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In early times, and possibly even today, Scottish clan members believed themselves to descend from a common ancestor, the founder of the clan, after whom the clan is named. The clan chief (ceannard cinnidh) is the representative of this founder, and represents the clan. In the Scottish clan system, a chief is greater than a chieftain (ceann ...
Scottish crest badges are heraldic badges used by members of Scottish clans to show their allegiance to a specific clan or clan chief. Even though they are commonly used by clan members, the heraldic crest and motto within the crest badge belong only to the clan chief – never the clan member.
He was the eldest son of four children born to Col. Sir Donald Hamish Cameron of Lochiel, 26th Chief, KT, and his wife, Margaret Gathorne-Hardy, only daughter of Lt.-Col. the Hon. Nigel Gathorne-Hardy, himself son of the 2nd Earl of Cranbrook. [1] He was educated at Harrow and went on to read history at Christ Church, Oxford where he graduated ...
Upon the release of the 12th chief of Clan Mackintosh from prison in 1513, Dougal had recovered for the clan the lands of Petty after raiding and chasing the Ogilvies away. He had also taken Inverness Castle which he had occupied for some time, but which chief Lachlan Beg Mackintosh disapproved of as it brought Dougal into mutiny with the royal ...
Sir Ewen Cameron of Lochiel (Scottish Gaelic: Eòghann Dubh Mac Dhòmhnaill Dubh; February 1629 – c. February 1719) was a Scottish soldier and the 17th chief of Clan Cameron. He fought during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms and was one the principal Jacobite leaders during the 1689 Rising .
Alexander Mackenzie (before 1436 - after 1471), known as "Ionraic" (or "the Upright"), traditionally counted as 6th of Kintail, was the first chief of the Clan Mackenzie of whom indisputable contemporary documentary evidence survives. During his long life, he greatly expanded his clan's territories and influence.
Alexander Macdonald, 17th of Keppoch (died 1746) was a Scottish Jacobite and clan chief who took part in both the 1715 and 1745 Jacobite risings. He was killed at the Battle of Culloden leading a regiment composed largely of members of his clan, the MacDonalds of Keppoch (Scottish Gaelic: Clann Dòmhnaill na Ceapaich).
According to early 20th-century clan historian R.C. MacLeod, William Dubh was born in about the year 1415. He was the son of the MacLeod chief Iain Borb.The Bannatyne manuscript records that Iain Borb married a granddaughter of the Earl of Douglas [1] —several 20th-century clan historians gave her name as Margaret. [2]