who was rob roy of scotland
Famous Scots. - Rob Roy MacGregor (1671-1734) Children of the Mist. The first Gregor in Scotland was said to have been a son of King Kenneth MacAlpin in the 8th century and the clan motto, in Gaelic, means My race is royal.
Rob Roy's Early Years. It was against this background that Rob Roy MacGregor was born in 1671 in a cottage on the banks of Loch Katrine (pictured here) in the Trossachs area of Stirlingshire. He was the third son of Donald Glas of Glengyle and Margaret Campbell.