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	Clan Donald - List of Family Names, Branches and Septs.
		Bowies not of Clan Donald are of Clan Grant, or from Edinburgh, Lauder, Stirling or Dunblane.
		Scots Chambers not of Clan Donaldmay be of Clan Cameron or from Lanarkshire, Lennox,Peebles, Dumfries-shire, Berwickshire, Aberdeen, Cupar, Edinburgh or Glasgow.
		MacCarters not of Clan Donald are of Clan MacArthur.
	www.clandonald.info /clandonaldnames2.html (7032 words)

	Clan Donald - List of Family Names, Branches and Septs.
		Bowies not of Clan Donald are of Clan Grant, or from Edinburgh, Lauder, Stirling or Dunblane.
		Scots Chambers not of Clan Donaldmay be of Clan Cameron or from Lanarkshire, Lennox,Peebles, Dumfries-shire, Berwickshire, Aberdeen, Cupar, Edinburgh or Glasgow.
		MacCarters not of Clan Donald are of Clan MacArthur.
	www.highlandconnection.org /clandonaldnames2.html (7032 words)

	Clan Grant - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		During this period, the clan's actions resulted in the murder of the Earl of Moray and the defeat of the Earl of Argyll at Glenlivet.
		In the 16th century, Sir James Grant of Grant, 16th Chief, led the clan to fight for Charles I of England and the Royalists.
		A sept is a split in a Scottish clan.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Clan_Grant (1292 words)

	Clan Grant
		The badge of the clan Grant was the pine or cranberry heath, and their slogan or gathering cry, "Stand fast, Craigellachie!" the bold projecting rock of that name ("the rocj of alarm") in the united parishes of Duthil and Rothiemurchus, being their hill of rendezvous.
		His lordship’s home-coming to Castle Grant was the occasion of an immense outburst of enthusiasm on the part of the clan, and afterwards, residing among his people, he and his countess did every thing to endear themselves to the holders of their ancient and honourable name.
		In 1812 Sir Lewis Grant of Grant inherited the Earldom of Seafield.
	www.electricscotland.com /webclans/dtog/grant2.html (8943 words)

	Grant of Freuchie and of Grant - 1 -
		Recent research suggests that clan heiresses were often presented to Flemish and Norman incomers during the reigns of David I and his grandsons, thus allowing many clans to claim both Flemish or Norman blood in the male line and a long Celtic descent on the distaff side.
		The Grants' connections with the Bissets may have begun in 1246 with the marriage of William le Grand to a Bisset heiress who brought him both the lands of Stratherrick in the Scottish highlands (the first Scottish site known to be occupied by Grants) and a manor in Nottinghamshire (in Central England).
		Some writers did believe that the Grants and the Bissets were of the same stock, alleging that the armorial similarity of the "Grant crowns" and the "Bisset of Lovat" crowns was sufficient evidence, but friendship could be grounds enough for related coats to be adopted in those early days of heraldry.
	www.baronage.co.uk /bphtm-03/grant-01.html (573 words)

	Grant of Freuchie and of Grant - 2 -
		JOHN GRANT, younger of Freuchie, who was a consenting party to a precept of his father in 1475, and an arbitrator in a dispute between the Mackintoshes and Rose of Kilravock in 1479.
		John Grant, as early as 1488, must have acquired an interest in Urquhart, as in a dispute between the Laird of Freuchie and Alexander, Lord Gordon, the rents (270 merks) of the lands of Urquhart and Glenmoriston are stated, 28 January 1492-93, to be four years in arrear.
		Ancestor of the Grants of Corriemony and the Grants of Sheuglie.
	www.baronage.co.uk /bphtm-03/grant-02.html (1643 words)

	HIGHLAND CLANS
		The Clan is a branch of Clan Alpin claiming descent from Fingon, grandson of Gregor, son of Kenneth MacAlpin.
		Malcolm of Poltalloch is the chief of Clan Malcolm.
		The chiefs of the clan are descended from Freskin, the progenitors of the Murrays.
	www.clanphail.org /highland_clans.htm (3653 words)

