1954 - Special Collections

YEAR BOOK AMERICAN CLAN GREGOR SOCIETY 29
direct male line of the honorable H ouse of MacGr egor" s. his father
in 1744. Called "GlenCarnock". H e took the name of Murray at
th e request of H is Grace th e (l ate) Duke of Atholl, J ames 3rd,
of whom he held his estate and by whom he was greatly admired.
Robert MacGrgeor Murray was a man of education, of honor, and
pr obity, but invariably attac hed to th e interest of the Stewa rt
famil y. He engaged in their Cause in 1745, had the Command
of his own Clan, the Clan Grego r, to which his brother Evan was
attached as Captain . H is whole fortune was mor tgaged to forwa rd
the effort, which after his death was the means of earring off
his estate. "Prince Charlie" had no stauncher f riend or supporter.
The Duke of Cumberland had Mini ster Gordan entreat P.obert and
his Clan, th e Clan Gregor, to lay down arms and promised in
the name of his H ighn ess to restore their name "MacGregor" and
gra nt other favors. "Glen Carn ock" held a meetinq and SCIlt word
"he and his CIOlI appreciated the honor, but havillg embarked in
this affair the)' could not desert the Calise, whatever they lIlight
suffer. T hat on the aIle hand, though his H ighn ess might love the
treason, he IIlllst needs hate trait ors ; and all the other hand, they
wou ld justly incur the odium of their own part»; that therefore
they chose rather to risk their lives and [ortunes and die with the
characters of honest I1ICIl, than live i ll illfamy, and hand doum
disgrace to their posterity."
A few remar ks by Marshall Magruder rega rdin g the 1745 upris ing
follow :
"A fter the death of Queen A nne in 1715, the first attempt was
made to place a Stewa rt King on the th rone. It result ed in failure,
and Charles whom the English called the "Pretender", went back
to the Contin ent. By 1745 his son, Cha rle s Edward Stewart , whom
the Scots called "Prince Cha rlie", had become of age-was 25
yea rs old. In the 1745 attempt, Charle s Edward arrived fro m
France, but without the powerful supporting for ces prom ised by
the F rench . However, according to promise the thr ee brothers,
Robert, Duncan, and Eva n, met at the appointed place and raised
the Royal Standar d of the "C hevalier" James, at Glen Fi nnan, in
Loch Sh iel. Robert MacGregor, 21st Chief of the Clan Grego r,
was in Command of the Regt. Duncan was a subordinat e Officer,
Evan became Maj or and later A.D.C. on the Staff of " P rince
Charlie". T here were present at the Council of Revolution and
raising of the Standard : T he Marquis T ullibardine, Duke William
of Atholl, Duke of Pe rth, Glen Carnock, Glen Gule, Glen Backs
and Arq ur ior. T he MacGrego rs mar ched to Callender, thence
to Glen Almond where they met "Prince Charl ie" and his par ty,
the MacDonalds and Camerons. T he orig inal journal of the Clan's
opera tions were written by Sir John MacGregor-Murray (eldest
son of Maj or Evan MacGregor ) and kept by Dun can Mac P harrie,
and ar e in the Edenchip paper s.