Clan MacDonell of Glengarry is a branch of Clan 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. The Scottish Clan Donald (motto: Per Mare Per Terras which means By sea and by land ) is split into several branches including MacDonald of the Isles, MacDonald of Clan Ranald, MacDonald of Sleat, MacDonald of Keppoch, MacDonald of Ardnamurchan and McDonell of Glengarry. ... The Great Glen, also known as Glen Albyn or Glen Mor is a series of valleys in Scotland running 100 kilometers from Inverness on the Moray Firth to Fort William at the head of Loch Linnhe. ... Fort William from Loch Linnhe Fort William is the largest town in the western Scottish Highlands, and a major tourist centre. ...

The clan crest is A raven Proper perching on a rock Azure, and the clan motto is Creagan an Fhithich (The rock of the raven).

The name Glengarry is, in the traditional manner, used for the chieftain of the time, the chief known to Sir Walter Scott being Alasdair Ranaldson MacDonell of Glengarry. For the first Premier of Saskatchewan see Thomas Walter Scott Sir Walter Scott (August 14, 1771 - September 21, 1832) was a prolific Scottish historical novelist and poet popular throughout Europe. ...

A Glengarry (also Glengarry bonnet or Glengarry cap) is a type of cap which Alasdair Ranaldson MacDonell of Glengarry invented and wears in the portrait below, a boat-shaped cap without a peak made of thick-milled woollen material with a toorie or bobble on top and ribbons hanging down behind, capable of being folded flat. It became part of the uniform of a number of Scottish regiments, with differences in whether or not the cap had a diced band around above the brim and in the colours. For a period in the late 19th century it was worn by all British soldiers. A cap described in a 1937 amendment to the Dress Regulations for the Army as "similar in shape to the Glengarry" became the Universal Pattern Field Service Cap of the British Army in World War II. The Glengarry is now worn by all of the Scottish infantry regiments as an alternative to the tam o'shanter, particularly in parade dress (when it is always worn) and by pipers. A regiment is a military unit, larger than a company and smaller than a division. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... The British Army is the land armed forces of the United Kingdom. ... 1937 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... The British Army is the land armed forces of the United Kingdom. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... Infantry in the First World War Infantry (or Infantrymen) are soldiers who fight primarily on foot, using personal weapons. ... A Tam oshanter is a Scottish bonnet worn by men which was named after a character invented by Robert Burns. ... A bagpipe performer in Amsterdam. ...

History of the Glengarry Branch of Clan MacDonald

The Glengarry clan claims descent from Donald, one of the five sons of Ranald who himself was the son of a 14th century Lord of the Isles. 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. (13th century - 14th century - 15th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 14th century was that century which lasted from 1301 to 1400. ... Lord of the Isles, now a Scottish title of nobility, originally referred to a series of hybrid Viking / Gael rulers of the west coast and islands of Scotland in the Middle Ages, who wielded sea-power with fleets of galleys Although at times nominal vassals of the King of Norway... 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 is the only town on Skye in the Scottish Inner Hebrides. ... Edinburgh viewed from Arthurs Seat. ... 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. By 1581 they 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. Donald, 8th of Glengarry, reportedly lived for more than a hundred years and was clan chief for over seventy years. 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, but in 1627 succeeded in obtaining a charter under the Great Seal to make his lands a free barony. Events December 13 - Official opening of the Council of Trent (closed 1563) Births Alessandro Farnese, Duke of Parma and Piacenza Luzzasco Luzzaschi, Italian (Ferrarese) composer of madrigals, also an organist and influential teacher Giulio Caccini, Italian (Florentine) composer, sometimes called the founder of opera Deaths October 18 - John Taverner, composer... 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 Russia begins the conquest of Siberia Finland becomes a grand duchy. ... The Clan MacKenzie are a Scottish clan, whose traditional lands include Kintail and Ross-shire. ... Events January 30 - King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland is beheaded. ... Events A Dutch ship makes the first recorded sighting of the coast of South Australia. ...

