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4 unusual facts about Scottish clan


Clan name

Scottish clan, a geographically based system of family groupings (and, historically, of government) in Scotland

Irish clans

This change to the inheritance system was also taken up by the Scottish clans in the 17th and 18th centuries.

Procurator fiscal

This Court is unique to Scots culture with heraldry playing an important role, particularly in relation to the clan system.

Thomas Ramsay

He was sometime President and Chief of the Scottish Clans Association of London; a trustee and Elder and Session Clerk of St Columba’s Church, in Pont Street, Knightsbridge and was Treasurer and Convener of the Maintenance of the Ministry Fund of the Church of Scotland in England.


Battle of Achnashellach

The Battle of Achnashellach was a Scottish clan battle said to have taken place in the year 1505, in the Scottish Highlands at Achnashellach.

Reginald MacLeod of MacLeod

Sir Reginald MacLeod of MacLeod, KCB (1 February 1847 – 20 August 1935) was the 27th chief of the Scottish clan Clan MacLeod.


see also

Clann Mhuirich

Clan Macpherson, a Scottish clan historically centred in Badenoch

Lachlan McGillivray

He was born into the McGillivray (or M'Gillivray, as he himself wrote the name) family of the Clan Chattan, a large Scottish clan traditionally led by members of the McIntosh family.

Morar

The Battle of Morar was a Scottish clan battle fought in 1602, between the Clan MacDonald of Glengarry and the Clan Mackenzie.