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Scotland Magazine section Scotland ClansThe Clan GrantJames Irvine Robertson turns his attention to another of Scotland's family lines. Like most clans in Scotland, the origin of Clan Grant is obscure. One of the defining characteristics of Highland families is ancestral pride and arrogance. This has often driven them to embrace exotic and distinguished lineages, although the Mackenzies may have gone a bit over the top when claimin... By James Irvine Robertson from Issue 39 published on 23/06/2008 The clan GrahamJames Irvine Robertson turns his attention to another of Scotland's great families. William I, Duke of Normandy, conquered England in 1066. The adventurers in his army, most of whom, like William himself, had been Vikings a few generations earlier, were granted lands throughout the country supplanting the native aristocracy. Their takeover of much of Scotland was a later and more ... By James Irvine Robertson from Issue 38 published on 11/04/2008 The clan GordonJames Irvine Robertson examines a successful clan from the far north of Scotland. Any researcher of history in the far north of Scotland cannot avoid tripping over the Gordons. They were the region’s most successful family and attracted the opprobrium that goes with such success. Clan chiefs had only one duty, the aggrandisement of their line. The successful ones were utterly ru... By James Irvine Robertson from Issue 37 published on 20/03/2008 Clan ColquhounJames Irvine Robertson turns his attention to another of Scotland's families. Sitting west of Loch Lomond, Scotland’s largest, and many say most beautiful loch, is an interesting egg-shaped piece of land bounded on the west by Gairloch and Loch Long. Most of this land belongs to the Luss Estate which has been owned by the Colquhouns since 1368, when the heiress to Luss fell ... By James Irvine Robertson from Issue 36 published on 14/12/2007 |  | ||||||||||||
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