( 1143 He obtained t he lands

of Abercorn and Dalkeith . Hi s grandson, David Graham, acquired

from Will iam the Lion, before 1214, cert ain lands near Montrose . ” Under Alexander I his son obtai ned the l ands of B undah and rn un d t n and Strathea from the Earl of D bar, an those of S rathbla e

Mugdock from the Earl of Lennox . Sir Wil l iam Grah am of Dundaff,

chi ef of Clan Graham, during t he reign of James I married, as hi s

second wife, May Stewart, the second daughter of King Robert I I I . r hi s an n in 1445 Pat ick , eldest gr dso , was raised to the peerage as Lord Graham , in recognition of his gall antry in the fi eld and hi s

servi ces as a Lord of Rege ncy during the minority of James 111. l rd n Wil iam , 3 Lord Graham, was in 15 04 created Earl of Mo trose,

the titl e being derived from the lands of Aul d Montrose . J ames,

5 th Earl , was the celebrated Marquis of Montrose, the Marquisate

being created in hi s favour in 1644 . J ames , 4th Marquis , was crea ted

Duke of Montrose in 1707. From him is descended the present

Duke, Chief of the clan . It was through the efforts of the Marqui s of Graham (afterwards Duke of Montrose) that in 178 2 the A ct of 1746 (whi ch abolished and made penal the use of the Highl and

garb) was repealed . Highl anders were thereby placed un der a debt

o f gratitude to the House of Montrose that will never be forgotten . 48 R A HA M O F

R n r n n MALI SE G AHAM, a ju ior g a dso of Sir Patrick Graham of Dun daff, ancestor of the ducal house of Montrose , n in n married Euphemia Stewart , Cou tess Palat e of Strathear , of M i o f which dignity James I deprived them , but created al se Earl

Menteith in 1427. William , 7th Earl and Lord Justice General , established his right as Earl Palatine of Strathearn in 163 0 but thi s aroused such envy that his confirmation was recalled , and the arms ” of Strathearn were ordered to be dashed out of his windows . He in 1 was created Earl of Airth 63 3 . His so n, Lord Kil p ont , was murdered under dramatic circumstances by Stewart of A rd vo irlich , ’ tros as recorded in S cott s L ege nd of M on e . William Graham, Lord ’ Ki lp ont s so n, succeeded his grandfather as Earl of Airth and

Menteith , but little was left of the estates . Since his death in 1694, the Earldoms of Airth and Menteith and Strathearn have been n dormant . There are ma y cadets of the Grahams of Menteith , o f whom the most celebrated are the Grahams of Gartmo re and Ard o ch descending from the fifth son of the l st Earl , and of which ho us e the

- S cottish patriot, R . B . Cunningham Graham of Ardoch , M . P. , wa s lately the representative .

49 n r Gra ts Celti c . S ta d, Ch e ag E a la cha idh Stand l t Craigel achie is heir slogan. They are of the s ame stock M a cGre o rs and as the g , their location has always been Strathspey . n Sir Laure ce Graunt, Sheriff of Inverness (1249 acquired the greater part of Strathspey . Sir I an R uadh Grant, Chief of the clan, in 13 8 1 married Matilda de Gl e ncairni e ; and for his descendant,

r John , A m B a d R ua dh, the lan ds of Freuchie were created a feudal barony . His successor, S he umas na n Cre a ch, was a friend of Mary

Queen of S co ts . From J o hn Grant of Freuchie and Grant , a strong support er of James IV, are descended the Chiefs of Grant and Strath s spey, and the Baronets o f Co rrirno ny and of Gl e nmo risto n . Jame Gran t of Grant and hi s son Ludovick were in the clan fight at the

Haughs of Cromdale . Gl e nm o risto n fought fo r Prince Charlie at — Culloden. There are three Baronetcies Dalvey, 168 8 ; Mony musk , 1705 and B allind all o ch , 18 3 8 . Many of the Gl e nmo rist o n Grants were banished t o Barbadoes after t he They have a di stinct tartan. The clan raised the Grant or Strathspey Fencibles i fi n in in 1793 , and the old 97th n 1794 . The rst was disba ded n n n in 1799 , and the other was drafted i to other Highla d regime ts f n 1795 . Lord Strathspey is th e Chief o the cla .

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H A MJ L I Q N

HE foun der of thi s famil y was Wal ter, so n of Gilbert de Hamel n n of Cadz ow in n i do e, to whom Bruce gave the Baro y _ La arksh re , celebrated as the home of the old white Caledoni an cattle . Sir

James the Hamilton, Lord of Cadzow under J ames I I , was in 1445 created Lord Hamilton. . By his wife, Princess Mary, sister of

J ames I I I , he had James, 2nd Lord, created Earl of Arran 15 02, whose son James, 2nd Earl , the Regent Arran of Mary Queen of ' ’ ' S cots chil dh ood, founded Hamilton Palace, and was declared by n r n n Parliament after her ext heir to th e th o e . Hi s son Joh became

Marquis of Hamilton 15 99 , and James , 3 rd Marquis , became Duke of Hamilton 1643 . William, 2nd Duke , died in defence of Charles I I at Worcester, 165 1. His daughter, Anne, became Duchess of Hamil r ni n t on. Her son James , 4th Duke, pat iotically opposed the U o

1707, and was shortly after killed by an English peer, Lord Mohun .

William , 12th D uke, was in 18 64 confi rmed by Napoleon I I I in the French duchy o f Chate lhe raul t . Alfred, 13 th Duke, after the demolition of Hamilton Palace, removed the sea t of th e chiefs to

D ungavel in their Lordship of Aven . The D uke of Hamilton is

Chi ef of the family , and Hereditary Keeper of the Palace of Holyrood house .

5 2 I L L I AM who flourished about 1170 said

have been the father of two sons , of whom the younger, Robert , n was a cestor of the Marquises of Tweeddale . From the elder son,

William, came the house of Erroll , and hi s descendant, Sir William

Hay , was created Earl of Errol in 145 3 . The Hays of Erroll hold the ffi d o ce of Here itary Constable of S cotland , thi s title having been conferred in 13 14 by King Robert B ruce on th e grandfather of the

. he 4th n in 5 1 and t l st Earl T Earl fell at Flodde 1 3 , the 13 h Earl , n un in 1717 dyi g married , was succeeded by his sister as Countess of Erroll . But o n her death in 175 8 , without issue, the title went to James Boyd , son and heir of th e 4th (and attainted) Earl of

Kilmam o ck, by his wife, Ann Livingstone, who was the daughter n and heiress of the Earl of Li lithgow and Callander, and his wife ,

- Margaret Hay , sister of the above mentioned Countess of Erroll . n n n O succeedi g to the title James Boyd cha ged his name to Hay , in accordance with clan law ; and his descendants succeeding to the

Earldom have been continual Chiefs of the Clan Hay .

5 3 ATRI CK, second of Go s at rick Earl of Dunb ar said P p , , th e n l be fou der of thi s fami y . He lived about 1228 . His

n n S ir desce da t, Thomas Home , had, with other issue , two sons , Sir

Alexander, and Sir David Home of Wedderburn, ancestor of the

o f n ir Earls Marchmo t . S Alexander was a great soldier, and fought

H o mil d o n in 1402 and n in 4 at , at Ver euil 142 , losing his life in the — last battle . He had three sons from the youngest came the Homes of S p o rt , and from the second the Homes o f T ynni nghame and

Nine we ll s l n t he o . Sir A exa der, eldest son, carried n the famil y,

’ and s his on, Al exander, Ma ster of Home, died in his father s life time, but left two s ons , Alexander, 2nd Lord Home, and John

’ Whi t ri s d E rsil t n n Home of e g an o . The former s desce dant, James , 2nd E arl , dying without issue, 163 3 , the ti tles went to a descendant

n E rsil t n of Joh Home of Whit e rigs and o . Sir James Home of C o ldingkno ws, who thus became 3 rd Earl of Home , is the ancestor of the present Earl .

5 4 n n n nn TH I S Cla derives its ame from the Baro y of I es , the lands betwixt Spey and Lossie , granted by Malcolm IV to B e ro wald of I nn es at Christmas 1160, after his conciliation with Somerled , Lord of the Isles . From B e ro wald descended a long line of Chiefs (o f whom Sir Robert Innes of that Ilk , l st

Baronet , received Charles I I on his landing at S p e ymo ut h

Sir James , 6t h Baronet, becoming in 18 05 5 th Duke o f u n nn Roxb rghe , and his so being in 18 3 7 created Earl I es . i nn From Walter of I nne rmark e , second so n of Sir Robert I es din i ht of that Ilk , sprang the Baronets of B alve ny and E g g (c reated and the Baronets of C o xto n (created From Robert of D rainie came the I nne se s of Drumgask and

B ln cr i nn o a a a g , of whom was Father Lewis I es , the Jac bite

S ecretary of State . These branches were all lo yal t o the H o use n thl of Stewart , as were the I ne se s of C a aw, related to the

- millionaire Mitchell I nne se s of Stow . The arms sho wn here have been those of the R o yalist a nd Jacobite line o f I nnes o f n n n B alve ny . I nnes House and Coxto Tower , both ear Elgi , are outstanding examples of S co ts architecture .