	Grant Clan
		The Clan's Strathspey lands are renowned for their fertility, and the Grants' cattle and produce soon proved to be the key to their prosperity.
		King James V rewarded the Grants' loyalty to the Crown by exempting the Grant Chief from the jurisdiction of all royal courts except the Supreme Court in Edinburgh.
		The Clan Grant crest is of a burning hill, which is thought to be Craigellachie, "the rock of alarm", a prominent feature near Avimore.
	www.scottish-heirloom.com /grant_clan/scottish_clans_history.html (620 words)

	MyClan.com : Clan Grant : Clan History (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Grants supported the interest of Bruce in the competition for the Scottish crown, and John and Randolph de Grant were taken prisoner at the Battle of Dunbar in 1296.
		Grant power was further consolidated when Sir John Grant married Maud, heiress of Glencairnie, a branch of the ancient princely dynasty of Strathearn.
		James Grant of Freuchie, called James the Bold, defended royal authority in the north during the insurrections there in the reign of James V. By way of reward, James granted Freuchie a charter exempting him from the jurisdiction of all royal courts except the Supreme Court in Edinburgh.
	www.myclan.com /clans/Grant_43 (878 words)

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		The Grant Clan has evolved and flourished in often very difficult circumstances and, in recent centuries, has spread out across the globe as an important part of the great emigration from the Highlands, which has resulted in millions of people of Highland descent living in continents far away from Scotland.
		Richard le Grant, Chancellor of the diocese of Lincoln, was consecrated Archbishop of Canterbury in 1229.
		In the 16th Century, Sir James Grant of Grant, the 16th Chief of Clan Grant, rallied Clan Grant to the Royalist cause and raised King Charles I's standard in the Highlands.
	www.clangrant.org /history.php (1330 words)

	Clan Grant Tours - Scottish Clans Information â“ Ancestral Scotland
		An early Grant married the daughter of Sir John Bisset and one of their sons became the sheriff of Inverness in 1493 and was awarded the title of Sir Laurence le Grande.
		The Grants of Rothiemurchus were descended from the son of John Grant, "the Gentle" who in 1560 was a member of the parliament which abolished so-called Popery as the established religion in Scotland.
		In 1765 Sir James Grant rebuilt the castle as a grand mansion and brought in agricultural reforms, the displaced tenants being re-housed in the new town.
	www.ancestralscotland.com /clans/clan-touring-ideas/grant (1272 words)

	Castle Grant
		astle Grant is the ancient, ancestral seat of the the Chiefs of the Grant Clan.
		From that point the castle was renamed "Castle Grant" and the Chiefs were styled "of Grant" ("Grant of Grant" instead of "Grant of Freuchie").
		The Grant supposedly gave a feast and arranged the comings and goings of his men such that they appeared as a large force about him, and the MacGregor Chief was so impressed that he forgave the couple and even agreed to help his son-in-law against the Comyns.
	www.clangrant-us.org /castle-grant.htm (1728 words)

	Pratt Family History
		The Pratt name originated from the Clan Grant of Scotland, and is argued evolved from the an Iceland Nordic family name of Grandr who migrated to Scotland in the 11th century.
		The history of Clan Grant is a reflection of the history of the Scottish Highlands itself.
		It was this ferocity that led to one of the flest chapters in the Clan's history, when Earl Huntly, the Chief of the Gordons, was forced to remove himself and his clan due to the growing power of the protestants.
	aztecrose.tripod.com /bluedove/grant.htm (5647 words)

	Clan Grant
		Some claim that the ancestors of the clan came to England with the Normans, but the recent discovery of the Cromdal Texts has revealed that the Grants may have descended from Norway.
		Since the Grants supported Robert the Bruce, his victory solidified the Grants holdings in Strathspey and firmly established them as Highland chiefs.
		Doing this, got Mary and William to appoint him a colonel and Sherrif of Inverness, and raise the barony of Freuchie to regality status which was later abolished after the failure of the Jacobite rising of 1745.
	www.highlandtraveller.com /clans/grant.html (276 words)

