MACKENZIE (WEATHERED) Black Watch Prince Chalres was said to

Prince Chalres was said to have been given a plaid in this tartan which he left at Moy Hall in his rushed escape from there

Initially the unit did not recruit from the Gurkhas

The origin of this tartan is uncertain and it is generally accepted as a district tartan

It is illustrated by Smibert and the Smith brothers (both works published in 1850)

both battalions were drafted into the 16th and 25th Infantry and then four of the companies given to the 25th were split off to form the 26th Infantry and most likely served overseas during the Great War under these designations

MACKENZIE (WEATHERED) Black Watch Prince Chalres was said toThe MacKenzie is the regimental tartan of the Seaforth Highlanders, who were raised by MacKenzie, Earl of Seaforth, in 1778. The clan held lands in Ross shire and around Muir of Ord, but in the 12th century, they were removed to Wester Ross, (Kintail). The chiefly line of Kintail died out (as prophesised by the Brahan Seer) and the MacKenzies of Cromarty were recognised as Chiefs of the Clan.