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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 ...
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Cluny MacPherson, Newfoundland medical doctor and inventor of the gas mask; Colin MacPherson, Scottish Roman Catholic Bishop of Argyll and the Isles from 1968 to 1990; Donald Macpherson (disambiguation), several people; Earle S. MacPherson, the Ford engineer who developed the MacPherson strut in the 1940s; Ewen MacPherson of Cluny, Scottish ...
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]
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.
However, when Ewen Cameron of Lochiel was away in London a feud broke out between Clan MacDonald of Keppoch and their enemies Clan Mackintosh. As the Cameron Chief was away he was not able to hold back his clan and the combined forces of Cameron and MacDonald defeated the Mackintoshes who were supported by Government troops under Kenneth ...
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