YEAR BOOK AMERICAN CLAN GREGOR SOCIETY 35 Gilla Consta nce Susan Rollo, a .B.E. (1948) , yr. dau. late H on. E ric Norman Rollo, of 50 Chester Square, S.W. (see Ro llo, B.) , and had issue. Both Sir Malco lm and his father began their Naval careers when they were boys of 13 and 12 years of age. He has been our Hereditary Chief since 1879. Sir Malco lm and his Lady Gilla had : 1. Gregor MacGregor , of MacGregor. b. 22 Dec. 1925 ; Ed. at E ton; Capt. Scots Guard s, and a Member of Roy. Co. of Archers (King's Bodyguard for Scotland). Clubs: Guards, Turf; served in W.W.!!. Living. 2. Anna Gylla, b. 1929; m. 1950, James Christopher Ellis. Residence-100 Cheyne W alk , Chelsea, S.W . 3, London. T hey have a son and dau . All living at present. 3. Malcolm Fundamu s MacGregor. 4. Derva lgelda Malvina. 5. Demohodh Tearloch MacG rego r. (End of Part Two.)
36 YEAR BOO K AMERICAN CLAN GREGOR SOCIETY PART THREE FROM GILLESPIE, T HIRD SO N OF GREGOR, 12th CHIEF", To ALEXANDER ( II) MAG RU DER Note ref. #13, A.e.G.S. yb. 1923, is the main reference for this Par t T hree. Gen. XIII Gillespie MacG regor, 3rd son of Gregor ( Aulin) , 12th Chief. b. in 1375, and became Bard (o r harper) of his Clan, as was common for younger sons of Hi ghland Chiefs. H e became the founder of the MacGruder Line. He left thr ee sons, the eldest was W illiam, who s. Gen. XIV William MacG ruder, b. 1413, was a witness to a charter dated Mar . 10, 1447. H e left a son, Gillespie, Gen. XV Gillespie ( II) MacGr uder, b. in 1453, and left a son, William Mac Gruder , Gen. XVI W illiam ( II) MacG ruder, b. 1490, and left a son, James Mac Gruder, Gen. XVII James ( I) MacG ruder, b. in 1519, began his life as a page of Lord Drumond, so he and his descendants, as were all the Mac Grego rs, staunch Cavaliers and Royalists, supporters of the Stuarts. He had a son John, Gen. XVIII John ( I) MacGruder, b. in 1544, was charged with implicat ion of a riot by the Clan Gregor on the House of Rochastle in 1580. He had a son Alexander. Gen. X IX Alexander (1) MacG ruder, b. 1569, m. May 28, 1605, Lady Margaret Drum ond, widow of Sir Andre Drumond, Lord of Ballyclose, and nee, Mar gar et Campbell, dau, of Sir James Campbell, Lord of Abernchiel. H e was also known as Alexander MacGregor. Th ey had: 1. James, b. 1607, 2. Alexa nder, b. 1610, and 3. John, b. 1614. (Gen. XX) The eldest son of Alexander (1 ) MacGruder, was James. He was not in our direct line which comes down thru his brother , Alexa nder (II ) ; however, mention will be made of him here. See A.e.G.S. yb. 1923, page 18, which gives in considerabl e detail information of these sons of Alexander ( I), Gen. XIX. James MacGruder, alias James MacGregor, was b. about 1607, and is mentioned in Act of Scottish Parliament, in Feb. 1649, as one of the few of Lords , Lairds and Free holders, selected by Parliament in the name of Charles II , to resist the invading Army of Cromwell. He is descri bed as "James McGrud er, Laird of Cargill" and it is believed that he was slain at Worcester in 1649. The Bar ony of Carg ill was a beauti ful hilly country of the Pershire Hi ghlands near Dunkeld, on the river Tay and was formerly in possession of the Drumond Fa mily. The name of MacGregor being proscri bed at thi s time, it is under standable that James was mentioned as McGrud er and not his real name-MacGregor. As James was the Laird of Cargill and referred to as Laird of Mac Gregor or Chief of the Clan, in the History of Sir Evan Cameron