The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-09
ny IA MARQUIsE DE roNTENoY.

y OF Washington. D. C., in marry
L. InF on I'D instant, at Edinburgh
MISS Maricl MacGregor. is Lead
ing TO the altar the sister OF the chief
tain OF his Clan. For the Magrudors
OF the un:ted States. are In reality
MacgresoFs. The now widowed Lady
Aoinger. daughter or the late Commo.
dore George a. Magruder. of the Unit
ed states navy. and niece of General
j. Il. Magruder, OF the War OF the
Union. was so well aware Of this. tina,
! "hen after her marriage TO the third
LORD Aolnger. son was born 10 them
sho insisted upon giving him the name
OF Macgregor, as that OF her family.
me present chief OF the Clan Mac
eresor Is the NTH baronet OF his line.
captain OF the royal navy. and IN
married. while his father was the late
admiral Sir Malcolm Macgregor. and
ms mother daughter of the ninth
-a.t Oh antrim. inasmuca as another
u 'he caleita!n's sisters. Margaret Is
mo VIE OF the Earl OF Mansfe,l Pro-
tessor Magruder is becoming, through
ms marriage related 10 quite d NUN
lsh aristocraCy
The Clan to which both no and his
pride pr toc5e belongs. Is one OF the old
lsAed to Sir Walter Scott the hero OF
! MS famous historical! romance Rob
Roy Clan which on account OF its
tmInu!ence and unruliness was sub
!ected In the beginning OF the seven
teenoA century 10 one OF the most uni
| que pieces OF legislation to be FOUND
In the annals OF any OF the civilized
Clan battle between the Macgyegors
ana the Colquhouns, at Glen F'ruin-
mat Is 70 say. the Glen of SORROW
| ana when vas characterized by tho
IeTOC.tN.
gregors putting every one Of their
anniversaries to the sword. law was
passed. dated Apr!l 3. 1909, bearing
(James l. OF Great Brittany, wiping
out OF existence the very name OF
Macgregor, and decreeing the penalty
OF death for any one calling himself
Macgregor This law was subseq
~ confirmed by an act OF Parliament.
IN 1917. which even went 80 far as 10
extend the penalty Of death to any
sumo 10 assemble in greater numbers
than four. In fact, every effort was
made TO blot out the Clan OF Macgre-
gor. and. outlaws. with the hand OF
! them were put to death. both by sword
and on the scaffold. On tho restora-
doni Charles H. by reason OF the
rendered to his cause under other
names than their own. annulled the
various laws against the Clan. But a
Kew years !ater they were re-enaCted
and remained in force until the early
| part OF the nineteenth century.
Throughout the 200 years that had
elapsed between the bloody hattie OF
Glen Fruin and the final repeal of the
laws against the Macgregors. the lat
ter had assumed the names Of the
Clans among whom they sought re-
fuge, and OF the Lairls whose protec-
ton they had obtained, some of them
! becoming Drummonds. others Camp
bells. others Grahams. and others
again Stuarts. while the hereditary
chieftains OF the Clan of Macgregor
took the name OF Murray Nor was
it. until 1922 that the then chieftain
who had won much military fame and
Daronetcy out IN India, as Sir John
Murray. WAS authorized by Parliament
on the initiative of George w. to re-
sumo his family name of Macgregor
all the legislation against the Mae
gregors being at the same time re-
pealed This was followed by several
thousand members of the Clan re-
Stunning tho name of Macgregors, and
confirm General Sir John Macgregor
tthe former General Sir John Murrav)
as their chieftain. For in spite of the
| danger which in Great Britain, and
even in the British possessions on this
side Of the Atlantic, attended during
/ 200 years knowledge by the public
that men concealed beneath the names
that they bore. the patronymlc OF Mac
sregor, yet they all managed for
purposes OF combination and mutual
attachment, to maintain secretly tho
Clan Macgregor united for right or
wrong, and menacing with the general