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Clan MacLachlan |
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| MacLachlan
is a Celtic clan. The MacLachlans of that Ilk have resided from time
immemorial in Strathlachlan, in Argyllshire. The district was once called
Kilmorlie. The first authentic record is that the lands of Gileskel
MacLachlan were included in the Sheriffdom of Argyll or Lorn in 1292
by King John Baliol and a charter granted him, and his name appears
on the Roll of Magnates of Scotland who sat in the first Parliament
of Robert the Bruce at St. Andrews.
The name Lachlanson occurs in three charters by Robert the Bruce. In 1587 and 1594 Archibald MacLachlan of Strathlachlan and that Ilk is mentioned. “Corronel MacLachlan " was captured at Philiphaugh in 1645, and executed in Edinburgh Castle. Lachlan MacLachlan, Chief of the clan, was A.D.C. to Prince Charlie. He was killed at Culloden. It is said that his horse made its way home to Strathlachlan alone after the battle. In 1794 Donald MacLachlan of that Ilk was Chief; and the ancient castle has continued to descend to successive chiefs of the clan. There are MacLachlans in Morvern and Lochaber, the principal family of which is MacLachlan of Coruanan. |
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