5 5 J o hnston belong to Dumfries , original

John who had a toun or dwelling there, lived in the twelfth century . Hi s descendant in the sixth generatio n a n n h in 145 was Sir Ad m Joh sto of that Ilk , w o died 5 . Fro m his eldest son, Johri , descended the Lords Johnston, Earls of

H art fe ll , and Marquesses of Annandale . George , the last

Marquess , di ed in 1792. Another son of Sir Adam was

- fi o f ohn st o ns o f i n o n . Gilbert , the rst of the family J Elph st e

His descendant, Samuel , was created a Baronet . The John stones of Westerhall are descended from 3 Matthew J ohnston also supp o se d to be a son of S ir Adam . His descendant was in n created a Baronet 1700. The present Baro et of Westerhall and also Lord Derwent bel o ng to this family . The 5 th ’ Baronet s daughter was created Countess o f Bath . The North Co untry J ohnstons claim descent from the Dumfriesshi re ohnst ons o f tn and no t et famil y . The J Gre a Newbie have y been conn ected with the prin cipal house . There were also

Johnstons of E l sie he ill s, Lockerbie, B e irho lm, Sheens , and Warrist o n nd n n n , a to the last belo gs Sir Archibald Joh sto ,

W rrist o n in 1663 . n o n Lord a , executed The Joh st s of that Ilk in Aberdeenshire are actually the Chiefs of the clan . YKE N N E 03 V

N n n n in I the twelfth ce tury lived Du ca de Carrick Ayrshire , whose descendant in the sixth degree was Sir John Kennedy of Dunure , i n father of Gilbert, whose son, Sir James , married a daughter of K g nn Robert I I I . His son, Gilbert , was created Lord Ke edy about

145 2. The 3 rd Lord was created Earl of Cassilis (Cassels) about 9 l n n 15 0 , but was ki led with most of the S cottish obility at Flodde ,

r n n 15 13 . The 3 d Earl died in 15 5 8 , it is supposed by poiso , leavi g — Cull ean . r two sons Gilbert, 4th Earl , and Thomas of F om the

4th Earl descended the 5 th , 6th , 7th, and 8 th , the last of whom le n and died in 175 9 . On hi s death, William Douglas , Earl of Rug

- n not l . March, claimed the titl es as heir ge eral , but was successfu th n n On the death , unmourned, in 1792, of David , l o Earl , a desce da t n of Thomas of Cull ean previously mentioned, the titles we t to a on o f descendant of the second son of Sir Alexander Kennedy, s nn Thomas of Cull ean. This was Archibald Ke edy, who became

in 18 06. 11th Earl , and his son was created Marquis of Ailsa

57 OHN KERR Forest of Selkirk , living 13 5 7,

Henry, Sheriff of Roxburgh , whose son, Robert, was father

Andrew of A uld t o unb urn . This Andrew Kerr had three sons .

From the youngest came the Kerrs of Gat e shaw, and from the second the Kerrs of Linton. The eldest so n was father of Walter of

Gessford , who had two sons . From the younger descended the

Kerrs of D o lphinst o un, Littledean, and Morriston . The elder , ’ C ave rto n in n Sir R—obert of , died his father s lifetime , leavi g two sons Geo rge of F aud o nsid e , and S irAndrew, who succeeded his grandfather in Gessford . Sir Andrew had three sons . From the

fi rst are descended the Dukes of Roxburgh . The second had a son,

Mark , who was created Earl of Lothian, 1606, but the title became extinct in 1624 . The third so n of Sir Andrew of Gessford was ancestor to Sir Thomas of F e rnie hi rst , whose son by his fi rst marriage, was created Lord Jedburgh , 1622, and by his second n — so n cd marriage had two so s Sir James , whose became Lord J

and 1613 . n burgh, Robert, Earl of Somerset, Robert o—f A crum; - uncle of above named Sir Thomas , had two grandsons William , from whom descended the Kerrs of Linton, and Sir Robert, created

Earl of Ancrum , 163 3 , and was succeeded in the title by the so n of his second marriage , Charles his grandson by his fi rst marriage,

Robert 4th Earl of Lothian, also succeeded to the Earldom of

Ancrum , and was created Marquess of Lothian, 1701. His direct descendant is the present Marquis o f Lothian.

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L E S L l E

i i n Lesl es of Flem sh stock . ame t f o — Bar hol f Leslie, 1165 1214 . S ir Andrew Leslie of that Ilk o ne the of S cottish noble s who signed the letter to the Pope, declaring that while o ne hundred S cotsmen lived, they would never yield to

England . George, l oth of Leslie, was l st Earl of Rothes . The 3 rd

n. n th o Earl fell at Flodde J oh , 7 Earl of Rothes was a zeal us n R e st o ra adhere t of Charles I I , and was with hi m in exile . After the n tio he was Lord High Chancell or . I n 168 0 he was created Duke of

Rothes . Sir Alexander Lesli e ( l st Earl of Leven, 1641) was a

- renowned Field Ma rshal under Gustavu s Adolphus . He after wards led the armies o f the Covenant . His title is now uni ted with that of Melvill e . S ir David Leslie ( l st Lord Newark, 1660) was ’ another veteran of Gustavus s wars . The title has bee n dormant

Pit c rli n since 179 1. S ir Patrick Leslie of ai e was made Lord Li dores has n an n 1775 a in 1600. Thi s title bee dorm t si ce . The E rls of t n Rothes , Chiefs of the cl an, still hold Ro hes Castle o the Spey . ’ The tartan is illustrated as worn by an officer of the King s Own

S cottish Borderers .

60 n n AND OL PH Sire de T o e ny , living 1018 , desce da t Ivar,

n . Jarl of the Uplanders , is said to be the a cestor of this family n 3 40 From him descended Sir David Lindsay of Crawford , livi g 1 , who had two sons (1) Sir Alexander of Gl ene sk, father of David created Earl of Crawford, 13 98 and (2) Sir Wil liam of The Byres . son n The 5 th Earl was created Duke of Montrose, 148 8 . His , Joh ,

n t the and o n 15 13 . 6th Earl , did o succeed to Dukedom, fell at Fl dde , ’ The 8 th Earl , in consequence of hi s son s disgraceful behaviour,

- n resigned hi s title to the King, who t e granted it , with th e provisio l that at his death it should go to his cousin, David of Edze l . Accord ’ th ingly, on the 8 1h Earl s deat h, David of Edzell became 9 Earl but

- he generously obtained a re grant of the title to David , grandson of 16 the 8 th Earl , who became 10t h Earl , 15 5 8 . On the death of the th

Earl the title went to the Lindsays of The Byres , passing over the

Edzell fami ly . David, 9th Earl of Crawford , left two sons ( 1) Sir

David of Edzell , whose line failed , 1744 and (2) John of Balcarres , father of David, created Lord Lindsay of Balcarres , 163 3 , whose ’ son, Alexander, was created Earl of Balcarres , 165 1. This Earl s grandson, James , left two sons, o ne of whom , Alexander, 6t h Earl , became 23 rd Earl of Crawford , 18 08 , o n the failure of the direct line of the Lindsays of The Byres , and his descendant is the present

Earl of Crawford and Balcarres , whose seat is Balcarres , Fife .

61 TH I S clan the first that branched off from main Clan n Do ald stem, probably early in th e thi rteenth century . Alister

M or, Lord of the Isles and Kintyre , in 128 4, was the founder . He opposed B ruce, who shut him up in Dundonald Castle o n the

Clyde . He died there , and his estates were given to his brother , ’ M r Angus o , o ne of Bruce s supp o rters . As Lords of the Isles , n the dy asty was overthrown by James IV , and the M acAlist e rs

t n an in n . became a dis i ct cl at Ardpatrick South K apdale, Argyllshire

- - Their descendants were called V ic I a n Dhu. Mention is made of

- - V i c I an Dhu M acAlist e r of Loup in 15 15 . The M acAlist e rs fought

' on the side of Montrose at I nve rl o chy in 1645 . Argyll dissuaded ’ Hector, their Chief, from being present . Hector s so n, Godfrey, married a daughter of Sir Robert M o ntgome rie of Skelmorlie . Their so n, Alexander M acAlist e r of Loup , fought for Dundee at Killie crankie in 168 9 . His brother, Charles, married a daughter of Lamo nt n of that Ilk . His gra dson, Charles , added (by marriage) the Somer ville Arms to his o wn . Dying in 18 47, he was succeeded by hi s so n,

Charles Somerville M acAlist e r, who died in 18 9 1 . He was succeeded

- by his so n, Lieut . Colonel Charles Somerville M acAlist e r. The present Chi ef is the Macalister of the Loup and Ke nnox .

62 HE Clan M acAlpine is Celtic . It is claimed that T n this cla is a Royal one , and that it is the most n a cient in the Highlands . S ome records indicate that for twenty - five generations Kings o f S cotland were of the M acAlp ine lineage . The ancient crest ’ was a boar s head , the war cry being C umrick B as ” A il e i p n Remember the death of Alpin. The n Alpi alluded to was King Alpin, murdered by B ru d us after the defeat of the Scots by the Picts near n Du dee in 8 3 4 . The traditional home of the M a cAl in s p e was D unst affnage , near Oban, Argyll . Some historians assign an A lp inian origin to the M acGre o rs M ackinn ns M c g , o , a nab s, Grants , M ac u rri q a e s, and others , and group them together n n u der the ame of S iol A ilpe in. Doubt has been o n n cast the accuracy of this origi . The M acGre go r n cla seems to have been the principal one . This i would seem vouched for n the M acGre go r motto , I s R io ha il mo D hre a m g My race , is Royal though later writers question. this . Unfortunately most of the foregoing is vague tradition. No M ac n Alpi e has recorded arms or pedigree . M acA rthurs are Celts . A tribe of this clan were heredi ta ry

pipers to the M acD onalds of the Isles . M acArtair aided Robert the B ruce, from whom he received the forfeited estates of Mac

n M c n Dougall . Joh a Artair held pri cely sta te but thi s ended when a later M acArtai r was beheaded by James I , and hi s lands were forfei ted . I n later days the M acArthurs gained p art of Strachur, in Cowal , Argyllshire, and also owned a portion of Gl e nfallo ch and

- - Gl e nd o chart . The famil y seat of the M acArthurs of Tir a cladi ch

- - - was on Loch Awe side . The tit le M a c ic A rta ir suggests t hat Tir a cladich was a cadet of the main M acArtair line .

