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Clan Macdonald of Clanranald, also known as Clan Ranald (Scottish Gaelic: Clann Raghnaill [ˈkʰl̪ˠãũn̪ˠ ˈrˠɤ̃ː.ɪʎ]), is a Highland Scottish clan and a branch of Clan Donald, one of the largest Scottish clans. The founder of the Macdonalds of Clanranald is Reginald, 4th great-grandson of Somerled.
The “Brother” was really the Chief’s stepbrother, Alexander MacDonald of Boisdale, who had done everything in his power to keep the clan out of the Rising; but he, too, had helped the Prince after Culloden, and had consequently been arrested and taken with Lady Clanranald to London.
Mar 26, 2019 · Armadale was once home to the MacDonalds of Sleat and was sold in 1971 following the death of Alexander Godfrey MacDonald, 7th Lord MacDonald and High Chief of Clan Donald.
MacDonald of Clanranald Clan History. John MacDonald, the Lord of the Isles, married Amy MacRuari and she bore him three sons. The youngest was Ranald and from him descended the Houses of Clanranald and Glengarry.
Jun 29, 2021 · Here the Lord Lyon King of Arms recognises several distinct Macdonald clans who have their own chiefs, namely Macdonald of Clanranald, MacDonell of Glengarry, MacDonald of Keppoch, Macdonald of Sleat, and Clan MacAlister which was the earliest branch to split off from the main Macdonald clan.
- Hamish Macpherson
On a fog shrouded October morning in 1779 Major Alexander MacDonald, Commander of the 2nd Bn. Fraser’s Highlanders, climbed to the top of the Great Redoubt, peered into the mist, and immediately called for two pipers to come to him and play for all their worth.
From Donald, son of Somerled’s second son, Reginald, they take their common name of MacDonald, and from Donald’s grandson, Angus Og, they derived the right, by the part he took at the battle of Bannockburn, of occupying the place of honour on the right of the Scottish armies in the hour of battle.
