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MACGREGOR

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MacGregor
Gaelic Name: MacGrioghair Hear the Gaelic name
Motto: 'S rioghal mo dhream (My race is royal)
Badge: Pine
Lands: Argyll and Perthshire
Origin of Name: Son of Gregory (Flocksman)
Pipe Music: Ruaig Ghlinne Freoine (Chase of Glen Fruin)

MacGregor History

ScotClans ProductsThe MacGregor's motto 'My blood is royal' is their claim to royal descent.

The clan were one of the most famous victims of the Clan Campbell's expansionism. It held lands in Glenstrae, Glenlochy and Glenorchy. With the capture of Iain MacGregor in 1296, his property was passed to the Campbell Clan.

They were pushed further into Glenstrae. From then on began the clan's survival as an independent tribe with the Campbells setting up rival line to Gregor MacGregor.

After a series of incidents the entire clan had been outlawed by 1604 and it became a capital offence to bear their name. They had become the 'Children of the Mist'. The persecution ended in 1774.

General John Murray of Lanark was appointed chief and re-established the clan.


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