In the Wars of the Three Kingdoms Glengarry supported the Royalist side. Aeneas the 9th Chief was out with 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 Monk 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. The Wars of the Three Kingdoms include an intertwined series of conflicts that took place in Scotland, Ireland, and England between 1639 and 1651 which included the Bishops Wars of 1639 and 1640, the Scottish Civil War of 1644-5; the Irish Rebellion of 1641, Confederate Ireland, 1642-9 and... The noun or adjective, Royalist, can have several shades of meaning. ... 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 February 15 - English Civil War: New Model Army is founded officially June 14 - English Civil War: Battle of Naseby - 12,000 Royalist forces are beaten by 15,000 Parliamentarian soldiers June 28 - English Civil War - the Royalists lose Carlisle July 2: Fight at Alford, Aberdeenshire October 8: Jeanne Mance... Charles II King of England, Scotland and Ireland Charles II (29 May 1630–6 February 1685) was the King of England, Scotland and 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 Second English Civil War. ... Events January 1 - Charles II crowned King of Scotland in Scone. ... Unfinished portrait miniature of Oliver Cromwell by Samuel Cooper, 1657. ... Restoration can be one of several things, depending on context: In criminal justice, restoration is another term for restorative justice. ...

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. In the 1715 rising Glengarry attended the pretended "grand hunting match" at Braemar arranged by the Earl of Mar and followed him to fight at the Battle of Sheriffmuir. This article is not about the Jacobite Orthodox Church, nor is it about Jacobinism or the earlier Jacobean period. ... Each Jacobite Rising formed part of a series of military campaigns by Jacobites attempting to restore the Stuart kings to the thrones of England and Scotland (and after 1707, Great Britain) after James VII of Scotland and II of England was deposed in 1688 and the thrones usurped by his... Events Louis XIV of France passed the Code Noir, allowing the full use of slaves in the French colonies. ... The Battle of Killiecrankie was fought between Highland clans supporting James II and English troops (though mostly lowland Scots) supporting William of Orange on July 27, 1689 during the Glorious Revolution. ... Events September 1 - King Louis XIV of France dies after a reign of 72 years, leaving the throne of his exhausted and indebted country to his great-grandson Louis XV. Regent for the new, five years old monarch is Philippe dOrléans, nephew of Louis XIV. September - First of the... Braemar is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, around 50 miles west of Aberdeen, being closest significantly-sized settlement to the upper course of the River Dee. ...

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. However, six hundred of the McDonells of Glengarry joined Prince Charles under the command of MacDonell of Lochgarry and were at the battles of Prestonpans, Falkirk, and Culloden. 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 – Austrian army at Hohenfriedberg August 19 - Beginning of the 45 Jacobite Rising at Glenfinnan September 12 - Francis I is elected Holy Roman Emperor with... The Tower of London, seen from the river, with a view of the water gate called Traitors Gate. ... 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 3 - Battle of Cape Finisterre... In the Battle of Prestonpans Jacobite Stuarts under Bonnie Prince Charlie defeated Government forces on September 21, 1745. ... In Scotland - which had officially accepted King William II as king - there was considerable resentiment against the forced impostion of an English king, and sentiments in favour of James VII appeared. ... The Battle of Culloden (April 16, 1746), was the last military clash in mainland Britain, between the forces of the Jacobites and those of the reigning Hanoverians in the 45 Jacobite Rising. ...

Colonel Alasdair Ranaldson MacDonell of Glengarry

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

Alasdair Ranaldson MacDonell was the Glengarry, well known to Walter Scott, a haughty and flamboyant man whose character and behaviour gave Scott the model for the wild Highland chieftain Fergus Mac-Ivor in the pioneering historical novel Waverley of 1810. He was born in 1771 and became the 15th chief in 1788, shortly afterwards raising troops for a regiment of Fencibles. He bitterly feuded with Thomas Telford and the Commissioners of the Caledonian Canal as it was being constructed through his land, though he collected useful dues from them. 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. ... 1812 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... For the first Premier of Saskatchewan see Thomas Walter Scott Sir Walter Scott (August 14, 1771 - September 21, 1832) was a prolific Scottish historical novelist and poet popular throughout Europe. ... Waverley is a novel by Sir Walter Scott. ... 1810 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Events January 22 - Spain cedes the Falkland Islands to England. ... 1788 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Thomas Telford (August 9, 1757 - September 2, 1834) was born in Westerkirk, Scotland. ... The Caledonian Canal in Scotland connects the Scottish east coast at Inverness with the west coast near Fort William. ...

