Clan MacDonnell of Glengarry Crest: Creag an Fhitich (The Raven's Rock)

Clan MacDonell of Glengarry is a Scottish clan and a branch of the Clan Donald or Macdonald, taking its name from Glen Garry where the river Garry runs eastwards through Loch Garry to join the Great Glen about 16 miles (25 km) north of Fort William. The principal families descended from the house of Glengarry were the McDonnells of Barrisdale, in Knoydart, Greenfield, and Lundie. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Clan map of Scotland Scottish clans (from Old Gaelic clann, children), give a sense of identity and shared descent to people in Scotland and to their relations throughout the world, with a formal structure of Clan Chiefs officially registered with the court of the Lord Lyon, King of Arms which... Clan Donald crest: Per mare per terras (By sea and by land) Map of Dál Riata at its height, c. ... The Great Glen, also known as Glen Albyn or Glen Mor is a series of valleys in Scotland running 100 kilometres from Inverness on the Moray Firth to Fort William at the head of Loch Linnhe. ... // Fort William (Gaelic: An Gearasdan, The Garrison) is the largest town in the west highlands of Scotland. ...

History

Origins of the Clan

The Glengarry clan claims descent from Donald, one of the five sons of Ranald (d.1386), chief of Clan MacDonald of Clan Ranald. The parents of Ranald (d.1386) were John of Islay, Lord of the Isles, 6th chief of Clan Donald and Ami MacRuairi the female heiress to the chieftenship Clan Ranald. MacDonald of Clan Ranald crest. ... 18th century illustration of some of the tombs of Oronsay Priory, founded by John of Islay sometime before 1358. ... Clan Donald crest: Per mare per terras (By sea and by land) Map of Dál Riata at its height, c. ...

The two distant relatives, John of Islay and Amie MacRuairi both descend from Ranald (d.1207), son of King Somerled. They married and their son Ranald (d.1386) became chief of Clan Ranald. Ranald was also expected to succeed his father, John of Islay as chief of Clan Donald. However John of Islay later married Margaret Stewart, the daughter of Robert II of Scotland. They had a son called Donald who became the next chief of Clan Donald. Categories: Possible copyright violations ... Margaret Stewart can refer to:- Margaret Stewart, 4th Countess of Angus Margaret Stewart (Dauphine of France) Category: ... Robert the warrior and knight: the reverse side of Robert IIs Great Seal, enhanced as a 19th century steel engraving. ... Clan Donald crest: Per mare per terras (By sea and by land) Map of Dál Riata at its height, c. ...

Ranald (d.1386), chief of the Clan Ranald had five sons. One of these five, Alan (d.1430) succeded him as chief of the Clan Ranald. Another of the five sons, Donald (d.1420) became chief of the Clan MacDonnell of Glengarry. [1]

16th Century & Clan Conflicts

Clan MacDonnell of Glengarry 'Ancient' Tartan

Glengarry first played an independent part in the politics of Clan Donald when in 1539 the Macdonald chief received a feudal charter from the Scottish crown. Glengarry chose to follow Donald Gorm of Sleat in an attempt to reclaim Lordship of the Isles which collapsed with a failed assault on Eilean Donan Castle in which Donald died. Along with other chiefs, Glengarry was tricked into attending on King James V of Scotland at Portree where they were captured and imprisoned in Edinburgh until the King died in 1542. Image File history File links MacDonnellGlengarryTartanAncient. ... Image File history File links MacDonnellGlengarryTartanAncient. ... Clan Donald crest: Per mare per terras (By sea and by land) Map of Dál Riata at its height, c. ... Events May 30 - In Florida, Hernando de Soto lands at Tampa Bay with 600 soldiers with the goal to find gold. ... Categories: Castles in Scotland | Stub ... James V (April 10, 1512 – December 14, 1542) was king of Scotland (September 9, 1513 – December 14, 1542). ... Portree (Gaelic Port Rìgh, the Kings port) is the largest town on Skye in the Scottish Inner Hebrides. ... Edinburgh (pronounced ; Scottish Gaelic: ) is the capital of Scotland and its second-largest city. ... Events War resumes between Francis I of France and Emperor Charles V. This time Henry VIII of England is allied to the Emperor, while James V of Scotland and Sultan Suleiman I are allied to the French. ...

In 1545 Alexander MacRanald of Glengarry and North Morar was one of the lords and barons of the Isles who pledged allegiance to the king of England. Events February 27 - Battle of Ancrum Moor - Scots victory over superior English forces December 13 - Official opening of the Council of Trent (closed 1563) Battle of Kawagoe - between two branches of Uesugi families and the late Hojo clan in Japan. ...