64 M acAul ays are Celtic in origin. Their nca A rdi ple , in Row, D unbartonshire . Ardincapl e was probably in the f n o ne i in n bui lt twel th ce tury . At t me they dwelt Ki tail , and some thi nk they belong to the Lennox fami ly . It is s aid the original name was Ardincapl e s of that I lk, until they too k the name of a chi ef cal led Aul ay . A ul ay is mentioned in various charters by uin nn M ald , Earl of Le ox, whose death took place at the beginning of ’ A an the reign of lex der I I I . Aulay was the Earl s brother . Hi s so n and successor, D uncan, or M acAul ay, Kni ght, is also named in the ’ Earl s charters . Subsequently, in 15 8 7, S ir A ul ay M acAul ay is n n the i th e rolled as amo g ch ef vassals of e Earl of Lennox . A branch of the clan went to Antrim , in Ireland, and acquired the lands of

Gl e ne rm. The last portion of the clan territory passed out of the hands of the 12th Chief in 1767, when A rdincap l e was sold to th e

D uke of Argyll . Lo rd Macaulay, the historian and essayist , belonged to the Clan M acAulay of Lewis , fi rst on record in 1610, and a separate

clan from the M acAulays of Ardin capl e .

65 H I S a Celtic clan, and the name can be traced C8 11

' - t a t urie s . They fo rmed one of the branch clans of the Clan Chat n

Their Chief in the early fourteenth century was B e a n M a cM ilmor . A division of the clan was out with Lochiel in the but on all other occasions they have mustered under the banner of

Macintosh , and have acknowledged him as their high Chief. The Chief of the clan was a Maj or in the Macintosh battalion of Prince ’ n l n Charlie s army . Father and son fought for the Pri ce . At Cu lode

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

n n . the gap of a wall , and mowed dow the E glish with his broadsword an Thirteen, includi ng Lord Robert Ker, fell to his h d before his enemies closed upon him , then, with his back to the wall , he fought n n he c ould fi no desperately, until , pierced by E glish bayo ets , ght

in - n more . The Bains or Baynes of Tulloch, Ross shire, have ever

an n M acB e an. used the prefix Mac . The name M acV e is a variatio of

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M acD onalds are of very ancient origin . founder

the heroic Somerled, who freed his countrymen from the

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‘ Norse yoke, and rose to power that no subj ect has equalled . H e di ed in 1164, leaving three sons . The second, Reginal d, died in 1 207, lea ving, with other issue, an eldest son, Donald, from whom the clan takes its name . As Lords of the Isle s and Earls of Ross , n l n l ns r i the Cla Donald were the greatest of the High a d c a , thei ch ef until 1493 ranking as an Island Sovereign. After the fall of the a Lords of the Isles , first Glengarry, and then the Lords of Sle t held

- the hiefship . The Chief of the Glencoe M acD onalds, M a c V ic C — - n n I a n M ac I a n, was of Royal desce t, and was, with early all his

nl 1692. cl an, massacred by Campb ell of Gle yon in He had remained constant in hi s adherence to King James , and loyally took the oath to serve William of Orange, but was rewarded with as foul

an act of treache ry as was ever perpetrated . Glencoe is th e tra ditional home of the poet Ossian.

68 MA CDONAL D OF CL ANRANAL D

MACDONEL L OF GL ENGARRY

MACDONEL L OF KEPPOCH 69 MACDONAL D S L EAT

MACDONAL D ARDNAM UR CHAN

70 H I S Celtic clan. The male line of Somerled of the Isles ,

who died in 1 164, is continued in M acD o ugal l of Dunol ly,

probably descended from D ugall , eldest so n of S omerled , ancestor ’ also of the Lords of Lorn. D ugall s grandson was King Ewin of

Argyll , 1248 . His son was Alexander de E rgadia or Alexander of n ’ Lor . He died 13 10, and his son was John of Lorn, Bruce s most

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obstinate opponent . I n the battle of D al re e , 13 06, between Bruce n and John M acD ougall , the famous Brooch of Lorn was tor ’ no n M acD o u all from Bruce s shoulder . It is w ow ed by g of Dunolly .

Bruce ultimately overcame the clan . Dougall of Dunolly, a direct

descendant of M acD o ugall who opposed Bruce, entered o n the

lands of Dunolly 15 62. Sir John of D unolly, who succeeded in

15 98 , married a daughter of Sir Duncan Campbell of Glenorchy . n in ’ J ohn, styled of Lor , fought for the Old Chevalier the 15 ,

and hi s lands were forfeited , but afterwards restored and are still

held by the present M acD ougall of M acD ougall . There are u alls Garthl and Gille s ick n M acke rst M acD o g of Freugh , , p , Loga , o un,

- t t n and M uil t o un. The ancestral burial place is A rd cha a Priory, o n t n n n in Loch E ive . Several of the cla have bee disti guished war, notably Colonel M acD ougall , who, in the Swedish service, defeated

the Imperialists at L e ignitz .

71 M C D U P

fi rst hi storical ment ion we have of this clan is of one D ufagan

C o mes , supposed to be the first of the Celtic Earls of Fife . The ” th d no t in Earldom was held by e Grace of God, an from the K g of s the twelft h century ; and a specia l Law Clan Constantine 2nd Earl of Fife in t he and was suc The 5 th Earl who trea ted for the ransom of m 1174 . His grandson, Malcol , the hi s successor, C olb an, and ' dufi who was the primary cause of John ’ B al iol s rebelli on against Edward I . The an n arl died in 13 5 3 , leaving o ly n da ughter, and so the li e of the Celtic Earls of Fife ended . It ' is clai med that Davi d D ufi of ' J ” shire M ul d avi t , in B anfl n d f s n n i desce de from the Earls of Fi e . Hi desce da t was Will am n f Duff, Lord Braco who received the titles Viscou t Macdu f i f n in and Earl of F e 1n the Peerage of Ireland . The title desce ded k e course to Alexander, 6th Earl, who was created Du e of Fife d s a m 18 3 9, an that same year married Princess Louise , elde t d ughter

o r E / rd VI I . His eldest daughter succeeded as Duchess ng. offii e m gg12

72 M A C EW A N

M A C E W A

OWA L was originally the home of this clan . On the coast of n ’ Gle fyne, there stood in 175 0 the ruins of M acE wan s Castle .

fir M acE w The st an Chief on record lived in 1200. From this date n n — there were i e chi efs S we ne M acEwe n, the 9t h, was the last — of the Otter Chiefs . I n 143 1 3 2 this S wene granted a charter of n certai lands of Otter to Duncan, son of Alexander Campbell . This was the beginning of the transference of the M acEwan estates to the Campbells of Argyll . The M acEwans were hereditary bards

to n . the Campbells , for which , we are told, they had free la ds Neil M acE wan composed a Gaelic elegy o n Sir Duncan Dow Campbell in 1 n of Glenorchy 63 0. There is a M S . in Cawdor Castle, e titled Genealogy Abridgement of the very Ancient and Notable Family

n M acEwan nn and of Argyll , writte by , hereditary se achie

M cE n n . bard . The arms shown are those of a wa of Gle boy

73 n. n n TH I S Celtic cla Their cou try, was the wester shore L o chL o mond . c They took their war ry from Loch S l o y , the foot of B e n V o irlich . They are descended from Duncan .

il christ M acG , mentioned 1296, brother of M uld uin, Earl of Lennox .

n o n His gra ds was Bartholomew (Gaelic , P a rl a n) , from whom the n clan is amed . Malcolm received the l ands o f A rro char in 13 95 , but Q the male line failed , and the lands were fo rfeited . Andrew M acF ar lane married a daughter of the Earl of Lennox , and succeeded in

1493 . Sir John M acF arlane fell at Flodden, and Walter M acF arlane of Tarbert was killed at Pinkie in 15 47. The clan fought against

Queen Mary at Langside . I n 1608 they slew Co lquhoun of Luss , n 44—4 a d were outlawed . I n 16 5 they fought for Montrose . Maj o r

General M acFarl ane gallantly captured Ischia, in the Bay of Naples , in 18 09 . I n 1624 many of the clan settled in Aberdeenshire under o ther names . 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 became the property of the Duke of Argyll .

