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Clan MacRae Roll of Honour inside Eilean Donan Castle grounds, added during the restoration. The castle is regularly described as one of the most photographed monuments in Scotland, [ 49 ] [ 50 ] and is a recognised Scottish icon, frequently appearing on packaging and advertising for shortbread, whisky and other products.
The Macraes are known to have been constant supporters of the Clan Mackenzie in recorded times; in 1520, and for many years onwards, they were constables of Eilean Donan Castle. [8] In 1539 the Clan Macdonald of Sleat besieged Eilean Donan as part of their attempt to restore the Lordship of the Isles and Duncan Macrae is credited with slaying ...
Lieutenant Colonel John MacRae-Gilstrap (31 December 1861 – January 1937) was a British army officer and a senior figure of the Clan Macrae.He contested a rival claim to the chiefship of the clan, and in 1912 he purchased and subsequently restored the Macrae stronghold of Eilean Donan Castle on Loch Duich in the west of Scotland.
The Mathesons then found themselves involved in the feuding between the Clan MacDonald and the Clan Mackenzie. [3] Iain Dubh Matheson was killed defending the Mackenzie stronghold Eilean Donan Castle, of which he had become constable of after marrying the widow of Sir Dugald Mackenzie. [3]
Hector Roy's son, John Glassich Mackenzie, is said to have renewed his father's claim to some or all of the clan's lands and died in mysterious circumstances in Eilean Donan. In 1551, John Mackenzie (9th of Kintail) and his son received a remission for his imprisonment.
The capture of Eilean Donan was a military action of the 1719 Jacobite Rising, a Spanish-backed attempt to restore James Stuart to the throne of Great Britain. [2] It was led by British Jacobite exiles George Keith, 10th Earl Marischal, the Marquess of Tullibardine and the Earl of Seaforth, chief of Clan Mackenzie.
It is supposed that the Murchisons were long governors of Eilean Donan Castle. [1] In 1563 a dispute arose between the Macraes and the MacLennans over who should hold the honorable post of constable of the castle, and the Mackenzie laird ultimately gave it to the priest John MacMhurchaidh Duhibh (Murchison). [3]
Farquhar Macrae was the son of Christopher Macrae (d. 1615) and Isabella Murchison. He was born in 1580 in Eilean Donan Castle, where his father held the office of constable. He was sent to Perth for his education, and after five years there completed his education at the University of Edinburgh.