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Sir William MacLellan, son of Patrick MacLellan of Bombie and Margaret Of Lennox was the Husband of Lady Marion Carlyle.. When his father was murdered in 1452, William along with other members of his clan in revenge ransacked land owned by William Douglas, 8th Earl of Douglas but their plundering was punished in defiance of all law and justice, for which king James II outlawed and forbid.
The Clan MacLellan is a Scottish clan of the Scottish Lowlands. [2] [3] [4] The clan does not currently have a chief therefore it is considered an Armigerous clan.[2] in Edinburgh at the gathering of the clans in 2009 the Maclellan clan were led up the royal mile by Steven McLelland living in carlisle now,
Patrick Maclellan of Bombie (d. c. 1452) Sheriff of Galloway, then the head of his family, the Clan MacLellan, and a staunch royalist declined an invitation to join William Douglas, 8th Earl of Douglas, along with the Earls of Ross and Crawford and Ormond in a powerful alliance against the young King James II of Scotland.
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William MacLellan was 6th Lord Kirkcudbright from 1734 to 1762. Though his son, John, did not present a petition to establish his right to the title of Lord Kirkcudbright until 1767. Born c. 1690 in Borness, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, William was the son of William MacLellan of Balmangan and Agnes McCulloch. [1] [2] [3] [4]
The MacLellan family was numerous in Galloway in the later half of the 14th Century and gave its name to Balmaclellan, MacLellan's town, in the Stewartry of Galloway. It is understood that the Balmaclellan lands were given to John MacLellan by James III, king of Scotland, in 1466 on John MacLellan's intention to provide a site for a church ...
The bandit's severed head, as a Moor, appears on the crest badge of Clan MacLellan. Black Morrow, also known as Black Murray and Outlaw Murray, is the name given to a late 15th century Scottish outlaw. A popular ballad makes the bandit as living in Ettrick Forest, while a recorded oral tradition, a wood in Kirkcudbrightshire. [1]
In April 1608, MacLellan's involvement in an affray in Kirkcudbright led to him being fined and imprisoned in Blackness Castle. The situation worsened when he and his clan members were accused of attacking several men, including William Maxwell of Cavers and merchant Edward Edzer, in the streets of Kirkcudbright. MacLellan was subsequently ...