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The Atholl Highlanders on parade in 2017 The full dress of the Atholl Highlanders. More than 50 years later, in 1839, George Murray, 6th Duke of Atholl, as Lord Glenlyon, re-formed the regiment [3] as a bodyguard which he took to the Eglinton Tournament at Eglinton Castle, Ayrshire. [5]
This version of the image is not just full-sett and is not tileable; it is an offset view to better show the pattern and for comparison with other tartans given the same treatment. Scottish Register of Tartans notes on this sett: "Details from Wilsons of Bannockburn’s 1819 Key Pattern Book where is it simply called ‘Atholl’.
Although the Battle of Culloden was the last time the Highlanders of Atholl went to war, the Murray chief's ceremonial guard which became known as the Atholl Highlanders still has the unique honour of being Europe's only legal private army. [3] In 1845 Queen Victoria presented colours to the Atholl Highlanders. [3]
Bruce George Ronald Murray, 12th Duke of Atholl OStJ (born 5/6 April 1960), is a South African-born businessman and peer who is the chief of Clan Murray. [1] As Duke of Atholl, he has the right to raise Europe's only legal private army, the Atholl Highlanders, a unique privilege granted to his family by Queen Victoria after visiting Blair Atholl in 1844.
Crest: A chevalier on horseback in full charge grasping a broken lance in bend Proper. [67] Mottos: J’ai bonne esperance [French, 'I have good hope'] [68] Vive Deo et vives [69] [Latin, 'Live for God and you shall have life'] [67] Chief: none, armigerous clan Seat: Riccarton: The last chief was Thomas Craig of Riccarton who died on 13 March ...
The 7th Duke in uniform of colonel of the Atholl Highlanders, c. 1860s . Atholl served in the Scots Fusilier Guards, achieving the rank of captain in 1864. The latter year he also succeeded his father in the dukedom. In 1865. he registered the additional surname of Stewart at the Lyon Court.
John Murray, 11th Duke of Atholl (19 January 1929 – 15 May 2012), was a South African-born hereditary peer of the Peerage of Scotland, hereditary Clan Chief of Clan Murray, and Colonel-in-Chief of the Atholl Highlanders. As Duke of Atholl, he commanded the only legal private army in Europe. He acceded as the 11th duke on 27 February 1996 ...
The Atholl Highlanders is a ceremonial Scottish regiment which not part of the British Army but under the command of the Duke of Atholl, based at Blair Castle. It was presented with colours by Queen Victoria in 1844, giving the regiment official status. [ 8 ]