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	Gregor MacGregor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Gregor MacGregor came from Latin America to London, England, in 1820 and pronounced that he had been created cazique (or prince) of the Principality of Poyais, independent region on the Bay of Honduras.
		MacGregor was also introduced to Major William John Richardson and by the winter of 1821 he had made Richardson legate of Poyais.
		MacGregor also claimed that one of his ancestors was a rare survivor of the Darien Scheme, a failed Scottish attempt of colonization in Panama in 1690's.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gregor_MacGregor (2129 words)

	Gregor MacGregor (cricketer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Gregor MacGregor (1869, Merchiston, Edinburgh-1919, Marylebone, London) was a Scottish cricketer.
		MacGregor was a brilliant wicket-keeper as long as he played cricket, but he was at his very best in his early years, when he had no English superior except Pilling.
		MacGregor's interest in cricket did not decline in even the slightest degree when he dropped out of the public eye.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gregor_MacGregor_(cricketer) (855 words)

	Fàilte! Welcome to Clan Gregor International! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Suaicheantas - badge of Clan Gregor, is Giuthas - Scots Pine.
		The Clan Gregor Society was instituted in 1822 and is one of the oldest clan societies.
		Membership in the Clan Gregor Society is open to all who regard themselves as MacGregors, and to all others as associate or honorary members, in accordance with the Society's rules.
	www.clangregor.com (875 words)

	American Clan Gregor Society - Clan Gregor & Society
		Clan Gregor, or MacGregor, is one of the oldest and purely Celtic Scottish Clans.
		Sir Walter Scott was so taken by the gripping struggle of the MacGregors that he gave it wide exposure in his epic "Lady Of The Lake" and then greatly romanticized the life of Rob Roy MacGregor in a subsequent classic called simply "Rob Roy".
		The present Chief of the Clan Gregor in Scotland is Sir Malcolm MacGregor of MacGregor, 7th Baronet of Lanrick and Balquidder, 24th Chief of Clan Gregor.
	thecapitalscot.com /acgs/acgs2.html (880 words)

	Untitled (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The MacGregors were involved in 1589 in the killing of John Drummond, the king's forester, because Drummond had hanged some MacGregors for poaching.
		Certainly one of the most famous MacGregors was Rob Roy MacGregor, the son of Lt.-Col. Donald MacGregor of Glengyle, who was forced to use his mother's maiden name Campbell because of the proscription of the MacGregor name.
		Sir Evan MacGregor was the chief in 1822 and played a major part in the visit of King George IV to Scotland that year, while he and his clansmen guarded the honours of Scotland, no longer considered as outlaws.
	www.open.org /~glennab/macgregorfamilyhistory.htm (1565 words)

	Kirkpatrick Genealogy - History & Crests
		Clan Gregor's motto is "S'rioghal mo dhream," meaning "Royal is my blood" and it is said that the Gregor who began the line was either a brother or a son of Kenneth Mac Alpin, first king of Scotland.
		Amelia Georgiana Murray MacGregor, writing in 1898 in the "History of the Clan Gregor," states that MacGregor of Ardinconnell, one of the oldest offshoots of the clan, was the branch most involved in the disputes with Colquhoun of Luss.
		MacGregor mentions the Greirsons of Lag as ineligible for membership in Clan Gregor, then, immediately follows this statement writing that MacGregor of Ardinconnell, "one of the oldest offshoots of the Clan," was the party "most involved" in the disputes with Colquhoun of Luss.
	www.geocities.com /Heartland/6540/kirkhist.html (4078 words)

