Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1911-11-17
DR.. Magruder's scottish Bride.

DR.. Ernest Pendleton Maeruder, of WASH
ineton, D. c., in marrying. on October 23,
at Edinburgh, Miss Mariel Macgregor led
to the altar the sister of the chieftain of
his clan. For the Masruders of the United
States are in reality Macereeors.
The now widowed Lady Abinger. daugh-
ter of the late Commodore George A, Ma
gruder, U, S NJ. and niece of Gen. ). B.
Maeruder, of the war Of the Union. was so
well aware Of this that when after her
marriage to the third Lord Abinger, son
was born to them she insisted upon Civ
ing him the name Of Macsregor as that of
her family. 7' e
The present chief of the clan Macgregor
is the fifth baronet Of his line, captain
of the royal navy, and unmarried, while
his father was the late Admiral Sir NAL
colin Macgregor, and his mother dauGh-
ter of the ninth Earl Of Antrim. Inasmuch
as another of the chieftain's sisters, Mar
earet, is the wife Of the Earl of Mansfield.
DIR. Magruder is becoming. through his
"iuAAio6Ot hOiotVu W QuitC u huAiluCi VI titN
historic houses of the British aristocracy.
The clan to which both he and his
bride belong is one Of the oldest Of Scot
land. clan which furnished to Sir Walter
Scott the hero Of his famous historical
romance Rob Roy" clan which. on ac-
count of its turbulence and unruliness, was
subjected in the beginning Of the seven
teenth century to one Of the most unique
pieces Of legislation to be found In the
annals of any Of the civilized countries of
the world.
After bloody clan battle between the
Macgregors and the Colquhouns at Glen
Fruin, the glen of sorrow. which was char
acterized by tho utmost ferocity, the vic
torious Macgregors putting every one of
their adversaries to the sword, a law was
passed April 8, 1903, bearing the signature
of James vi of Scotland (James of Great
Brittany wiping out Of existence the very
name of Macgregor and decreeing the
penalty of death for any one calling him
self Macgregor.
This law was subsequently confirmed by
an act of parliament in 1917, which even
went so far as 10 extend the penalty OF
death to any former Macgregors who
should presume to assemble in greater
numbers than four In fact, every effort
was made to blot out the clan of Mac
gregor, and, outlaws, with the hand of
every one against them. thousands Of them
were put to death, both by the sword and
on the scaffold.
IN khe.
Of the services which the Macgregors had
rendered to his cause under other names
than their own, annulled the various laws
against the clan. But few years later they
were re-enacted, and remained in force
until the early part Of the nineteenth cen
fury.
Throughout the 200 years that had
elapsed between the bloody battle of Glen
Fruin and the final repeal Of the laws
against the Macgregors, the latter had
assumed the names of the clans among
whom they sought refuge, and of the lairds
whose protection they had obtained, some
Of them becoming DrummOnds. Others
Campbells, Others Grahams, and others
again Stuarts while the hereditary chief
tains Of the clan of Macgregor took the
name of Murray
Nor was it until 1922 that the chief
tain. who had won much military fame
and a bar0netcy out in India as Sir John
Murray. was authorized by parliament. on
the initiative Of George w, to resume his
family name of Macgregor, all the legsla-
ton against the MaceregOrs being at the
same time repealed This was followed
by several thousand members of the clan
resumiDg the name of Macgregor, and by
their meeting in the same year to confirm
Gen. Sir John Macgregor (the former Gen.
Sir John Murray as their chieftain.
The Macgregors claim descent from
Gregor, third son of Alpin, king of the
Scots. who flourished about 1877.