By the middle of the 16th century the Clan Matheson had greatly diminished in size and influence, and John Matheson’s son Dougal possessed no more than a third of the ancient Matheson property on Lochalsh. Even that property he was in danger of losing by engaging in a dangerous feud on his own account with Clan MacDonnell of Glengarry. This powerful chief had established himself on the shores of Loch Carron at hand, and he presently seized Matheson and threw him into prison, where he died. This incident brought about the final ruin of the Clan Matheson as a powerful clan. Clan Matheson crest Clan Matheson is a Highland Scottish clan. ...

With a view to avenge his father’s death, and recover his lost territory; Dougal Matheson's son, Murdoch Buidhe Matheson, relinquished all his remaining property, excepting the farms of Balmacara and Fernaig, to the chief of the Clan MacKenzie of Kintail, in return for the services of an armed force with which to attack the Clan MacDonnell of Glengarry. The lands thus handed over were never recovered from the MacDonnells. Neither Matheson’s generalship or the force given to him by Clan MacKenzie seems to have been enough to the task of forcing terms upon MacDonnells of Glengarry. Clan MacKenzie Crest: I Shine, Not Burn. ...

Later Murdoch Matheson's son, Ruari, the next Clan Matheson chief, had more satisfaction, when, as part of the following of the Clan MacKenzie chief in 1602, he set out to punish the MacDonnells of Glengarry. On this occasion Glengarry’s stronghold of Strome Castle, on Loch Carron, was stormed and destroyed. By this time the Mathesons appear to have been merely the "kindly tenants" of the Clan MacKenzie compared to the more powerful clan they once were. In course of time that kindly tenancy, or occupation on condition of rendering certain services, was changed into a regular rent payment, and Balmacara and the other Matheson properties passed from the hands of the chiefs of that name for ever. The family was afterwards represented by the Mathesons of Bennetsfield. Clan Matheson crest Clan Matheson is a Highland Scottish clan. ... Strome Castle on the shore of Loch Carron Strome Castle ruins Strome Castle is a ruined castle on the shore of Loch Carron in Stromemore, 3. ...

By 1581 the MacDonnells of Glengarry controlled extensive territory and became involved in feuding and battles with Clan Mackenzie which led to them burning a church and the trapped congregation while the Glengarry piper marched round the building playing a tune still called Kilchrist after the name of the place. Events January 16 - English Parliament outlaws Roman Catholicism April 4 - Francis Drake completes a circumnavigation of the world and is knighted by Elizabeth I. July 26 - The Northern Netherlands proclaim their independence from Spain in the Oath of Abjuration. ... Clan MacKenzie Crest: I Shine, Not Burn. ...

17th Century & Clan Conflicts

Variance 1602. A feud between Lord Kintail MacKenzie and the MacDonald's Laird of the Clan MacDonnell of Glengarry led to the MacDonalds being attacked by the MacKenzies. A few MacDonalds were killed at Variance. The MacKenzies wanted the MacDonald Laird of Glengarry to appear before the Justice court at Edinburgh for previous crimes against them. Meanwhile two more MacDonalds were killed. Glengarry MacDonald did not appear in court on the arranged date but went about his own hand to revenge the slaughter of his clansmen. As he did not appear in court the MacKenzies wasted the MacDonald country of Morar. The two sides met and a battle took place with great slaughter on both sides. After this they came to an agreement to obtain peace where Glengarry MacDonald was glad to requite and renounce to the Lord MacKenzie of Kintail, and give him the inheritance of the lands of Strome and Strome Castle. Clan MacKenzie Crest: I Shine, Not Burn. ... Strome Castle on the shore of Loch Carron Strome Castle ruins Strome Castle is a ruined castle on the shore of Loch Carron in Stromemore, 3. ...

Donald, 8th of Glengarry, reportedly lived for more than a hundred years and was clan chief for over seventy years. In 1627 he succeeded in obtaining a charter under the Great Seal to make his lands a free barony. In 1649 he failed to appear before the Privy Council in Edinburgh to answer charges of harbouring fugitives from the Isles, and was denounced as a rebel. Events A Dutch ship makes the first recorded sighting of the coast of South Australia. ... // Events January 30 - King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland is beheaded. ...