	MACGREGOR
		MACGREGOR The crest of the MacGregors bears the proud motto: S'riogbail Mo'Dhrem, 'My Race is Royal', and for centuries the ancestor was believed to be Alpin, the king of Dairiada slain in battle in 832, and whose son Kenneth united the Scots and the Picts ca.
		Gregor's son lain Cam, who died in 1390, held the glens of Orchy, Strae and Lochy, on the opposite watershed of Strathfillan and Glendochart.
		The position of chief was not conceded by the MacGregors of Glengyle, from whom descended the famous Rob Roy MacGregor alias Campbell, but the chiefship being de jure and de facto vacant, John was recognised by the Lord Lyon as chief, and matriculated arms in 1775.
	web.ukonline.co.uk /Members/tom.paterson/surnames/nmacgreg.htm (926 words)

	A rogue and his domain - The Washington Times: Non-Fiction Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Gregor MacGregor was born in 1786 in Glengyle, near Loch Lomond in west-central Scotland.
		The MacGregors of Glengyle had once been prominent within the larger MacGregor clan —; the hero Rob Roy had belonged to this branch of the family — but they seem to have lost station by the time of Gregor's birth.
		Poyais, MacGregor informed the receptive British public in 1821, was a small country in the region of the Mosquito Coast in Central America.
	www.washtimes.com /books/20040207-101912-3970r.htm (1261 words)

	A View of Gregor MacGregor
		The history of Amelia Island is abundant with colorful characters, but perhaps none were more outlandish than Sir Gregor MacGregor, the Scottish-born General turned South American freedom fighter who ruled the island for the summer of 1817.
		On June 29, 1817, MacGregor led a ragtag band of troops to a victory over the Spanish garrison that was in control of Amelia Island.
		Gregor Mac Gregor, Brigadier General of the armies of the United Provinces of New Grenada and Venezuela, and general in chief of the armies for the two Floridas, commissioned by the Supreme Director of Mexico, South America, andc.
	www.amelianow.com /winter01-gregor.htm (846 words)

	Clan Gregor - MacGregor Music
		A lament for Gregor MacGregor Glenstrae, beheaded by the Campbells.
		A MacGregor, the tradition runs, wooed, won, and carried off Isabel, daughter of the Laird of Grant.
		MacGregor took refuge in a barn, and with dirk and claymore, and a musket which his wife loaded for him, managed to destroy every one of his assailants.
	www.clangregor.org /music.html (636 words)

	New World Celts
		Young Gregor joined the Black Watch to make his fortune, but at the age of 20 he resigned after learning that Simon Bolivar was recruiting officers to serve in the Army of Liberation then fighting to free Latin America from the Spanish Empire.
		Gregor sailed for Caracas, Venezuela where in 1811 he received his commission from Bolivar himself.
		MacGregor, who was tall and barrel-chested, made a magnificent appearance and looked a bit "Napoleonic" in a splendid uniform.
	www.newworldcelts.org /macgregor.htm (1522 words)

	Clan Gregor Society - MacGregor DNA Project
		This last was unexpected because it was always assumed that the banning of the MacGregor name in 1603 would have had the effect of ‘weeding out’ all those not of the bloodline.
		Peter Lawrie’s (Vice Chairman of the Clan Gregor Society) recent work has demonstrated just how many of the bloodline MacGregors were in fact killed during the troubles which came upon the clan in the 17th century.
		Kit number 3346 (MacGregor 1) belongs to an individual whose genealogy is not rooted in a paper connection, but who is nevertheless clearly of the MacGregor bloodline, having 25 out of 25 markers in common with the Glencarnoch and Glengyle branches.
	www.clangregor.org /macgregor/dna.html (2329 words)

	Rob Roy MacGregor: Clan History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		As the Gregors were pushed from their rightful homes, the government in Edinburgh — as corrupt as many other offices across Europe at the time — assisted in the persecution of the Gregor clan.
		Brief respite was granted the Clan when Mary Queen of Scots canceled the letters and gave the Clan Gregor land and stock at Loch Rannoch, but it ended when she was deposed.
		So many Gregor families were left destitute by the ruthless execution of the King’s orders, that the clan chief finally made a bargain which should have gained his kinsmen exile in England.
	www.tartans.com /articles/famscots/robhist.html (719 words)

