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Clan Gregor flourishes in Glen Dochart
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MacGregor stronghold, established on island in Loch Awe
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Wikipedia John of Glen Orchy (Chief) captured by King Edward at Battle of Dunbar.Clan lands confiscated but later returned when John agreed to serve Edward in France.
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b~1300; d~1360
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Clan Gregor fights at the Battle of Bannockburn under Chief Malcolm MacGregor. This battle was a significant Scottish victory in the First Scottish War of Independence.
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MacGregors established homes in Glen Strae and Glen Lyon.
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Son of Griogair, .b~1325; obit.1390
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Eoin dubh, son of Eoin cam, b~1350; obit.1415
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emerges as a powerful feudal society.
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Gille-coluim (Malcolm "the lame lord"), son of Eoin dubh, b~1375; obit.1440
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Padraig, son of Gille-coluim, b~1405; obit.1461
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MacGregors move to Glengyle, Rob Roy's grandfather was an original settler.
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Wikipedia Complilation of Chronicles of Fortingall, The Book of the Dean of Lismore written partially by James MacGregor, This book is written in a mixture of Gaelic, Scots and Latin details obituraries and other historic events in area of Perthshire, Scotland where most MacGregors hail from.
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Spurred on by Campbell bloodhounds, Gregor, Chief of Glen Strae, leapt across the Lyon River Gorge in the now famous MacGregor's Leap.
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An act of Parliament made it illegal for Scots to be Roman Catholics. MacGregors were Catholics.
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MacGregor of Glenstrae was executed by Campbells.
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The Battle of Glen Fruin marked a major turning point in the Clan History and was one of the major causes of our name being outlawed for over 150 years.
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After 200 years of outlawery James VI decreed that the name MacGregor was illegal. This was called proscription and would be enforced for the next 211 years.
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The Clan was nearly destroyed. Many MacGregors disappeared into remote mountain areas where they remained concealed for the next twent years, becoming known as The Children of the Mist.
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Sgiath MacGregor (hiding place in Finglas gorge used after MacGregor outlawery) is named after Calum MacGregor, Rob Roy's grandfather.
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Charles II relaxed the proscription in gratitude for MacGregor's support in his struggle to regain the throne. Although promised complete restoration of our status, lands were never returned due to the Campbells political power.
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Born in Glengyle
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James, son of Rob Roy, a major, lead Bonnie Prince Charlie's army through the remote highlands to Edinburgh before the Battle of Culloden (MacGregors did not fight as a clan at Culloden).
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An act of Parliament under George III restored the legality of the MacGregor name.
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Along with many Highland clans, at the age of eighteen Rob Roy together with his father joined the Jacobite rising led by Viscount Dundee to support the Stuart King James (pictured0 who had been deposed by William of Orange
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In gratitude for the restoration of the name, Clan Alpine Fencibles was formed as a regiment in the British army and served in Ireland.
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Sir Walter Scott publishes his book, Rob Roy. The legend of Rob Roy takes on heroic proportions with this book.
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Giric (c. ) Reign of our namesake, Scot-Pict King Gregory the Great. A maternal nephew of Kenneth MacAlpin, first King of Scotland and from whom the clan takes its name. Note: The surname MacGregor is an Anglicisation of the Gaelic Mac Griogair meaning "son of Griogar". The personal name Griogar is a Gaelic form of the personal name Gregory.
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Kenneth I Clan Gregor claims descendence from Kenneth MacAlpin