Glengarry considered himself the last genuine specimen of a Highland chief, always wore the Highland dress (kilt or trews) and in the style of his ancestors seldom travelled without being followed by his "tail", servants in full Highland dress with weaponry who had traditional duties like carrying his sword and shield, standing sentinel, acting as bard and carrying him dry across streams. Typically, he revived family claims to be chief of the Macdonalds and of Clanranald, though without success. The kilt is seen as an item of traditional Scottish Highland dress, although the origin of that tradition is more recent than is commonly believed. ...

He was a member of the Highland Society of Scotland and the Celtic Society of Edinburgh, and in June 1815 he formed his own Society of True Highlanders, subsequently leaving the Celtic Society and complaining that "their general appearance is assumed and fictitious, and they have no right to burlesque the national character or dress of Highlands". His mortification at the acceptance of Lowlanders became bitter complaint about the prominent role the Celtic Society had in the visit of King George IV to Scotland, and he made several unauthorised and flamboyant appearances during the visit, to the annoyance of Walter Scott and the other organisers but causing only mild amusement to the King. 1815 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 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. ...

Although Scott wrote in his praise "He is a kind of Quixote in our age, having retained, in their full extent, the whole feelings of clanship and chieftainship, elsewhere so long abandoned", 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 a great number emigrating to Canada in part of what was later known as the Highland Clearances. The Highland Clearances were part of a process of agricultural change throughout the United Kingdom, but the late timing, the abruptness of the change from the Clan System in the Scottish Highlands and the brutality of many of the evictions gave the Highland Clearances particular notoriety. ...

In January 1828 he perished trying to escape from a steamer which had gone aground. As his estate was very much mortgaged and encumbered his son was forced to sell it and emigrate to Australia with his family and clan. The estate was purchased by the Marquis of Huntly, and in 1840 it was sold to Lord Ward, Earl of Dudley, then in 1860 his lordship sold it to Edward Ellice,Esq. of Glenquoich. 1828 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Paddle steamers - Lucerne-Switzerland Left: original paddlewheel from a paddle steamer on the lake of Lucerne. ... The title of Earl of Dudley has been created twice in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, both times for members of the Ward family. ... 1860 is the leap year starting on Sunday. ...

Bishop Alexander Macdonell

Alexander Macdonell studied for the Roman Catholic priesthood at the Scotch college at Valladolid, Spain, then in 1787 returned to Scotland and did missionary duty in Lochaber. This article deals with the Spanish city. ... 1787 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Lochaber refers to a large area of the central and western Scottish Highlands. ...

At a time when Highland chiefs were substituting large sheep-farms for smallholdings he tried to get displaced clansmen employment in the Lowlands, but this attempt was undermined by the effects of the French revolution. Then in 1794 he organised formation of the 1st Glengarry fencible regiment under their chieftain, MacDonell of Glengarry (see above) with himself appointed chaplain, which served with other Highland regiments in the Irish rebellion of 1798. When the regiment was disbanded Father Macdonell appealed to the government to grant its members a tract of land in Canada, and in 1804 160,000 acres (650 km²) were provided in what is now Glengarry county, Canada. Father Macdonell accompanied his clan, founded churches and schools and organised the settlement. In 1812 he raised another regiment of Glengarry fencibles which went to the defence of Saint Lawrence River, then in 1820 he became Bishop of Upper Canada. 1794 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1798 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1804 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Categories: Stub | Ontario counties and regions ... 1812 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... The Saint Lawrence River (French fleuve Saint-Laurent) is a large west-to-east flowing river in the middle latitudes of North America, connecting the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean. ... 1820 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...

He founded the Highland Society of Canada and in 1837 began to establish a Roman Catholic seminary for Upper Canada. To raise funds for this and to stimulate emigration among the Highlanders he returned to Britain in 1839, but fell ill while visiting Ireland and died in Dumfries, Scotland, in January of the following year. 1837 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1839 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Location within the British Isles. ...

External links

• The Glengarry Branch of the Macdonalds (http://www.macdonald.com/glengry.html)
• Clan MacDonnell of Glengarry (http://www.electricscotland.com/webclans/m/macdonn2.html)
• Alexander Macdonell (http://www.famousamericans.net/alexandermacdonell/)

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
• British Army Uniforms and Equipment of World War Two. Brian L.Davis, Arms and Armour Press, London 1983 ISBN 0-85368-609-2