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are n M acGillivrays are Celts . They desce ded

n r hi n D warrior amed Gilli v ay , who had s stro ghold at unma d n r n glass , an who, about the thirteenth ce tu y ack owledged hi msel f and his posterity a branch of Clan Chattah under the c illi vr s u d 5 th Ma ckintosh . The M a G ay of M ll an Morven have been said to be a branch of D unmagl ass. I n 15 79 me n tion is ma de of Archibald M acI l vo ray in a case between the

Laird of Luss and others . The Rev . Martin M cGillivray , living in Mull about 1640 carried a laymore, and told , C Maclai ne of Lochbuie that he woul d use it if he di d not pay him hi s stipend . The M acGill ivrays fought for the Old

' Cheval ier at S herifi mui r in 1715 . When Mackintosh refused a n to lea d his clan, which La dy Mackintosh had r ised for Pri ce

‘ Charlie, M ac Gilli vray of D unmagl ass took command . He fought like a lion at Culloden, and fell , wounded, in front of ’ Cumberland s 4th Regiment . He was al ive next day, and ’ was , by Cumberland s orders, brutall y murdered . The Clan

A onghai s (Macinnes) formerly wore M acGill ivray tartan . n n H I S cla claim desce t from Gregor, a son of Ki ng Alpin, T 7 ruled about 8 7. They had great in Perthshi re and

Argyllshire . They held their lands by the sword, fi ghting bravely an for their homes , d gave their enemies such good excuse to urge i n n their d spossessio that their name was suppressed by Parliame t . n I n the thi rtee th century they held the lands of Glenorchy . Later n in they appear as te ants of the Campbells . Patrick , who succeeded — 13 90, had two younger sons John Dhu M acGre gor of Gl e nst rae and M acGre r Gregor go of Roro , in Glenlyon. Ultimately the chief t in hi a s p went to the Gl e nst rae branch . I n 15 02 the line of Roro M a cGre o rs was dispossessed by the Campbells . I n 1603 the g ruin overt hrew their oppressors , the C o lquhouns of Luss , at Gl e nf , t e i n M ac For this they were outlawed , and h ir Ch ef, Alexa der n in in Gregor, with ma y of his followers , was executed Edinburgh 1604 but as late as 1744 M acGre gor of Glengyle drew blackmail on th e n n Highla d Borders . The suppression of the ame nn was a ulled by Parliament in 1774 . Rob Roy was of the r o rs House of Glengyle . S cott proved that the M acG e g ” cGre o r were the real Chi ldren of the Mi st . M a g of M ac r G e go r and Balquhidder, whose line holds a Baronetcy ,

has been offi cially recognised as Chief of the clan .

77 M A C I N N E S

n n l A on is in l HE ame of this cla is C a n gha Gae ic . Its chiefs appear to have been n Kinl o chaline t Co stables of Cas le . One branch was hereditary bowmen to The Mackinnon.

M A C I N T Y R E R AD I T I O NA L L Y this clan is a sept o f the M acD o nald s of Sleat . Glen Noe is given

as the original home of the clan. They occupied lands there in t he twelfth and thirteenth centuries . These t hey later held fro m the Campbells of Glenorchy (afterwards

Breadalbane) until 18 06 . Duncan Macintyre of Glen N o e , fi rst Chi ef, married Mary, t a e daugh er of Patrick C mpbell of Barcaldine, by whom h had Donald , his successor . n Do ald had three children. James , the eldest, succeeded, and was succeeded in turn by so n n his Donald, a doctor, as 4th Chief of Glen Noe . D uncan, the third son, was a captai in a Highland regiment and was the last Macintyre of Glen N o e . Dr . Donald emigrated to New

York . His son James (5 th) and grandson Donald (6th Chi ef) were well known in the States . 78 fi rst historic Chief was Angus ( 13 8 0

He was assassinated , and the clan was ruled by his

n so n you ger , until the rightful heir obtained his release

o n ’ from captivity the Bass Ro ck , 143 7. The latter s son was Chief and led the clan in the cruel fi ght o f nn Blair Ta ic , Caithness . I n 1628 Sir Donald Mackay

- n of Strath aver, Chief of the clan, was created Lord

Reay, with remainder to his heirs male bearing the

n and ame arms of Mackay, which , however, have

never been recorded . The maj or portion of the estates was sold in the seventeenth century to pay the cost of maintaining and transporting 2000 me n whom Lo rd Reay recruited for foreign service to assist the Pro testant cause in the

’ great Thirty Years War . The earliest Gaelic charter

extant was granted by Donald , Lord of the Isles , to

Brian Vicar Mackay in 1408 .

79 M acKe nz ie clan is of Celti c origin. Its home has ever been

- in Ross shi re and it rose to power under a great Chi ef, Alex an der I onrae ch, 7th Chi ef of Kintail, who rul ed in 1427. Hi s nd n n n and gra so , Joh , 9th Chief, followed James IV to Flodde , lived t o fi ght for Mary Queen of S cots, at Langside . Kenneth, the next i in 6 d son Ch ef, was 1 09 created Lord Mackenzi e of Kintail , an his

Col in, Earl of S eaforth in 1623 . Will iam , 5 th E arl , was forfeited as a Jacobite in 1715 but his grands on was t e - created Earl of S ea fort h in 1771, and raised the old S eaforth Hi ghlanders in 1778 . Hi s cousin and n n n eve tual successor, Francis Humb ersto e Macke zie , was t e - created Lord S ea fort h in 1797 ; and at his death in 18 15 hi s daughter Mary, Lady S tuart Mackenzie of S eaforth, became Ca ber

e i - f dh and Chi ef of the clan . Her grandson, James Stewart Mac n t w i ke zie, Lord Seafor h of Brahan 1921, as the last ch ef to hold a peerage, but his he ir of lin e, the Laird of S eaforth , Chief of the Clan

M acKe nz ie , sti ll holds sway in their ca stle of Brahan . (The sketch represents an offi cer of the Se a fort h Highlanders about

8 0 A e nmt e M . i

N L A Y TH I S those clans of whi ch we have very definite account . Lennox is supposed to have been the home of the c M a kinl ays, and even at the present day they are most numerous n arou d this district . The chief sept of the M a ckinlays is stated by some hi storians as being descended from Finlay Buchanan of D rumi kil . At the time of the Plantations the M ackinl ays, along with an other cl s , are supposed to have emigrated to Ireland, hence we M ackinl a s and have the y M acGinlays of that country . From 15 27 till 1624 mention is made several times in history of M ackinlays in

Dumbarton and Luss . It is singular that no Mackinlay is recorded n i all the lists of the 1745 rebels . It is a common mistake to record n n the cla a cestor as F ionnlagh M ar, progenitor of the Farquharsons of Braemar, but the connection is unproved . It is not at all unlikely n that the ame Mackinlay embraces some of the Macleay clan.

’ o n — - There were at e time several M a c A n Ieighs in Dumbartonshire , and n - - farther orth were the M a c On ledy s, the real M acle ays . The fact that some of the modern M ackinl ays insist o n accenting the n le of their ame adds weight to this assertion . The Livingstones — y — another form of Macleay are the likely forbears of the M ac kinlays .

8 1 THI S Celtic clan is mentioned in 15 94 as - sheltering isl and of Pabay, o ff the coast of Skye , and its chief as owning the

C astill of D unakym and the C astill o f D unningill . I n 1409 Lachl an

M acFingo n, styled gentleman, witnessed a charter by the Lord of the Isles to Maclean o f Duart . According to the L ochbuie charter chests , there was an Abb o t of Iona named J o hn Mackinnon, who died in 15 00. The M ackinno ns rebelled with Sir Donald Mac

Donald o f Lochalsh in 15 15 . I n 15 45 Ewen, their Chief, was sum mo ne d a s a rebel . Und er Montrose they fought at I nve rl o chy and

Auldearn . I n 165 0 they fought for Charles I I at Worcester . John Dhu Mackinnon of that Ilk and 15 0 of the clan supported the

Che val ie r at S he riffmuir in 1715 John Dhu was attainted, but was

’ pardoned in 1727. The clan was out in the 45 . At Culloden their Chief was taken, and was for long imprisoned in the Tower . n He died in 175 6 . The clan has supplied many s o ldiers of disti ction. n n in 1 S t rat haird , their last p o ssessio , passed from the cla 179 .

8 2

‘ A CL A CHL AN is a Celtic clan. The M acL achl ans t hat Ilk have resided from time immemorial in S trath lachlan, in Argyllshire . The di strict was once called Kilmorlie . The first authentic record is that the lands of Gil e skel Mac Lachlan were included in the Sheriffdom of Argyll or Lorn in 1292 nd n d hi s by Ki ng John Baliol a a charter gra ted him, an name appears on the Roll of Magnates of S cotland who sat in the fi rst Parliament of Robert the Bruce at St . An drews . The name L achl anson occurs in three charters by Robert the B ruce . I n 15 8 7 and 15 94 Archi bald M acL achl an of S t rathl achl an and n rr n l M c c that Ilk is mentio ed . C o o e a L a hl an was captured at Phil iphaugh in 1645 , and executed in Edinburgh Castle . n Lachl an M acL achl an, Chief of the clan, was A . D . C . to Pri ce

Charlie . He was kil led at Culloden. It is said that his horse I n ma de its way home to S trathl achlan al one after the battle . 1794 Donald M acL achl an of that Ilk was Chief ; and the ancient castl e has continued to descend to successive chiefs of the clan . There are M acL achl ans in M orvem and Lochaber, th e principal family of which is M acL achl an of Co ruanan.

8 4 M A C L A I N E (noel -taunt A I N E

a n HE Macl i es of Lochbuie are Celtic . Their remote ancestor Re a an ch c was Hector g a , brother of L achlan L ub ana h , ancestor

of the Macleans of Duart, who were the offspring of Black John of

Mull . Some say that Hector R e aganach was the elder brother

but in any case the hiefship settled on Duart by Tanistry , so C _was ” n - n n that Lochbuie is a bra ch cla u der the Lairds of Maclean.

Hector persuaded a neighbouring Chief, M acFadye an, to let him t o n i build a cas le a h gh rock above the sea , and then used the n advantage thus give him to add the lands of this Chief to his o wn. A Chi ef of Lochbuie died and left an infant son Maclean of Duart

annexed the lands of his young kinsman, who was saved by being

sent to Ireland . Maclaine, on reaching manhood, returned and nd recovered his castle a estates . On one occasion Lochbuie came

n . upon Duart sleepi g after battle, in which he had defeated him ’ He twisted his dirk in D uart s hair and stuck it in the ground .

Duart , on waking, knew the dirk, and made friends with Lochbuie .

The Maclaines fought gallantly for Claverhouse and for Montrose .

n . C B . The famous Sir Archibald Maclai e, K T . , . , was a cadet of the

House of Lochbui e . Maclaine of Lochbuie is the present re p re se nt at ive ; but the old castle and estate were seized by an English creditor .

