Show T rr I 1 I G eneal og y MacGregor ac re or t tI I 1 I It t I t 1 t r-t I LA Is s esteemed ono onoe CIAN CLAX e of or th the purest In ori origin ln o of nil all the Celtic tribes tribe tho the distinctive bad of ur Of which was the pine The They were the principal sect Beet o of or time the and there can cah be hI no doubt u of or their unmixed d e and amI direct de descent from fron tho the or 01 stock which formed the i inhabitants of oC Scotland Thc They were once numerous in doe and Menteith and also in Glen Glen- i orchy Romance ha has b ii thrown I around this particular clan cJan from tho the exploits and ac adventures of ot tho the celebrated cele cla J Rob Hon Ho and ond tho the cruel l sufferings sufferings suffer suffer- ings and ami proscriptions prescriptions to which the they were at Rt different tines times subjected b bytho by bytho tho government s Claiming a n. r their motI motto motto mot mot- I to anciently was sly My I race raco I H Is ro royal al said to have been the third r son sou of oC Alpin king of or Scotland who commenced his reign In is meno mentioned men men- ci o ed as their remote ancestor but hul ItI itis it itH I H is Impossible to trace their descent scent from om on any such verso personage personage- or from hi his eldest brother Kenneth Macalpin l from whom Wheat they also claim lIn to bo be sprung According to Buchanan of or the clan Gregor were located In Glen Glen- orchy as early as 9 the tho reign n of ot Malcolm l Canmore 1057 1003 As tho they were Inthe in inthe the time reign n of oC Alexander er II TI 1214 1249 vassals of oC the carl earl of oC Ross thinks it probable that Glenorchy was given aIves hen to them when that monarch con conferred cOn cOn- a largo extent of oC territory on that potent noble Hugh h of or Glenorchy appears to have o been tho the first of their chefs chiefs chles who wn was so 50 styled Malcolm the chief of oC the Limo cl clan nn In tho the days of oC Druco fought ht bravely on ort the nn national at the battle battlo of Bannockburn He lie accompanied d Edward Bruce Druco to Ireland and antI being being- severely wounded at nt Dun dall ho he was Voas over ocr afterwards known as tho lamo lord Told Hold by hy Strong Jl Hand nd In tho the reign of or David II II tho the Camp Campbells bells managed to procure a a le legal al to the lands of oC Glenorchy nevertheless ne le less s tho the ors maintained for a along long lonE time the tho possession of oC b by the strong stron hand The They knew no other right than that of ot the tho sword but ultimately that was found unavailing unavailing ing and nd at nt last expelled Jed from lom their own territory tUcy t b became an outlawed out out- 1 lawless and landless clan cJan John Tonn or of Glenorchy who ho died In 1 1390 90 Is Iii said to 10 have ha had three sons Jons Patrick hi his successor John Dow ancestor of ot the family of Glen Glen- who became the chief cef of tho the i clan and Gregor ancestor o of or the Macgregor Mac Mac- gregor of oC Horo Patricks Patrick's son Malcolm Mal Mal- coin colm was Compelled by the Campbells b to 10 sell tho the lands of C In to Campbell of or Glenorchy who thus obtained the thc first flast footing in which afterwards gave ga tho the title earl to his family The principal families of ot the Mac Mac- e ors In process of time except that of o who held that estate as Vassals asals aRf als o of oC the earl carl of or Arr Argyle J found I themselves reduced to the tho position of ot tenants on the lands of oC Campbell C of ot Glenorchy and other powerful barons It t being belnA tho the policy of oC the thc latter to get cl rid of ot them altogether the tho unfortunate clan was driven by a continuous aya- aya system tem of or oppression Tind annoyance to tu acts of oC rapine and violence which brought ht upon them th the vengeance of oC the g gd The clansmen had no other means of subsistence than tin till plunder ot of It their neighbors neighbors' property and as the they naturally directed their attacks chien chiefly n against those who had hud wrested from them their own lands It Jt became still more the Interest of oC their oppressors to represent to the king kinE that nothing cou could could d put a 3 top slop to their lawless ss conduct save Rave n a the tho cut cutting tin or off of or tho iho tribe of or lac cSor root and branch Royal Act Them In 1488 soon SOOIl after the youthful Tames James IV r J v hart had haft ascended the time throne which tho the murder er of or his father had I rendered vacant an UI act was pa paused passed sc for of ot time the and other enormities through all the realm evidently evi 1 dently d designed sl nd against the Macgre- Macgre gors for Cot amon among the tho barons to whom power was given for enforcing it were Duncan an Campbell of or Glenorchy Glen Glen- orchy an and Nell Stewart Steuart of ot Fortingall and Edwin Campbell of ot Strachur Althis Althis Al At this time the thc 1 re ors were still a i numerous clan Besides those in Glen Glen- orchy thC they were settled in great treat numbers num num- hers bers In tho the districts of ot Breadalbane and A Athol thol and the they all acknowledged Jed pd Macgregor ol of oC Glenorchy who bore the title of oC captain of ot the clan as their chlof chief With th tho the view of oC reducing these branches Sir Duncan Campbell of oC Glenorchy obtained In 1192 the tho office of oC b of the crown lands of oC Din Pis- Dinner her ner and Glenlyon and chart an and In 1502 he lie procured a char char- ter of the tho lands of or Glenlyon l from rom this period says Mr Ir thc the history of or tho rac 1 consists con con- consists of or a a. mere list of ot acts of oC privy council h by which commissions Ire are granted to pursue the tho clan with fire and sword and of or various luious atrocities which a state of ot desperation tho the natural natural nat nat- ural result of ot these measures as well wen wellS wenas as S a a. deep spirit of vengeance e against both th the framers an and executors of oC them frequently