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Preserved Edinburgh Society
CLAN DONALD GENEALOGY
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 Abt 1714 - 1778 (64 years)
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| Name |
Evan MACGREGOR |
| Prefix |
Major |
| Born |
Abt 1714 |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
1778 |
| Person ID |
I3224 |
My Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
28 Nov 2021 |
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| Notes |
- 7th chieftain of the Children of the Mist. Aide-de-camp to Prince Charles Edward (Bonnie Prince Charlie) in the '45, the Prince presenting him with a dirk still worn by the present Chief. b 1714/15, d 1778. m Janet daur of John Macdonald of Balconie. 4 sons all colonels in the army, but only the first two left male descendants. Another son was born at Crianlarich but d before he was baptised. He was to have been called Donald. Otherwise described as
simple Evan Murray vintner at the head of Lochearn, aged 34 in 1752 when he was examined as a witness in the trial of James Stewart for the murder of Campbell of Glenure. Mr C. K. Sharpe informs us that old Mrs Campbell of Monzie, a relative of his own, well remembered the old publican, in whose wretched hostelry a small alehouse at Lochearnhead she had often been. She never heard anything of the great McGregor descent which was probably an afterthought upon the son's acquiring wealth in the East Indies. (GD50/184/113). After the '45 he served with government forces in the 88th and 41st regiments. He died while on duty with the latter in Jersey. (CGS Newsletter No 39 p11). [John Ward's MacGregor homepage, http://www.ozemail.com.au/~wardjc/glencarn.htm] http://www.mcgeheezone.com
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