‘My Race is Royal’ is the proud motto of the MacGregors, with one ancient source recording that they descend from ‘Gregor’, a son of King Alpin.
• From earliest times they were settled in West Highland territories that included The Trossachs, Loch Lomond, Loch Katrine, Rannoch and Balquidder.
• They soon gained a reputation for lawlessness, raiding their neighbours’ livestock, but so adept were they at vanishing into the wilds after a raid to evade capture that they became known as the ‘Children of the Mist.’
