1954 - Special Collections

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Y EAR BOOK
AMERICA N CLAN GREGOR SOCIETY
(G en. XIV)
not direct line
Gen. X IV
John m. 2nd by the dau, of Macintosh. No known issue.
John m. 3rd by the dau. of Sir Colin Campbell. H ad a son,
James ( ?) .
Malcolm, the eldest son s. and lived durin g the reigns of Kin gs
James III and IV. He died about 1498 ? In this Lord's day the
MacGregors lost many more of their lands. They had been provoked
to chastise the MacNabs , but had never been disloyal to
the Royal family. Th ey consider ed the letters of "Fire and Swo rd"
marking them as rebels, "not by their own acts, but of their
Soverei gn or of his minister s" ; "so did not tamely yield possession
of their lands to the King's forces, whom they looked upon as
executive tools of ambiti ous individuals, etc., and because the
MacGregors had been formida ble adherents to his fath er, James
III, aga inst the faction which he presented etc. and which proved
the death of his late Maj esty, was much incensed aga inst them."
Land s lost during this Chieftainship were: Country of Balquhidder
to Lemas Beg, descendant of a son of the Duke of Albany. Sir
Colin Campbell, as 2nd son of the Knight of Loehow, became
Laird of Glen Urchy, The y lost the Lord ship of Glendochar t,
extensive lands and Baileries of the countries of Deasser and
Tash, the south and north sides of Loch Tay-GlenLyon, the port
of Loch Tay, the country of Rannoch, the Barony of Finlarig with
the castle, town and Fortalice, the lands of Shian , Balloeh (now
Taymouty) , and Achrioch etc. inter annos 1465 and 1504.
Th e line of Malcolm (XIV) has been in much dispute, especially
regarding his gra ndson (XVII) Gregor a chief, as to whether
or not he was a law-heir. Miss MacGregor proves that chiefs of
this line were accepted as legitimate heirs, blasts the fishmongers
tale of a bastar d son (which was unfortu nately picked up by some
historians without proper checking), and states that as this brother's
line died out about 1707, that the true line of the chief's succession
passes down thru his brother Grego r (ca lled Mor-e-the Great), the
2nd son of John X III.
Gregor (Mor) the Great, 2nd son of John (XIII) and his first
wife, s. his brother, Malcolm (XIV). He was called Grego r, of
Breachd-Shiabh or Brackly, and was given the lands of Brackly,
in Glenurchy with a numerous following of men. He lived in the
reigns of King James III ( 1460-1488) and James IV (1488-1513).
Many more valuable lands were lost. Grieving over the oppress ion
of his family, fri ends and loss of lands, he raised his men and
makin g several successf ul expeditions aga inst their enemies, recovered
possession of a large tract of land called Glen Loehy, the
Forest of Corry Chaick, and the lands of Aideonaig, severa l others
on Loch Tay, which his descendants enjoyed until the reign of
James IV. Gregor-Mor rn, Flora, dau. of MacArthur, of Strachur,
by a dau. of the family of Argy le, ancestor of the present Col.