	A brief explanation about our site (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		As the Clan Gregor was a Catholic clan, as were most of the other clan's, Rob's sympathies lay primarily with the Jacobite's, though as I have said previously, it is more than likely that he was spying for both sides in these conflicts.
		John Macgregor of Glenorchy, who died in 1390, is said to have had three sons; Patrick, his successor’ John Dow, ancestor of the family of Glenstrae, who became the chief of the clan; and Greogor, ancestor of the Macgregors of Roro.
		When Macgregor wanted a supply of meal, he sent notice to a certain number of the duke’s tenants to meet him at the girnal on a certain day, with their horses to carry home his meal.
	www.lakelivingston.com /vaughn/about.htm (4776 words)

	MAGEE (GREGOR - McGREGOR)
		John MacGregor of Glenorchy, who died in 1390, is said to have had three sons; Patrick his successor; John Dow, ancestor of the family of Glenstrae, who became the chief ofthe clan; and Gregor, ancestor of the MacGregors of Roro.
		DUNCAN7 MACGREGOR (GREGOR PATRICKSON6 GREGOR, PATRICK MHOR5 MACGREGOR, GREGOR4, IAIN CAM3, IAIN CAM2, GREGOR1) was born 1490 in Scotland, and died 1552 in Scotland.
		GREGOR8 MACGREGOR (DUNCAN7, GREGOR PATRICKSON6 GREGOR, PATRICK MHOR5 MACGREGOR, GREGOR4, IAIN CAM3, IAIN CAM2, GREGOR1) was born 1520 in Scotland, and died 1552 in Scotland.
	members.fortunecity.com /52936a/magee.html (3282 words)

	About Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		A Macgregor regiment, 300 strong, was raised by Robert Macgregor of Glencairnock, who was generally considered chief of the clan, which joined the price’s army.
		It was not till 1784 that the oppressive acts against the Macgregors which how for several years had fallen into desuetude, were rescinded by the British parliament, when they were allowed to resume their own name, and were restored to all the rights and priviliges of British citizens.
		A deed was immediately entered into, subscribed by 826 persons of the name of Macgregor, recognising John Murray of Lanrich, representative of the family of Glencarnock, as their chief, Murray being the name assumed under the Proscriptive act, by John Macgregor, who was chief in 1715.
	www.lakelivingston.com /vaughn/about.html (6707 words)

	MACGREGOR 26 HOME PAGE
		MacGregor club events, family sailings scenes, racing scenes, images of sailing in unusual weather conditions, water skiing, or images of trips to unusual places would be more than welcome.
		MacGregor 26 is the fastest and best handling of any of the trailerable cruising sailboats.
		MacGregor has delivered over 5000 of the 26X's, and over 38,000 sailboats.
	www.macgregor26.com (540 words)

	Children of the Mist (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Loch Awe was MacGregor land (oopsie), and The Bruce left it up to the Campbells how they would take possession of the area.
		The Campbells built the castle of Kilchurn and the MacGregors were forced to retreat deeper into the ancestral lands, until eventually restricted to Glenstrae.
		Membership in the Clan Gregor Society is open to all who regard themselves as MacGregors, and to all others as associate or honourary members, in accordance with the Society's rules.
	home.globalcrossing.net /~macisme/macgreg.html (2847 words)

	Griersons of Maine
		There were many years of fighting between the MacGregors and the Campbells after King Robert (Robert the Bruce) granted charter of MacGregor lands to the Campbells for aiding him in gaining the throne of Scotland.
		Many MacGregors changed their name or took on aliases to avoid the penalties of proscription.
		Grierson is a Sept of the Gregor/MacGregor clan in Scotland and is also an elided English translation of the surname MacGregor.
	users.adelphia.net /~agmcgregor (643 words)