	Tartans and Clan Tartans. (Site not responding. Last check: )
		However, Clan Tartans, as distinguished in exact setts signifying belonging to a particular Clan, is of more recent invention and owes a great deal to the ingenuity of textile manufacturers and romantic notions of Scotland’s past which are not supported by historical evidence.
		The Grant portraits by Richard Waitt in the early 18th century consists of members of the family and retainers.
		Grant has referred extensively to William Fraser’s "Chiefs of Grant" and from this has ascertained that, in 1516, Grant was feuding lands in Strathspey from Moray; by 1539 he was renting the greater part of Strathspey; in 1583-87 Grant bought the lands outright from other claimants.
	www.annongul.i12.com /articles/TARTAN.html (3014 words)

	Clan Grant from Scottish Themes, Scotland
		The early ancestors of Clan Grant are generally considered to have arrived in Scotland when the Norman settlers in England, after the Norman Conquest, decided to settle further north in Scotland.
		The Grants are certainly found in Scotland during the 13th century when an early Grant married the daughter of Sir John Bisset, Mary.
		The clan came out for the Rising of ’45 for the Royalists although their land and influence was not to last as Clan Grant lost many of its lands through family disputes.
	www.scottishthemes.com /clan/clan_grant.html (371 words)

	Scots of Victoria, Australia
		The Clan Fraser Society of Victoria was established in 1988 as a branch of the Clan Fraser Society of Australia.
		Clan Macalister was set up in 1988 to honour the memory of the arrival of the first Macalister to Australia Ensign Lachlan Macalister, 48th Regiment Foot later Captain, in 1817.
		The Clan was founded by the children of Norman Hume Macdonald and Johan McKenzie Munro (ex Scotland) in 1854, and is a Genealogical group descended from the original founders.
	www.scotsofaus.org.au /clans.html (2992 words)

	Clan Grant
		The buckled strap indicates a clansman's allegiance to his clan and Chief, and indicates that the badge is not his own.
		The current clan Chief, Lord Strathspey, 33rd Chief of Grant, is the direct descendant of the first recorded Clan Chief, Sir Lawrence le Grant.
		Clan Grant was the first clan to adopt a common clan tartan, the result of an edict of the Chief of Grant in 1704-5 specifying that all clansmen appearing before him should be wearing tartan that was “red and green … broad springed,” the same as Clan Grant wears today.
	www.runet.edu /~festival/pages/grant.html (193 words)

	The Earliest Grants
		Castle Grant, shown in the accompanying cut, has been the home of the chiefs of the clan since the fourteenth century, and is cherished and venerated accordingly by all who bear the name of Grant.
		It was besieged and taken by Edward I in 1303 and was chartered to A Grant of Grant in 1509 by King James IV.
		It is the lordly seat of the Grants as Earls of Seafield, and is a mouldering ruin of eight centuries of Scottish history and four hundred years of the annals of the family of Grant.
	faculty.css.edu /mkelsey/usgrant/earliest.html (796 words)

	Clan Grant History & Origins Re-examined
		Until recently, any published history of the Clan Grant has stated with categorical certainty that the Grant's were of "Norman" origin, the name Grant being said to be a corruption of "Le Grand".
		Thus, the connection between the Grant's and Scotland is of a far earlier date than assumed before, proving the establishment of the name in the north before it appears in any documents in the south.
		The Clan Grant had long had an oral tradition that the origins of the Grants were in Norway - the progenitor of the family being the Viking leader Haakon the Great who was Earl (Jarl) of Lade (Hladir) in Trondheim, Norway.
	freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com /~grantdna/grant_history.html (529 words)