The Civil War

Clan MacDonell of Glengarry 'Modern' Tartan

In the Wars of the Three Kingdoms Glengarry supported the Royalist side. Aeneas the 9th Chief was out with James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose in 1645 and followed King Charles II to his final defeat at the Battle of Worcester in 1651. For his pains he had his new house of Invergarry burned by General George Monck and his lands forfeited by Oliver Cromwell, but had them returned at the Restoration, gaining the title of Lord MacDonell and Aross and chiefship of Clanranald and the whole Clandonald. As he died without issue his peerage became extinct. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The Wars of the Three Kingdoms were an intertwined series of conflicts that took place in Scotland, Ireland, and England between 1639 and 1651 at a time when these countries had come under the Personal Rule of the same monarch. ... Prince Rupert of the Rhine Cavaliers was the name used by Parliamentarians for the Royalist supporters of King Charles I during the English Civil War (1642–1651). ... James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose (1612 - 21 May 1650), was a Scottish nobleman and soldier, who initially joined the Covenanters in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, but subsequently supported King Charles I as the English Civil War developed. ... // Events January 10 - Archbishop Laud executed on Tower Hill, London. ... Charles II (29 May 1630 – 6 February 1685) was the King of England, King of Scots, and King of Ireland from 30 January 1649 (de jure) or 29 May 1660 (de facto) until his death. ... The Battle of Worcester was the final battle of the English Civil War. ... // Events January 1 - Charles II crowned King of Scotland in Scone. ... George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle by Sir Peter Lely, painted 1665–1666. ... Oliver Cromwell (April 25, 1599–September 3, 1658) was an English military and political leader best known for making England a republic and leading the Commonwealth of England. ... King Charles II, the first monarch to rule after the English Restoration. ...

Jacobite Risings

The clans under Glengarry took the Jacobite side in the Jacobite Risings. In 1689 Alastair Dubh MacRanald commanded the clan at the Battle of Killiecrankie. Charles Edward Stuart, Bonnie Prince Charlie, wearing the Jacobite blue bonnet Jacobitism was (and, to a very limited extent, remains) the political movement dedicated to the restoration of the Stuart kings to the thrones of England and Scotland. ... The Jacobite Risings were a series of uprisings, rebellions, and wars in the British Isles occurring between 1688 and 1746. ... Events Louis XIV of France passed the Code Noir, allowing the full use of slaves in the French colonies. ... Combatants Jacobite Royalists (Highlanders & Irish) Orange Royalists (Covenanters, Lowlanders) Commanders Viscount Dundee† Hugh Mackay Strength 2400 foot 3500 foot Casualties 800, inc. ...

In the 1715 rising Glengarry attended the pretended "grand hunting match" at Braemar arranged by the John Erskine, 23rd Earl of Mar and followed him to fight at the Battle of Sheriffmuir. // Events July 24 - Spanish treasure fleet of ten ships under admiral Ubilla leave Havana, Cuba for Spain. ... Braemar (Scottish Gaelic, Baile a Chaisteil Bhràigh Mhàrr) is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, around 58 miles west of Aberdeen in the Highlands. ... The Earldom of Mar is one of the ancient peerage titles of in the Peerage of Scotland. ... The Battle of Sheriffmuir was an engagement in 1715 at the height of the Jacobite rebellion in England and Scotland. ...

The 13th chief was on his way from France to join the 1745 rebellion when he was captured by an English frigate and imprisoned in the Tower of London until 1747. // Events May 11 - War of Austrian Succession: Battle of Fontenoy - At Fontenoy, French forces defeat an Anglo-Dutch-Hanoverian army including the Black Watch June 4 – Frederick the Great destroys Austrian army at Hohenfriedberg August 19 - Beginning of the 45 Jacobite Rising at Glenfinnan September 12 - Francis I is elected... Her Majestys Royal Palace and Fortress The Tower of London, more commonly known as the Tower of London, is a historic monument in central London on the north bank of the River Thames. ... // Events January 31 - The first venereal diseases clinic opens at London Dock Hospital April 9 - The Scottish Jacobite Lord Lovat was beheaded by axe on Tower Hill, London, for high treason; he was the last man to be executed in this way in Britain May 14 - First battle of Cape...

However, six hundred of the McDonells of Glengarry joined Prince Charles under the command of MacDonell of Lochgarry and were involved in many of the battles including the Highbridge Skirmish which was the first engagment between Government and Jacobite troops during the uprising of 1745 to 1746. The Macdonnells of Glengarry also fought at the Clifton Moor Skirmish and Battle of Prestonpans in 1745 where they were victorious. The following year they also fought at the Battle of Falkirk (1746), and the Battle of Culloden. Combatants British Army Jacobites Commanders Captain Scott Jacobite Clan Chiefs Strength 2 Battalions of infantry. ... Combatants British Dragoons of the Duke of Cumberland Jacobites Commanders Duke of Cumberland Charles Edward Stuart Lord George Murray Casualties Total of 100 dead and wounded. ... Combatants British Army Jacobites Commanders John Cope Charles Edward Stuart Strength ca. ... During the Second Jacobite Rising, the Battle of Falkirk was the last noteworthy Jacobite success. ... Combatants British Army Jacobite Forces Commanders William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland Charles Edward Stuart, the Young Pretender Strength ca. ...