	Intro to MacGregor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		They took over by conquest, wide territories in Argyll and West Perthshire but their lands were coveted by the Campbells and others, who obtained legal charter to dispossess the MacGregors.
		After two centuries of bloody resistance, the MacGregors were condemned in 1603 by James VI to be wiped out.
		Tap the button at the right and you'll be on the verge of numerous items available in the MacGregor tartans.
	www.scottishimports.com /bumpers/names-MacGregor.html (116 words)

	Scottish ancestral and historical tours and information - Peter Lawrie (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Peter's interest in genealogy led to him joining the Clan Gregor Society, where he was elected Vice-Chairman of Council and invited to be editor of the Society's Newsletter.
		A fascinating journey of discovery is in its early stages with the DNA project, illustrating both the genetic diversity within the clan, and the relationship of the leading families of Clan Gregor to other clans of Dalriadic origin.
		Future historical novels are being considered which deal with the lives of Gregor Roy MacGregor, executed in 1571 and Alasdair Roy MacGregor, his son and successor as Clan Chief, who was executed in 1604 after the Battle of Glen Fruin.
	www.glendiscovery.com /about_us.htm (858 words)

	Clan Gregor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		When force didn’t work, their powerful neighbors persuaded the government to outlaw the MacGregors and destroy them by the “Fyre and Sword.” For most of 170 years, 1603 to 1774, the government practiced genocide against the Clan.
		They were forbidden to own land or use the name MacGregor and price was put on the head of all male MacGregors.
		A great symbolic closing of the old wounds took place when Sir Evan MacGregor, the 19th chief, led a band of his clansmen to guard the “Honours of Scotland”; during the visit of King George IV to Edinburgh in 1822.
	www.runet.edu /~festival/pages/gregor.html (268 words)

	DEMİRTAŞ
		Clan MacGregor is skilfully blended from a selection of Scotland's finest malt and grain whiskies.
		Clan MacGregor carries the Clan MacGregor badge and motto, and with his kind permission, the personal crest of the 23rd Clan Chief, Sir Gregor MacGregor of MacGregor.
		Although the Clan MacGregor went through centuries of turmoil from lands being confiscated to the very name MacGregor being outlawed, they were resilient.
	www.demirtas.com.tr /Clan.htm (262 words)

	Clan MacGregor Page including "The Highland Clearances" by Steve Blamires - Detailing The Clearances in Scotland
		The Piobaireachdan are the MacGregor's Salute and the Battle of Glenfruin - Gleann Bhraoin, the Valley of Grief.
		Branches: MacGregor of Glengyle, MacGregor of Glenlyon, MacGregor of Glenorchy, MacGregor of Glenstrae.
		Colin Campbell, the knight of Lochowe, surprised and murdered the heir-male of the chief, Rua MacGregor.
	technovate.org /web/earthclan/clanweb.html (11918 words)

	M'Gregor, McGrigor early dates - Page 149
		M'Gregor, MacGregor, McGrigor early dates in the Glasgow Advertiser - Page 149: All articles on this page, unless other wise stated were researched, transcribed & posted by David Alan-MacGregor Grierson.
		GREGOR DRUMMOND, late of Edinburgh, her father, aged 69 years.
		GREGOR GRANT, surgeon- This amiable young man was unfortunately drowned in attempting to quit the wreck of the Cahalva East Indiaman, by the upsetting of the boat in which he was along with the Captain of the vessel & some other officers.
	www.webspawner.com /users/griersonorigins148 (1480 words)

	Literary briefs
		The Land That Never Was: Sir Gregor MacGregor and the Most Audacious Fraud in History, by David Sinclair (Da Capo Press, $26).
		Gregor MacGregor styled himself His Highness Gregor, Cazique of Poyais, though he had no more right to it than to the honorific "sir" with which he had knighted himself.
		The subtitle may overstate things in labeling it "the most audacious fraud in history," but in a way it has lasted long past MacGregor's death in Caracas in 1845.
	www.suntimes.com /output/books/sho-sunday-briefs11.html (124 words)

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