8 5 HI S is an an cient clan, and of the many origins the most probable

is that they are descended from St . Lawrence . Their c o untry n ' lay betwee Lochearnh ead and Glengyle, and th e y app e ar in the n t Ragma Roll of 1296 . They were allies of the Stewar s of Appin — t - - hrough a love at fi rst sight episode , and their feuds were frequent with the Buchanans , Campbells , and M acGre go rs . They fought at nn n n Ba ockbur , at Flodde , and at Pinkie . They have been dis tin ish gu e d in peace . The Psalms were translated into Gaelic by

in M c r Col a L a e n or M acL aurin, son of the Rev . John M acL aurin, in il d m ister of Glendaruel . Colin was b o rn at K mo an in 1698 .

’ ' U ni r i 4 He was Professor of Mathematics in Edinburgh ve s t y in 17 5 .

‘ For having planned the defence of the city against Prince Charlie he had to abscond to York . The hardships of the journey caused an il lness, of whi ch he di ed in Edinburgh in 1746. The clan fought for

r Prince Charlie at Cull o den . John M acL are n, Lord D eghorn,

' n r raised t o the Bench in 178 7, established in Lyo Cou t that he was

Chief of the clan ; but hi s line expired . Archi bald M acL are n, a n n an dramatic writer of some disti ctio , produced two plays at _ — Edinburgh theatre . He died in 18 26. The clan burial place is n chie fle ss L e ackine , by Loch Earn. The clan is at prese t . 8 6 Macleans of Duart Celtic . They claim f descent from a famo us Celtic warrio r, Gille an o

the Battle Axe, and have lived in Mull from a very

remote time . They were vassals of the Lords o f the t o f Isles , but became independent o n the fo rfei ure

the latter in 1476 . I n many old deeds and Acts of ” n Parliament their chief is styled Laird of Maclea . n Duart Castle, facing Lismore, is their family stro g n hold . Their Chief, Hector , was slain at Fl o dde .

Lachlan Cattanach Maclean of Duart left his wife o n a l o w rock , n hopi g that the returning tide would drown her, but she was rescued , and her husband was assassinated in Edi nburgh by her bro ther, UA T CAS T n n D R E Sir Joh Campbell . Another Lachlan harried the o ther Maclea s MU L . and M acD o nalds in M acD onald s o f LL the . He fell battle with the

I slay in 15 98 . Sir J o hn Maclean fought with Claverho use at n nd in Killiecra kie a with Mar at S he riffmui r. The clan was the o f front line at Culloden under the Duke of Perth . On the death

Sir Hector Maclean in 175 0 the title passed to his co usin, great e n grandson of Maclean of B ro lass, from whom descended the c

t e narian Chief, Colonel Fitzroy D o nald Maclean o f Duart and

o r in . M ve m , Bart . , who restored the ancestral castle of Duart Mull 8 7 M A C L E N N A O R L O G

’ D rumd e rfit HI S clan s origin is Celtic . Tradi t ion says that at , illi orm where the Frasers defea ted the Logans , a warrior called G g n n who was slain . His posthumous son was bor amo g the Frasers, , ’ ro t air intenti onally, broke the child s back . The boy was call ed C d M a cGil li go rm. He became a priest, an founded a church at

r in Ki lmuir, in Skye, and another at Glenelg . He flou ished the thirteenth century . As Celtic Church priests were allowed to marry ,

r he had a son cal led Gille Fhi nne in, from whom the M acle nn ans a e in descended . The M acl ennans were numerous Kintail . At Auld n e am i n 1645 Lord Seaforth , opposing Montrose , intended to cha ge n sides . The clansmen, unaware of t his, refused to retreat whe

- o rdered to do so . Maclennan, the standard bearer, planted the standard and defended it until he was shot down . There are still

M acle nnans in the neighbourhood of Brah an, the castle built by

Colin, l st Earl of Seaforth, in the seventeenth century . J ohn

Ferguson Maclennan (18 27 aut hor of Primitiv e M a rriage ,

f . was a member of the clan . The arms are those o f Logan o that Ilk

8 8 A C E O MA C E O D M L D OE. L

HE M acL e o d s are Norse, and are descended from T ormo d , son

of Leod, who was the son of Olave the Black , King of M an .

They were vassals of the Lords of the Isles , but became inde n h pendent whe that Lords ip was forfeited . The Harris Chief is

' I l variously styled M acL e o d of M acL e od , M acL e o d of that Ilk

and of Harris . T ormod received Glenelg from David I I

' n (Charter, His descendants held Harris , St . Kilda , a d

vast estates in Skye . I n 15 77 M acL e o d of Dunvegan suffocated

the entire population of Eigg in a cave . Rory More, outlaw, then

trusted Royal servant ( 15 95 - 1626) and I an B z e ac (seventeenth

M acL e o ds n n. D un century) , a model Chief, were of Du vega Of

vegan also was General M acL e o d of M acL e o d , who raised the n i second battalion of the 42nd . Du vegan Castle is st ll the abode th h n of the M acL e o ds of that Ilk . The 27 C ief, Sir Regi ald

M acL e od of M acL e o d , died in 193 5 , and was succeeded GA S l LE M cL e od M acL e od 28 th by his daughter Flora , Mrs . a of , chief o f

the clan.

8 9 M acL e o d s of Lewis (like the M acL e o ds of M acL e o d) o N rse o rigin, and were o wners of th e Lewis and o f Wat e rni sh t h in Skye . They had al s o e lan ds of A ssynt on th e mainlan d by chart er o f t he Cro wn 13 40. They received charters of t heir insul ar p o s sessions in th e fifteenth cent ury . Al ong with the clansmen o f t he r an y o n in Ha ris br ch t he fo ught the right w g at H arl aw in 14 11 . At th e cl o se o f th e sixteent h century th e male line of th e M ac L e o d s

an o f A ss o f Lewis became ext inct . The l ds ynt passed to the Ear l o f t i o f S ea fo rt h in 1660. The st ry o how h s came about is o ne of t he darkest and blo o diest pages in the t roubled history of the

r c Hi ghl and cl ans . Their estates we e transferred to M a Ke nz ie of

sa e r n Kintail , and M acL e o d of R aa y became th mal e epres e tat ive of

ni n u t he R asa the an cient race . I n th e ete enth cent ry a y family nt n t o t he n o f S i al so l o st their l ands , but c o i ued be pri cipal cadet ol o Torquil . The M acL e o ds f ught for Charles I I at Worcester, but to ok no active p art in future Jacobite risings . Among the many scio ns o f the Clan M a c L e o d , many members have risen to di sti nc

o s f n t io n: F o remo st, perhaps , are the M acL e d o Morve , to whi ch

M acL e o d . ho use belongs the famous Dr . Norman

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THE ancestor of thi s Celtic clan was the Abbot of the monastery of St . Fill an in Gl endo cha rt . The offi ce of Abbot became secul ar d n l t ised an hereditary in one family . The M acnab s lost early al heir lan ds through j oining with th e M acD ougall s against B ruce . I n the reign of James IV a decisive batt le was fought between t hem and t heir deadl y enemi e s , the N e ishes ; th e M acNab s Won. The N e ishes ’ sheltered on the island in Loch Earn . I n J ames V s reign, Smooth John Macnab and hi s twelve sons stole upon the N eishes and slew ” t hem all save one and a boy . I n 1646 the M acnab s defended ’ th e Castle of Kincardin e, cut t heir way th rough S ir John Mi ddleton s and Guards , fought for Montrose . John Macnab of that Ilk fell at Worcester . I n 165 4 the Laird of Glenorchy assisted in putting ” ’ ai M aknab s the b ll out of the country . The Chi ef s famil y fought th e n in th ’45 n for House of Ha over e , but the cla fought for ’ the Stewarts . The 12th Chief is the subj ect of R aeburn s great

n . hi s portrait, The Mac ab Archibald, the 13 th Chi ef, sold

and it nd n . estates , w h some hu reds of the clan, emigrated to Ca ada in n in 6 in He died Fra ce 18 0. Hi s daughter, Sophia Frances, died

18 94 . M acnab s There are of Acham , I nche we n, Dundum , Strath fil lan i n , Su e, Newto , Cowie, Jamai ca , and others .

9 2 M acNaughto ns are of Celtic origin. They des cended n n N cht N from a Pictish ki g amed e an or aucht on, who founded

Abair N e acht ain or Abernethy . Their lands lay along the shore of Loch Awe in Lorn . Alexander I I granted the custody of t he , I and n F rao ch castle isla d of Eilean, in Loch Awe, to Gilchrist

M acNaught on. The clan fought against B ruce . I n 1426 Donald

h - M acN aug ton was Bishop elect of D unkel d . Sir Alex ander h M acN aug t on of that Ilk was slain at Flodden. Al exander Mac Naughton of that Ilk raised a magnifi cent band of Archers for

Charles I , whom he served fai thfully . He clove to Charles I I likewise, was a courtier, and di ed in London. A complimentary h o n letter was sent by James VI I to M acNaug t of that Ilk in 168 9 .

A branch of th e clan settled in Antrim, Ireland . They acquired an estate and castle called B e nuardin and were honoured with a

Baronetcy . Their line was recogni sed as chiefs by the Court o f the Lord Lyon, and th e present Baronet is the Chief of Clan

M acNaught on . The old seat of the race was D und e rawe Castle n a tall tower o n Loch Py e .

93 HE M acN e il s of Barra and the M cN e ill s of Gigha are Celtic , and according t o some sennachies trace their common origin to

‘ Neil O . Neil , the founder of the clan lived about 13 00. The g , — earliest mention of a charter to a M acN e il o f Barra named Gille o nan — is of date 1427. Gille o nan, the 9t h of Barra , is o n record in 15 45 .

