New-York tribune., 1908-02-21
THE MACGREGOR HERE.
Chief of Rob Roys Clan. Which Has
OutIasced for 200 Years.
rcopyr1sht- 1905, By the Brentwood Company

fCoryTishi- 1905. by the Brentwood Company
sir Malcolm MacGregor's presence in this country
,sn.ot fail TO be OF interest not only TO every one
sesriRc his name but likewise to many Others Of
s.-tisb birth or descent. Tor Sir Malcolm = re-
tired officer Of the royal navy. is the chief of one
n the most ancient and historic clans Of the north
=, bsI< az the island OF Great Britain: OF a clan
which furnished Sir Walter Scott the hero OF his.
@a-,o,.s historical romance. Rob Roy; of a clan
which on account Of its turbulence and unruliness
v-as Subjected at the beginning of the seventeenth
eD:ur- 20 Of the most pieces Of legisla-
,ion 7hsc is 10 be found in the annals OF any of
,,a civilized countries Of the world.
Af;e- bloody clan battle between the Mae
s-eeors and the Cosquhouns, Glen Fruin. that
ts - ssv. the Glen Of Sorrow and which was
harc4erizeo by the ferocity. The victorious
,rscGreEors putting all their adversaries TO the
<urorl = law was passed. dated April 8 1903. and
,ea-4ur The sign manual OF King James VI Of
scotland (Jsrnes Of Great Britain, wiping of
e,ts-tnce 5he very name OF MacCfregor and de
ore..fns the penalty Of death for any one calling
lfr,self NacGregor This law was subsequently
confirmed by act of Parliament 1917 which
evrn vxenr far TO extend the penalty of death
- srv former MacfIregors who should presume TO
ssSr-rble in greater numbers than four. In fact,
eyer effort was made 10 blot out the clan of Mac
g--e-or and. outlaws. with the hand Of every
ers5us1 them. thousands Of them put to
6es-h both By the sword and the scaffold- On
-he restoration OF King Charles II. by reason of
--e services which the MacGregors had rendered.
,,n5e~ other names than their he annulled the
-UT,ed the various laws against the clan; but
.ez wears later they re-enacted. and remained
- force rntil the early part Of the nineteenth
century
--rr7uefou1 the TWO hundred years that had
siapsed between the bloody battle Of Glen Fruin
and ;He repeal Of the laws against the MacCreEors
-ts 1a-te- had assumed the names Of the clans
among whom they had sought refuge and Of the
lsirss whose protection they had obtained, some of
-ha-7 becoming Drummonds, others Campbels,
others G-ahar7s, and others again Stuarts. while
the hereditary chiefs Of the Clan MacGregor took
ire name or Murray Nor was il until 1872 that the
,hen ,hieftain. who had won much military fame
and baronetcy out in India Sir John Murray.
-ss authorized by Parliament. the initiative OF
George II 70 resume his family name OF Mac
C;rssor The present Sir Malcolm MacGregor is
The fifth baronet Of this creation
81 John Murray was not the only MacCregor
who found fame and fortune beyond the seas
Thus General Sir Colin Campbell one Of the he
-oes q the Indian Mutiny, who died as Lord
CLYDE was not in reality a Campbell, nor Yet a
MscLtver as the present Duke Of Argyll assumes
n ms recently published "reminiscences entitled
sssages from the Past" though MacI-iver was
ire name by which Lord C1yde's father was known
where he lived. the island OF Null But Lord
Cgy5s-s real name was MacGregcr- Some OF the
NacGreEors came 10 this country and one ot them
achieved distinction as an American naval COM
nlande- IS Commodore NacGrUder, father Of the
now widowed Lady Abinge-. That both she and
her husband Of the real spelling Of the
old COMM uodores name Is shown by the fact that
wlen they gave i their only son, the late Lord
sbtnEe- on The occasion Of his christening, they
gave Il not as MacG-Uder, OUT MacGregor-
James Gregory. the famous mathematician and in
zentor OF the rejecting telescope. was Mac
G-ego-. 50. roo is the Russian Admiral Gregori-
Rirch who. according the shoNings Of the court
martial upon General Stoessel a. St Petersburg,
was one Of the most strenuous opponents OF the
surrender Of Port Arthur 10 the japanese Quite
number Of the MacCirego-s took service IN France.
and enc Of them in the days Of the struggles be
tween the English and French for supremacy IN
India in the eighteenth century defended the fort
OF Gingee with such valor 1853 that when vas
finally compelled ro surrender he and his entire
garrison were allowed march with all the
honors Of var.
L may be added that in spite Of the danger which
n Scotland attended during two hundred years
knowledge by the public that any man concealed
beneath the name that he bore the patronymic
% NatGregor. Yet they all managed, for purposes
q combination and mutual attachment, 10 remain
secretly the Clan MacGregOr. united for right
wrong. and menaciug with the general vengeance
@ their race all who committed aggTessous against
any individual OF their number.
While most Of the MacGregors in the old country
resumed their patrony1Ilic and the Of their
cian on the repeal Of the legislation against them
especially among those who sought refuge on this
si5e OF the Atlantic who neglected, possibly
through ignorance, 70 take this step and who cor
tuued 70 make use OF the uanas by which ther
ancestors had been known for two centuries. That
is why I have stated above that the presence OF
Sir Malcolm 9IacCregor, that is TO say. OF The
AacCTego-. IN this country Is matter of interest
that is by no means confined TO actual bearers OF
lis name. for there are no doubt many MuTrays,
Grants Stuarrs. CaInpbes, etc, both in the United
States and n Canada, who are in reality Mac
Gregors Sir Malcolm MacGregor claims descent
from Gregor third son OF Alpin. King OF the Scots
who doUrshed about 81 IN fact. II is reputed
% the very Oldest clans in Scotland. and likewise
The one which sUrpasses al others in the deeds
,f Violence and in the love OF fighting laid at its
doors.