Colonel Alasdair Ranaldson MacDonell of Glengarry

Portrait by Henry Raeburn of Alasdair Ranaldson MacDonell of Glengarry in 1812.

Main article: Alasdair Ranaldson MacDonell of Glengarry

Alasdair Ranaldson MacDonell was the personality whose character and behaviour gave Walter Scott the model for the haughty and flamboyant Highland chieftain Fergus Mac-Ivor in the pioneering historical novel Waverley of 1810. As was customary for the chieftain of a clan, he was often called simply "Glengarry". In June 1815 he formed his own Society of True Highlanders in bitter opposition to the Celtic Society of Edinburgh. During the visit of King George IV to Scotland he arrogantly made several unauthorised appearances, to the annoyance of Walter Scott and the other organisers. Henry Raeburns portrait of McDonell of Glengarry, image from Scottish Art 1460 1690, Duncan Macmillan, Mainstream Publishing Co. ... Henry Raeburns portrait of McDonell of Glengarry, image from Scottish Art 1460 1690, Duncan Macmillan, Mainstream Publishing Co. ... Sir Henry Raeburn (March 4, 1756 - July 8, 1823) was a Scottish portrait-painter. ... For the overture by Tchaikovsky, see 1812 Overture; For the wars, see War of 1812 (USA - United Kingdom) or Patriotic War of 1812 (France - Russia) For the Siberia Airlines plane crashed over the Black Sea on October 4, 2001, see Siberia Airlines Flight 1812 1812 was a leap year starting... Portrait by Henry Raeburn of Alasdair Ranaldson MacDonell of Glengarry in 1812. ... Portrait of Sir Walter Scott, by Sir Edwin Henry Landseer Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet (15 August 1771 – 21 September 1832) was a prolific Scottish historical novelist and poet popular throughout Europe during his time. ... Waverley is a novel by Sir Walter Scott. ... 1810 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... April 5-12: Mount Tambora explodes, changing climate. ... Sir David Wilkies flattering portrait of the kilted King George IV, with lighting chosen to tone down the brightness of his kilt and his knees shown bare, without the pink tights he wore at the event. ...

Under his authority timber was felled for sale, the cleared land was leased to sheep farmers and many of his clansmen were forced from the land by increasing rents and evictions, with the great majority forced to go to British North America in part of what was later known as the Highland Clearances. The Highland Clearances (Scottish Gaelic: Fuadaich nan Gàidheal, the expulsion of the Gael) is a name given to the forced displacement of the population of the Scottish Highlands from their ancient ways of warrior clan subsistence farming, leading to mass emigration. ...

Bishop Alexander MacDonell

Main article: Bishop Alexander MacDonell

In contrast to Alasdair Ranaldson, his contemporary Alexander MacDonell became a Roman Catholic priest whose missionary duty in Lochaber led him to help his displaced clansmen. First he tried getting them employment in the Lowlands, then in 1794 he organised formation of the Glengarry Fencible regiment under the command of Alasdair Ranaldson, with Father MacDonell appointed chaplain. When the regiment was disbanded Father MacDonell appealed to the government to grant its members a tract of land in Canada, and went with them in 1802, later becoming Bishop of Upper Canada. Lochaber (Scottish Gaelic, Loch Abar) refers to a large area of the central and western Scottish Highlands. ... 1794 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

Castles & Seat

• Invergarry Castle which is situated on the Raven's Rock was the seat of the Chief of Clan MacDonnell of Glengarry. In modern times the seat of the is at Glengarry County in Canada.

• Strome Castle was also owned by the MacDonnells of Glengarry until 1602.

Invergarry Castle Invergarry Castle was the seat of the Chiefs of the Clan MacDonnell of Glengarry, a powerful branch of the Clan Donald. ... Strome Castle on the shore of Loch Carron Strome Castle ruins Strome Castle is a ruined castle on the shore of Loch Carron in Stromemore, 3. ...

Clan Chief

The current chief of the Clan MacDonnell of Glengarry is Aeneas Ranald Euan MacDonell, 23rd Chief of Glengarry. [2]

Clan Profile

• Motto: Creagan an Fhithich (The rock of the raven)
• Pipe Music: Glengarry Foot Stomp

References

• Clans and Tartans - Collins Pocket Reference, George Way of Plean and Romilly Squire, Harper Collins, Glasgow 1995 ISBN 0-00-470810-5
• The King's Jaunt, John Prebble, Birlinn Limited, Edinburgh 2000, ISBN 1-84158-068-6

External links

• The Glengarry Branch of the Macdonalds
• Clan MacDonnell of Glengarry
• Alexander Macdonell