	Sealaska - News - NAGPRA - Grant - 2004
		The grant, awarded under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, will fund efforts to photograph and videotape the clan hats, one of the most important cultural objects in modern and historical ceremonies.
		The project is important to the institute because clan hats are so essential to clans, said Dr. Rosita Worl, SHI president.
		The federal portion of the grant funds approximately 80 percent of the total cost of the project.
	www.sealaskaheritage.org /news/news_article_nagpra_2004_grant.htm (244 words)

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		Clan MacAlpin Society are challenging this belief, and are pursuing the goal of recognition as a clan in their own right through application to the Court of the Lord Lyon.
		One example is in the aid given by Clan Grant to Clan Gregor during the time of the proscription of the name MacGregor by the Crown in the 17th century.
		Documents show that the Chief of Grants paid out huge sums in fines for providing aid to proscribed MacGregors during this period, and there can be no other reason for this than a belief by the Chief of Grant himself that he was protecting and aiding his own kin.
	siol-alpin.com (602 words)

	The History Of Grantown-on-Spey and Clan Grant
		Rudolph de Grant was dismissed, but his brother John was carried to London, and only released when he undertook to serve King Edward in France, with John Comyn acting as guarantor.
		From then on, the story of the Grants is one of expansion, and they soon became one of the most powerful and influential Scottish families, founding estates as far apart as Perthshire and Banffshire, and many proud families and Clans whose roots are traceable directly to the Grants.
		The Grants of Glenmoriston, on the other hand, were active in their support of Charles, and raised the Clan to fight at Prestonpans, where they are credited with winning the day due to their welcome reinforcement.
	www.grantown.co.uk /history.htm (1033 words)

	A History of Clan Grant
		As a clan, the Grants contributed a major share to the development of north-east Scotland and in the shaping not only of the history of Scotland but of the United Kingdom and former Colonies overseas.
		The first clan to adopt an official tartan, by command of the Chief, in 1704, they were also the last clan to send out the traditional Fiery Cross to call the men to arms, in 1820 at the 'raid on Elgin'.
		Grants around the world, together with those who bear one of the associated names - Allen, Bisset, Buie, Bilroy, MacAllan, MacGilroy, MacIlroy, MacKerron, More of Drumcork, MacKiaran, Pratt or Suttie - all of them can take pride in the story of this great clan, of which they are a living part.
	www.gould.com.au /A-History-of-Clan-Grant-p/phi117.htm (448 words)

	Clan Grant Shield at St Columba Church
		The earliest reference to the name in Scotland was a certain Gregory de Grant, who was sheriff of the shire of Inverness in the reign of Alexander II (1214-1249).
		Ludovick Grant, 8th Earl of Freuchie, supported William of Orange, and in 1694 his barony of Freuchie was raised to a regality, effectively giving him the power of a king in his own Highland kingdom.
		The Grants of Rothiemurchus are one of the principal branches and are landowners around Aviemore.
	www.highlandcathedral.org /scottish_clan.php?clan=Grant (421 words)

	STRATHSPEY IN THE CANADIAN FUR-TRADE
		Sir William Grant, master of the Rolls in England at the beginning of the nineteenth century, was Attorney-General of Quebec from 1776 to 1777; and the Hon.
		Robert Grant who was the active head of the firm, was born in 1720 and died in 1803, and was the founder of the present family of Grant of Elchies.
		Robert Grant of London was the son of Alexander Grant of Hillockhead, and William Grant of London was the son of Grant of Tammore; but William Grant of St. Roch was the son of William Grant, laird of Blairfindie, and his wife Jean Tyrie.
	www.sensato.com /Grant/canadian_fur_trade.htm (4211 words)

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		Grants have been pioneers, farmers, migrants, colonists, warriors, criminals, engineers, artists, politicians, explorers, physicians and inventors.
		The clan name and those of its septs can be found in every field of human endeavour.
		The Clan Grant Society is pleased to be able to represent them.
	www.clangrant.org (77 words)

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