MACDONALD (MODERN) Choose:By the metre my g-g-g-grandfather as commander of

my g-g-g-grandfather as commander of the MacGregor Bodyguard during the King's visit to Edinburgh in 1822

It is not surprising then that an early MacGregor sett was used as a basis for the Ramsay tartan

The association was not always a happy one and the 'broken' MacEwans settled in various parts of Lennox

following the repeal on the wearing of tartan in 1782

The principle family is MacBean of Kinchyle from the northern end of Loch Ness

MACDONALD (MODERN) Choose:By the metre my g-g-g-grandfather as commander ofThis is oldest recorded version of the Clan sett. It varies slightly from those recorded by Logan, Smibert, Grant etc., but the motif is the same throughout. Of the nine independent branches of the Clan Donald, there are at least 27 different setts. It was not until 1947 that the MacDonalds again had a high chief, MacDhomnuill, who by tradition has the final word on the tartans of the clan. That right was granted to Alexander MacDonald of MacDonald