Daily Archive: 06/09/2022

Rob Roy was born at Glengyle, at the head of Loch Katrine, as recorded in the baptismal register of Buchanan, Stirling on the 7th March 1671. His parents were the local Clan MacGregor Tacksman, Donald Glas MacGregor, and Margaret Campbell. He was also descended from the Clan MacDonald of Keppoch through his paternal grandmother. In Gaelic, his name is Raibeart Ruadh MacGriogair – the Ruadh meaning red (because of his red...

Flora Macdonald was born at Milton, on South Uist, where even today you can still see the ruins of her childhood home She had two brothers, Angus, who later inherited the Milton tack, and Ronald, who died young. Whilst some parts of the MacDonald clan remained Catholic, particularly in the Hebrides, Flora’s family was part of South Uist’s Protestant  minority. Through her father’s younger...