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YEAR BOOK A MERICAN CLAN GREGOR SOCIET Y
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PART Two
J OHN MacG R EGO R ( Gen. XIII ) , 2nd son of GREGOR (A ULIN )
MacGR E GOR (Gen. XII)
to include
SIR MALCOLM MacGREGOR, OF MacGREGOR (G en. XXVI),
The PRESENT H EREDITARY CHIEF
Refer ences :
For thi s Part T wo-the research was based primarily upon Ref. Nos. as
follows :
# 3-The Baronage of Scotland, at the Libra ry of Congress.
# 18---Burk e' s Peerage, 1949, 99th ed., p. 1290, Atlan ta Library.
# lO-History of the Clan Gregor, compiled at the request of the Clan Gregor
Society, about 1890, from public and private collections, including the
manuscript of Sir John ( X XII) and his correspondence with his uncle,
Duncan ( XXI ), etc., and published by Wm, Brown of Edi nburgh,
vol. # 1 in 1898, vol. #2 in 1901. In her genealogical studies Miss Mac­
Greg or quotes the "Baronage" for each succeeding generati on, adds
new material, clarifies, and presents, as far as known, th e authentic
lines of descent of the various branches or H ouses of the MacGr egor
Clan. She furni shes the necessary data to fill in the descent fro m Lord
Malcolm's sons (ge n. X II I), down to include Patrick ( XVIII ) . From
there on down to our present Chief, Burke's P eerage furni shes complete
genealogical detail s to accompany Miss MacGregor's historic al account s.
Gen. X III John MacGr egor , 2nd son of Gr egor ( Aulin), s. in 1420 his bro .,
Malc olm, and lived during the reign of Kin g James I ( 1405-1433),
d. in 1461, in the reign of James III (1460-1488) . He was of that
ilk (formerly of Brackly) , a man of grea t martial spir it, and was
made Lord of MacGregor. Th e Knight of Lochow found means
in thi s Lord' s day to stir the Mc Nabs to insult the MacGregor s,
in consequence of which a party of the latter, the MacG regor s,
fought the Clan in Abba at Chrianlarich, and cut them off almost
to a man. Lochow having on tha t pretense obtained-"Letters of
Fire and Sword," aga inst both Clans, got military force s to assist
him in redressing them. Man y bloody skirmishes were fough t in
conjunction by both, in which many of their enemies were destroye
d, but in the end the Clans lost lands, while the Knight of
Lochow and his fri ends assumed possession th ereof. J ohn rn.
the dau. of Lord MacLachan, Chieftai n of Argyle shire. He d.
1461 and left 3 sons :
I. Malcolm, eldest son and heir s. (MacGregor chiefs line)
2. Gregor, of Breachd-Sliabh, in Glenu rchy.
3. John, of Breachd-Sliabh , in Glenurchy .
4. Ma rgret m. Lauch lan Mor Macuarie, Chief of that Clan .