- The Chapel o f St . Barr was the burial place of the M a cN e il s of

Barra . I n 15 8 7 Queen Eliz abeth complain ed that Roderick M acN e il

o f Barra had seized an English ship . Ro derick did not appear at n Edi burgh when summoned, but he was captured by M acKe nz ie M l a w a i. cn .M au t of Kintail , and conveyed to Edinburgh . Barra was forfeited and

given to Kintail . The superio rity o f Barra passed to Sir James

M a cD o nald of Sleat until 168 8 . I n 165 0 M acN e il of Barra was

among the S cottish C o l o ne lls o f H o rsse . I n 168 8 Ro derick

r n M acN e il , 14th of Barra , obtained a C ow charter of Barra , making

it a free barony . Several M a cN e il s named Roderick succeeded .

I n 18 40 Barra was s old to C o l o nel J o hn G o rdon of Cluny . The i 45 t h Chief, Robert Lister M a cN e l of Barra , recovered the island

of Barra and Kismull Castle, the island fortress of the chiefs .

94 S far back as 1472 the M cN e ills o f Gigha were Kee p e rs of the Castle o f Sweyn, in N o rth Knapdale , Argyllshi re . o M cN e ill The L o rd o f the Isles was thei—r overl rd . Neil Chief of the clan or branch clan in the fi rst half o f the

sixteenth century . He had a so n, Neil , fro m who m the

M cN e ills of Taynish are descended . Another son, J o hn Og , was the ancestor o f the M cN e ill s o f Gallacho ill e and o f o o n m s M acD o n l o f s Crerar, afterwards of C l say . J a e a d I lay purchased Gigha in 15 5 4 . I t was acquired later by J o hn in t M c i Campbell of Calder , who s old it 15 90 o Hecto r N e ll o f i h nd ni n n Taynish . G g a a Tay sh were ow ed by his desce d n M cN ill o f n ants till 178 0. I n that year Alexa der e C o l o say s purchased Gigha . I n addition to the Tayni h family, there

- were M cN e ill s of Gall acho ille , C araske y , T i t Fe rgus . I n

the seventeenth century Torquil , of the Ho use o f Tir Fe rgus , n married the heiress o f the Mackays , and acquired the la ds o f

Ugadale , in Kintyre . The present owner is called M acNe al .

Sir J o hn M cN e ill , LL . D . , Envoy at the C ourt o f n o o n n Persia , 18 3 1, belo ged to the C l say bra ch . Hecto r

M cN e ill , who wro te C o me under my Plaidie , was a

member o f the Clan M cN e ill . He died at Edinburgh in ll o 18 18 . The children of the ho use o f M cN e i were , acc rd n o in ing to old Highland custom , taught their ge eal gy Gaelic

o n Sunday morning .

9 5 N I C OL S ON N I C O L

HE origin of thi s clan is diffi cult to determine, but Skye seems

corr to be their native place . The Ni col sons held the lands of S y breck , Skye, from about the mi ddle of the eleventh century . A history of the M acD onald s, written in t he reign of Charles I I ,

n n M acNi col I 263 makes me tio of of Portree . n 1 , at the battle of

Largs , Sir Andrew Nicolson, a D anish knight from the Isle of Skye ,

’ commanded one of H aco s ships . Members of the fami ly settled at

L onfe aon, Pe ne file r Aird, and elsewhere in Skye, but Nicolson of S co rryb re ck was always looked upon as the head of the clan in the an west . Norman Nicolson of S co rryb re ck emigrated to New ! eal d , th e and his descendants still subsist there . The arms of Chief — representative of S corryb re ck are duly recorded in Lyon

The late Al exander Nicolson, LL . D . , advocate, distinguished himself in the Celtic field . Born at H ugob o st , Skye, in 18 27, called to the m n n Bar in 18 60, he was co missio ed to report upo the state of educati on in the Highlands in 18 65 . He was also a member of Lord

’ Napier s Commission appointed in 18 8 3 to inquire into the conditio n of the crofters .

96 .M 2115 8 5 9 k!

M A C P

n THE Macpherso s are Celts . The Chief is called Cluny M ac pherson. The Macphersons of I nve re shie (no w Macpherson an B allind all o ch Gr ts of ) are another branch . This branch is called S ' lz ochd Gillies. Skene traces the Cluny family from Duncan, the i Parson, 143 8 . Duncan was from S trathnairn . The I nve re sh e n in n Macpherso s are from Badenoch . Andrew Macpherson Clu y

' n n and of Grange, in Banffshire, was t enant in Cluny in 1603 . Du ca Macpherson of Cluny was in 1672 defeated by Macki ntosh in obtain I n e re shie ing offi cial recognition as Chi ef of Clan Chattan . The v n and Pitme an families Opposed, being real Badenoch Macpherso s 22 descended from M uireach Parson. D uncan di ed in 17 . The

Macphersons had now been recognised by Lyon Court as a clan, ” n and Cluny as Chief given supporters . Lachlan Macpherso son n married a daughter of Lochiel . He died in 1746. His , Ewe , ’ in . who married Lord Lovat s daughter, fought for Pr ce Charlie son I n 178 4 the estates were restored to his son, Duncan, whose , n Ewen, the next Chief, di ed in 18 8 5 . Duncan Macpherso of this

- - clan led the Black Watch over the trenches of Tel cl Kebir . Their ’ n s - Chief s seat was long at Cluny Castle, Kingussie, I nver e s shire in but this has been sold, and the present Cluny Macpherson is

Australia .

97 n Cla Macquarrie is Celtic . They fi rst appea red

o f p ssessio n o the island o f Ulva and part o f Mull . J o hn

Macquarrie o f Ulva died ab o ut 1473 , and is the fi rst pro min ently menti o ned . Aft er the forfeiture of the Lord o f the

Isles they fo ll o wed the Macleans of Duart . I n 15 04 Mac Go rry o f U ll o wa a was summoned fo r rebell ing with Donald

Dubh , who claimed the Lordship o f the I sl es . I n 1609

’ Andrew Kn o x , Bisho p o f the Isles , received as King s Co m missio ner at I o na the submissio n o f Ulva and other Chiefs . I n 1778 Lachlan Macquarrie o f Ulva s o ld his property an d

- o ld became a s o ldier at t he age o f sixty three . When the n 74th Regiment, Argyll Highl anders , was rai sed , Lachla

u rri e s o f Macquarrie became o ne of th e o ffi cers . The M acq a

Ulva became extinct in 18 18 .

M A C R 'AS:

H I S clan is Celtic . Macrae in Gaelic is M a cR a rh, ” S on of Grace . The home of the Wild Macraes was

Kintail , where they did great service for th e Earls of Seaforth . n t They were Co stables of Ell and onan Cas le . The Rev . Farquhar

Macrae (15 8 0 Vicar of Kintail , was a man of mark . Colonel

n 178 6—1 47 A rdint oul an i n n Sir Joh Macrae ( 8 )—of was em e t soldier . - The Rev . John Macrae ( 1794 18 76) of Knockbain, Ross shi re, was a famous divine . As Jacobites , th e Macraes fought gallantly at

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S h e rifi muir in 1715 , and loyally afterwards for the House of Hanover . I n 1778 the Macraes were the ringleaders in the mutiny of the

’ Seaforth Highl anders in Edinburgh . They entrenched on Arthur s

Seat, and refused to yield until peacefully approached , and t heir

- terms of enlistment ful filled . Brigadier General Will iam Macrae

( 18 3 4- 8 2) was a d istingui shed leader in the American Confederate ‘ n 4 army . Maj or Robert M crea , of Guer sey (175 fought as a loyalist in the American War of Independence . The late Constable

- n - of Eilean Donan Castle, Lieut . Col . Joh Macrae Gilstrap o f

B allirno re , restored the picturesque fortress at Lochalsh .

100 M A C TA V I S H

M A C T

H n n n’ n MACTAVI S is the moder spelli g of this cla s ame . n n Origi ally it . had ma y forms , chief of which were

Thompson, Thomason, M acOmish and M acCo mbie derived from M acT ommie , and M acT hamai s or M acT avish, from

a . I n 4 the S cots Tamm s Perthshire, as early as 1 8 8 , Donald M acCause (another form of the name) obtained lands near

Killin, where he di ed in 149 1. Many of the Argyllshire

c i M a T av she s have changed their name to Thompson. This family claim to be a sept of the Clan Campbell, descended from a so n of Colin, the thi rd Campbell , from whom are descended Clan Tavish Campbell . M acT avish of D unard y n was Chief of the cla .

101 HI STORY is rather confusing as to the correct origin of this clan. Tradition has it that the famil y settled at an early perio d in

Argyllshire, yet in the reigns of David I I and Robert I I we find charters granting lands to Malcolms in Stirlingshire . Their territo ry lay in the Loch Awe district , and they are traditionally rep o rt ed to be an o ff shoot of the M a cGhille Challums (o r M acL e o d s) of R aasay .

They took protection of the Campbells o f Lochow, and in 14 14 Sir Duncan Campbell of Locho w granted to Reginald M acCallum of

C o rb arro n certain lands , to gether with the offi ce of Hereditary

Constable of the Castles of L o chafi y and Craignish , but this branch appears to have become extinct during the latter half of the seven t e e nt h century . Dugald M acCallum of P o ltall o ch inherited the estate in 1779 , and was the fi rst t o adopt the name of Malc o lm

- permanently . Admiral Sir Pulteney Malcolm was Commander in

Chief of St . Helena, and wo n the regard o f Nap oleo n. J o hn Wing

fi e ld Malcolm of Poltalloch was created Lord Malcolm in 18 96, and

r died in 1902, when the pee age became extinct, though his bro ther i nh erited his estate, and the feudal title of Malcolm of Poltall o ch n n n descended with the Chiefship of the cla . The tarta show has been approved as correct by Sir I an Malcolm of Poltalloch .