led the clan to commit These actions led lell to the enactment of still sUII severer laws and at length th to time the cO complete proscription of or the clan Bu But t still the were not subdued Taking refuge in their mountain moun moun- tain fastnesses they set et at defiance all the efforts made by their enemies for their entire extermination and anti inflict Inflict- Inn inflicted Ct e ed upon some ome of oC them n a terrible ven ven- In 1589 1659 thc time they seized and mui- mui ored John Drummond of Drummond Drummond- a n forester of ot the royal forest forestor of or Glenartney an act which forms the foundation of oC tho the Incident detailed in Iii Sir Sit Walter WaJter Scotts Scott's Legend end s-end of ot Montrose The clan swore upon tho head of oC the victim that th they would avow and antI de dt dm- fend fen tho the deed decd In common An outrage lute like il o this led at once to the thc most rigorous rigorous rigor rigor- ous proceedings s on the tho part of ot the crown Fresh resh letters Jetters ot of fire and sword for three years were issued a against the whole clan elan and anel all persons inter inter- dieted from Crom harboring or having an any communication with them They Win 10 Battle Then followed tho the conflict at Glen Glen- fruin in 1603 1003 when the time under un un- un der del Alexander er regor Macgregor of their chief defeated the tho under tho the laird of ot Luss and HO of the thc latt latter r were killed The circumstances which led lcd to and the details of this celebrated celebrate cele cele- brate cl clan n battle have ha been already given hen The force of ot the was more mora than double that of ot the Mac Mac- gregors and of or time the latter Jatter It Is remarkable remarkable remark remark- able that only John tho the brother of ot the chief and another nother person were l killed though a L number were wounded Dugald Dugal Clar Ciar of ot Rob Ho Roy Is said paid on this occasion to h have hc c exhibited extraordinary ferocity and coura cour cour- a age go Information of ot tho the disaster having been sent to tho the king Icing by the laIrd of ot LUSH Luss and tho whole affair being mis mis- represented to his majesty tho the clan of or Gregor were proclaimed rebels The earl of ot Argyle who had been appointed lieutenant and in tho the whole bounds Inhabited h by tho the acs 1 was sent Bent against them About CO GO of oC tho clan made mado a bravo bra stan stand at Benton Ben Ben- ton against a no party part of or 00 belonging to the clan Cameron clan Xab Nab and under tho time command o of Robert Campbell son of or the time laird of or Glenorchy Duncan h one of ut tho to chieftains of oC the clan Gregor Gres with his son Duncan and soven seven of or Campbells Campbell's Campbells Campbell's Camp Camp- bells bell's party were killed Alexander or Macgregor of resisted re- re re for some seine tho the strong com com- formed against him but after suffering suffering- man many privations ho be at last surrendered with some somo of his principal clansmen to tho the carl earl of or Argyle on con con- He Ho was waSl however ol most basely basel betrayed by the earl carl Sent under a guard across Jross the borders no sooner JJ ha had l 1 I ho arrived d at Berwick than he tens wn- brou brought ht back to Edinburgh and put In prison A At tt his trial January 26 1601 he was condemned to death and executed executed exe lX- cute d at the cross of ot that elt city some of ot his followers being In consideration consideration consid consid- of oC his rink rank suspended from a higher gallows than that on which hung the others In relation to this I betrayal Rl and melancholy end of the unfortunate un- un un fortunate chief ehler there thero Is 19 the following entry In the MS diary of or Robert Hobert Bir- Bir ell October 2 2 1603 Ancient Chroniclers Chronicler Story Mory or Albert JU of 01 or tine tane be tho tha laird of or bot hot bot bet etor taken be the carlo earle of or Argyll the 4 of or January and brocht to the 9 of ot Januar 1604 with mae of ot 18 8 of oC his Ho lie was to Berwick to the Baird conforme to tho the earlier for or he to put him him out of or Scot- Scot Us grund s Swa ho ane and Ille- Ille land and promes In respect he lie sent Bent the gaird to convoy como him out of ot Scotts Scott's grund Bot that thai were ere not to with him bot to him bad agane agane Tho ho 13 18 of ot at he h. come como agane to and pone the 20 0 day of ho was at nt the tho croco croce and ii 11 of or his friends and antl anc gallous being be being be- be ing chieff chicH ho he was his awin t above tho the rest resl of oC his friendly That Argyle had an interest In his death leath appears from a n. declaration printed print print- ed in CrIminal Trails which the chief chiet made before his execution wherein he says sars that tho the earl carl had enticed enticed en en- him to commit several slaughters and and had hac endeavored to prevail upon him to commit Among other severe seere measures passed against this doomed clan was one which deprived e them of ot their very ory name namo B By an au act of ot the privy council dated elated April 3 1603 all ot of tho the name namo ot of Macgregor were compelled on pain of or death to 10 adopt another surname and andall andall all aU who had hall been engaged at the battle batU of and other marauding cx cx- cx petitions detailed In tho the act were ere prohibited prohibited prohibited pro pro- also under pain of oC death from carrying an any weapon but a knife without without with with- without out a I point to cut their victuals lK The They worn wore nl also o forbidden under the samo Eama penalty of ut death not to m meet el in greater great great- er cr numbers number than four at a time The rhe earls of ot Argyle and Athol were charged with Uh the execution of ot thesy j enactments enactment and It has been shown haw hG the former carried out tho the task taek a assigned to him hdm h m with Ith regard to the Ill fated chief so treacherously done to death by br him I |