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Cluny MacPherson was born on 11 February 1706. He was the first-born son of Lachlan MacPherson of Nuide (1674-1746). His mother was Jean Cameron, a daughter of Sir Ewen Cameron of Lochiel. Cluny grew up to be a respected individual. His father-in-law, Lord Lovat, described him as "a thorrow good natur'd, even temper'd, honest gentleman". [2]
William Macpherson, who was killed at the Battle of Falkirk (1746), is the ancestor of the current Chief of Clan Macpherson. [2] His brother witnessed government "red coats" burning Macpherson of Cluny's house. [2] Duncan Macpherson of Cluny fought in the British Army during the American Revolutionary War. [2] Portrait of Cluny MacPherson ...
His father was the Rev. Ewen Macpherson Pinsent (1930–2020), [2] curate of St Andrew's parish church, Kelso, Scottish Borders, and his mother, Jean Grizel, came from a distinguished military family. [3] [4] Through his own aristocratic and military family, [5] [6] Pinsent is directly descended from King Edward I and William the Conqueror. [7]
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The 1886 novel Kidnapped by author Robert Louis Stevenson details the Macpherson chief Ewen MacPherson of Cluny in the aftermath of the 1745 Jacobite rebellion. [ 121 ] "The Curse of Moy" is a poem by Mr. Morrit of Rokeby, included in Scott's Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border.
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James Macpherson (1736–96), the nephew of Ewen MacPherson of Cluny, was the first Scottish poet to gain an international reputation. Claiming to have collected poetry by the demigod Ossian from the Fenian Cycle of Celtic mythology , Macpherson published translations from Scottish Gaelic that he proclaimed were an equivalent to the Classical ...