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M A ! W EL L

fi rst mention we have of the Maxwell Sir John

Maxwell , Chamberlain of S cotland, who died without issue in 1241 . He was succeeded by his brother, who, with other ’ chil dren, had two sons , Herbert and John . Sir Herbert s descendant in the seventh degree was created Lord Maxwell — , and had two sons Robert , 2nd Lord, and Sir Edward . From the latter come the Maxwells of Monreith . Robert, 2nd Lord

Maxwel l , was succeeded by his son John who fell at Flodden,

15 13 , when the ti tle went to his so n . The latter had two sons ‘ — 5 and ohn Robert , th Lord, Sir J , who became Lord Herries T e rre le th of g s. Robert, 5 Lord , was succeeded by his son,

6th Lord, who in turn was succeeded by hi s son John ; the latter was executed for murder, and the title fell to his brother,

Robert, afterwards Earl of Nit hsdale . His son, Robert, dying without issue, the estates reverted to hi s cousin, Lord Herries , whose son and grandson held the Earldom in turn. The latter was sentenced to death as a Jacobite , but, by the aid of his wife, escaped to Rome , where he died in 1744 . He left a

- son, Wil liam, whose grea t grandson proved his claim to the

Barony of Herries . He died in 18 76, succeeded by his son,

Marmaduke (Lord Herries) . Sir John Maxwell of Pollok ,

- great gran dson of Sir John, second so n of Sir Aymer, had two sons , Sir John and Sir Robert . From the latter come the

Maxwells of Card o ne ss, al so those of Farnham. From the former come the Maxwells of Pollok , Baronets . The great B o rder castle of C ae rlave ro ck was long the seat of the Maxwell Chiefs . ancient home of this clan has ever been Castle Menzies

- W in . n eem Perthshire The three davoch la d of Weem was , n nfi the reign of Alexa der I I I , co rmed by John, Earl of Atholl , n n Sir Alexa der, son a d heir of Sir Robert de M e yne rs. His descend nt n — a , Sir Robert de Me zies, 1479 15 23 , got Weem erected into a Barony by James I I I 5 and in 15 10 James IV ordained the house to — be named Castle Menzies . It was reconstructed by James Menzies

- of that Ilk , Sir Alexander Menzies of that I lk was created

Baronet, 1665 . I n 1746 Sir Rob ert , 3 rd Baronet, entertained Prince

Charlie at Castle Menzies , his kinsman, Colonel I an Menzies of

n n r n n Shia , havi g aised a regime t for the Pri ce . Sir Neil , 6th Baronet of that Ilk, raised the clan to welcome Queen Victoria at Loch Tay in 18 42 5 and in 18 94 under Sir Robert 7th Baronet the Clan — , , — n h now n Auld . Ki r. k Me zies Society whic ow s the _ of Weem was n established . The Baro etcy expired with Sir Neil , 8 th Baronet, in

1 10 and on n n 9 the death of his sister, Miss Me zies of Me zies , the Chiefship is understood to have passed to Steuart - Menzies of Culdare s and A rndilly .

103 M O R R I S O N

n n n n n and n THE Morriso s are said to b e of S ca di avia extractio , their origi al home was - Lewis and the north west of S cotland . The fi rst Morrison of importance, according to in history, Hugh or H uche on, the Brieve, held the office of Hereditary Deemster or judge Lewis

son n . n and adj acent islands , an offi ce in which he was succeeded by his Joh The Morriso s at this time had many feuds with the M a cL e o d s, the former having to take refuge with their kinsmen in Durness and E dd e rachyllis. Apparently j uridical duties were unpleasant in the

i - Hebrides . It was only when the M acKe nz e s acquired Lewis in 1610 that the Morrisons had n n n in peace . From that period they were chiefly k ow as churchme , several of them be g n prominent ministers . The Rev . Kenneth Morrison of Lewis was an a cestor of Lord Macaulay

- through his daughter Margaret having married Rev . A ulay Macaulay, great grandfather of Lord n Macaulay . John Morrison of Bragar, gra dson of Brieve John, was a famous wit and poet .

The Harris branch of the family produced a succession of noted armourers and smiths . Donald

Morrison of Skinidin, Skye, married a daughter of John Breac M acL e o d of M acL e o d . The most noted of this family was Captain Alexander Morrison, who assisted Ossian Macpherson in his Gaelic and English labours , and to whom is due the Gaelic of the Address to the ” S un in Ca rrie rhura . The Skye family is still well represented . Morrisons are still an

n - important clan in the Hebrides a d the north west of S cotland . The Morrisons of Bognie i n Aberdeenshire are the family whose arms are usually presented as those of the Chief, and those of the Hereditary Brieves of Lewis have not been registered .

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M U R R A Y

RE S KI N, ancestor of the great famil y of Murray was F , , n i there is reaso to bel eve , a Pictish noble of the old race n of Moray . His grandso , Willi am , assumed the name De ” n Moravia . From him is desce ded the grea t house of T b i r Murray of ul li ardine . S John Murray, 12th feudal

Baron of T ul li b ardine , was by James VI in 1606 created E arl di ne r of T ul l ib ar , Lord Mur ay, Gask and Balquhidder . b rdi n William , 2nd Earl of T ul li a e , married Lady Dorothea

- - Stewart , daughter and heir of li ne of the 5 th Earl of

- - Ath oll , who died 15 94 . His son John, as heir o f line of

the Stewart Earls of Atholl , was in 1629 by King Charles I ’ confirmed in his mother s peerage, and so became the l st

Murray Earl of Atholl . John, 2md E arl , was created Marqui s

of Atholl , 1676, and John, 2nd Marqui s, D uke of Atholl in s so n ll 1703 . Hi eldest Wi iam , Marquis of T ulli b ardi ne , ’ n u n n a in Gle nfinnan in 1 u f rled Pri ce Charlie s sta d rd 745 .

John 4th Duke, raised the Atholl Highl anders . The 8 th ' “ E A R 0 1 3 L Duke originated the S cottish National Memorial in Edin k burgh Castle . The seat of the Du e of Atholl is Blair Castle ,

Pert hshire .

108 O G I LV l t l ( H U N TI N G)

THE recorded history of the Ogilvies dates back days William the Lion, when mention is made of a certain Gill e b rid e , second son of Gill e christ , Earl of Angus , who assumed the name o f

Ogilvie from his estate so called . Patrick of Ogilvie , his grands o n, was forced to swear fealty to the invader, Edward of England , for I n 1 09 n his lands in Forfar in 1296. 3 Rob ert I gra ted a charter tt ins to Patrick of Ogilvie of the Barony of Ke in Forfar . Walter

Ogilvie of Wester Pourie was Hereditary S he riff of Forfar in 13 8 5 . r r i 1 His son , Walter Ogilvie was also High Sheriff of Fo fa , n 3 9 1 . when he lost hi s life in a conflict with the famous Duncan Stewart .

The line of Sir Al exander, eldest so n of Sir Walter Ogilvie of Au cht e r house, ended in a daughter, who became Countess of Buchan. The ’ headship of the family then fell to Sir Walter s second so n, who was

Lord High Treasurer under James I in 1425 . He married Isob e l

Durward, heiress of Lintrathen, by which his p o sterity were designated until raised to the Peerage, his grandson, Sir James , being 4 made Lord Ogilvie of Airlie in 149 1 by James IV . He died in 15 0 .

James , 6th Lord , was a loyal subj ect of Queen Mary . James , 8 th r Lord , was made Earl of Airlie by Charles I in 163 9 . The 5 th Ea l joined Prince Charles at Edinburgh in 1745 with 600 me n. The

Earl of Airlie, Chief of the clan, has the seats o f Cortachy Castle and ’ ” the Bonnie Hoo se o Airlie, both in Angus . Othe r branches o f n o O e o f t h e clan are the Ogilvies of Findlater a d Deskf rd , the gilvi s

Dunlugas , Ogilvie of Inverquharity, and Ogilvie of Barras .

109 IMON RAMSAY lived in the Lothians 1140, and

William de Ramsay, probably his descendant, swore fealty to King Edward I for his lands of Dalhousie in 1296. He afterwards joined King Robert Bruce . I n 13 3 8 his so n, Alexander, defended

Dunbar against the English , and was afterwards appointed ’

Sheriff of T e vio td al e . This o fi e nd e d William Douglas , Knight, of Liddesdale, who captured and imprisoned Ramsay , starving him to death in Hermitage Castle . His descendant , Sir Alexan der Ramsay of D alwolse y, had several sons , the eldest of whom , n o n n n farnil p H is Alexa der, carried t—he mai li e of the y great grandson had two sons George , afterwards Lord Ramsay of n Melrose, later Dalhousie, and Joh , Viscount of Haddingt on in

1606, and afterwards Earl of H old e rne sse . William , 2nd Lord

in 1 3 . Ramsay , was created Earl of Dalhousie 6 3 George, 8 th s Earl of Dalhousie , had seven sons . The elde t was George , the

9th Earl , who died in 18 3 8 , and was succeeded by his so n, James ,

n - n l ot h Earl , who afterwards became Gover or Ge eral of I ndia and Marquis of Dalhousie . He died childless , and the estate fell to his nephew , Fox Maule . He also died without issue , and was succeeded by George , 12th Earl , who was son of the H o n.

John Ramsay, so n of the 8 th Earl . Dalhousie Castle , near

Edinburgh , is the seat of the Ramsays .

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R 0 5 5

HE predecess o rs of the Roses of Kil ravo ck settled Nairnshire

the reign of Ki ng David I , the documentary history of the race co mmencing in the reign o f Alexander I I , at whi ch t ime

an n n r ck they held the l ds of Geddes in I ver ess . The Kil avo family have enj o yed their property through a descent of 27 generations .

so n and Hugh, the successor of Hugh Rose of Geddes , married Mary, daughter of Sir Andrew de Bosco of Redcastle, and t hus obtained

Kil ravo ck, whi ch was erected into a Barony in 1474 . His son,

William, had two sons , Andrew, the second , an cestor of the Roses of

A uchl o ssan in Mar, and Hugh , hi s successor, who se so n married u Janet, daughter of Sir Robert Chisholm , Constable of Urq hart

Castle, by whom he received a large accession to hi s lands . He left

s n s n n a o , Hugh, who was succeeded by his o , Joh , who married

Isabella Cheyne of E ssl e mo nt . Hugh, son of t his marriage , bui lt

l n . the old tower of Ki lrav o ck in 1460. The castle is sti l i habited n The Chiefs of the clan, as i s usual in the Hi ghl ands, have always bee ” styled The Baron of Ki l ravo ck.

112 ' n n n Cla nn A z ndre a s THE Cla Ross was desig ated by the Highla ders , and in the ancient genealogical hi story they are called Cla nn ’ r s M T ir A n z a . It begins with Paul ac e , to whom William, Earl of

Ross , Lord of Skye, granted a charter fo r the lands of Gairlo ch in ’ 13 66. I n Robertson s I ndex there is mention of a F e rquh ard R o ss , supposed to be the son of Gille Anri as, from whom t he clan took its

- n name . He founded the Abbey of Fearn, in Ross shire, in the reig o f s in n t n o s Alexander I I . Thi l e e ded wi h Euphemia, Cou tess of R s , who resigned the Earldom to an un cle . The Rosses of B alnagowan were a very ancient line, as they S prang from William , Earl of Ro ss , a frie nd of Robert I . His son, Hugh, was killed at Halidon Hill in 13 ' 3 3 . From Hugh Ross , second son of Hugh, Earl of Ross , the

B al nagowan estate passed on from father to so n to David, the las t

Laird of B alnagowan, who di ed without issue , when the estate and chieftainshi p passed under entail along with the arms to Brigadier

so n l ot h . Charles Ross , of George, Lord Ross of Hawkhead This line received a Baronetcy . The R o sses of Shan dwick , Rosses o f I nve rcharro n, and Rosses of Pitcalnie are all direct branches from the B alnago wan famil y . Ross o f Pit calnie is supposed to represent the an cient line of B alnago wan .

1 13 HE S cott history begins in 113 0, when there lived one U cht re dus

T ' fil ius S coti , father of Richard , who is said t o have had two sons n Richard, a cestor of the S cotts of Buccleuch, and Sir Michael , ancestor of the S cotts of B alwe ary . From Richard descended Sir n David Scott of Branxholm a d Alexander of H o wp ai sle y . From

Sir David descended Sir Walter, created Lord S cott of Buccleuch in 16 n n 2n 00. His desce dant Fra cis , d Earl of Buccleuch , left a daughter Anne, Countess of Buccleuch , married to James , 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 do wn in regular course from father to son . Alex ’ ander s (of HOWp aisl e y) descendant in the eighth degree was Francis of T hirl e st ane , who was created a Baronet in 1666 . His so n and successor , Sir William, assumed the name of Napier o n hi s marriage with Elizabeth , Mistress of Napier . Walter S cott of Synton, great

- grandson of Richard above mentioned , was ancestor of Walter of

- n n . Harden, whose great gra dson was a cestor of the S cotts of Gala ’ Sir William s (fi fth of Harden) youngest son was great - grandfather of Sir Walter S cott, author of Wa ve rley , etc . The B alwe ary S cotts are descended from Sir Michael , grandson of U cht re d us filius S coti .

Branxholm Castle is the ducal seat of the Chiefs of the Clan S cott .

114

S KE N

t n th n H I S took heir ame from e la ds Skene ,

Earldom of Mar, whi ch they possessed from the thirteenth , n i 8 2 n ce tury t ll 1 7, whe , by the death of the last Skene of that Ilk , e hi s n the the states passed to ephew, Earl of Fife . I n 13 18 , King Robert I by charter to Robert Skene of that I lk made the lands and n I n 15 1 loch of Skene a Baro y . 3 , Alexander Skene of that Ilk fell at Flodden. A branch of the old family of Skene, designed as o f

C urrie hill , were celebrated lawyers . S ir John Skene of Curri e hill was a prominent advocate in the reign of James VI . I n 15 94 he was appointed Lord Clerk Register, and issued a collection of the S cots

Acts of Parliament . His son, Sir James Skene, succeeded the Earl of

Melrose as President of t h e Court of Ses sion in 1626. Alexander Skene of that Ilk is mentioned in 163 3 in the B ook of the A nnua l

’ I n R e nta rzs for A berdeenshire , along with others of the same name . 164 1 Andrew Skene of Auchtertool was dubbed Knight at Holyro o d

r o by Charle s I . William Fo rbes Skene, Histo iographer R yal , will always hold a foremost place among no table S cotsmen of the ’ o o f o n s nineteenth century . He was autho r of several w rks S c tla d

H all ard s and Pill e ns n ran o f o . n hist ry Ske e of, y is the o ly b ch the family which retains its l ands in S cotland .

116 R O Y A L

collections this sett is styled The Royal Tartan. such it has always been that worn by the Pipers of His Maj esty ’ s — — Regiments of Foot , and was quite correctly described some years

th e l at e n o n n. I n ago by _ Ki g Ge rge V as my perso al tarta — — arisaid sett upon a white background it was also the tartan o f our S cottish Q ueens. Our sovereigns went yearly to the Highlands ” for the Autumn Hunting, when, as was the old manner of the n n chase in S cotland, the whole clan j oi ed in rou ding up the deer . Our Royal House is the oldest in Europe ; and the great p ort rait gallery at Holyrood symb olises the 106 sovereigns who transmitted ” us this realm unconquered . On the death of Henry Benedict , last of the Royal House of Stewart , he bequeathed the old Corona

' n n n tion Ring to George I I I . According to Ta istry, t . e . omi atio n by the Chief, the Celtic S overeignty was thus passed down into o ur present Royal Family, who through Princess Elizabeth , daughter o f ’ n n n James VI , inherit the blood o f S cotland s a cient s o vereig dy asty . The sketch illustrates a piper of the Royal Highlanders (Black

Watch) .

117 S T E W A R T HE ancestor o f the race was a Breton noble Alan a cadet T , , - of the ancient Counts of D O1 and Dinan. Walter Fitz Alan ffi received from David I the o ce of High Steward of S cotland, and was progenitor of the House of S tewart . Alexander, the n — h Steward , left t wo so s James , his successor, and Sir

n B nk l . n Joh of o y From James desce ded the Royal Stewarts , n n Sir John the B o kyl bra ch . Walter, the sixth Steward ,

‘ married Princess Marj ory Bruce . Their so n reigned as

Robert I I . From his accession until the death in 18 08 of ’ ‘ n n s Pri ce Charlie s brother , the Cardi al of York , the C hie f of Clan Stewart were heads of the Royal House of Stewart (Stuart) ’ ' On the Cardinal s death the nearest lawful he irJBoa ring the ' name was concluded to be George , 8 th Earl o f Galloway, whose successors in the peerage have been received as the n subsequent Chiefs of the cla . The Stewarts of Garlics , created Earls of Galloway 1623 , descend from Sir John

Stewart of B onkyl . From Sir James , fourth son of Sir John of

B onkyl , sprang the Stewart Lords of Lorne, and the Stewart

Earls of Atholl , Buchan and Traquair . The Highland

Stewarts of Appin derive from Dougal , a so n of Sir J ohn of n Lorne , murdered 1463 . Dunca Stewart, 2nd of Appin, w

Chamberlain of the Isles to James IV . Subsequent Chiefs the house of Appin and A rd shie l fought for Charles I und n Montrose , and for the Chevalier in the Ri si gs of 1715 and 1745 .

Though the lands are lost , they still bear the title , Stewart of

Appin and A rdshie l . The sketch shows an offi cer of the Royal

S cots regiment in. full dress , wearing Hunting Stewart tartan.

UR -S‘U H A RI

- HI S clan takes its name from the district so - called in Ross shire . Urquharts of Croma rty at o ne time possessed nearly all

o f the old county of Cro marty . Tho mas Urquhart was Bisho p f Ro ss in 1449 , and in 15 8 5 Alexander Urquhart was last Dean o

o f Ross . History makes frequent reference to S ir Thomas Urquhart

r r and hn a Crai fint r u t C oma ty his family . Jo Urquh rt of g y , who b il r i st C a g on Castle about 1604 , is recorded in the Roll of Landlords

- t as i . ir u guard an to hi s grand nephew, afterwards S Thomas Urq har o f Cromarty, father of the famous knight of the same name . I n the army of Gustavus Adolphus of 1626 we find C o lonel Urquh art a ” valian t s o ldier, expert comman der, and learned scho lar . Sir Tho mas Urquhart o f Cromarty attempted the destruction of Inver ne ss Castle in 1649 . He is given a place as an author and poet of some reput e in the seventeenth century . He forfeited his estate

’ during Cromwell s rule o n account of financial diffi culties . I n 1678 th e Laird of Cromarty and Al exander Urquha rt of Newhall were

Commissio ners in Parliament .