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	Rob Roy MacGregor Feature Page on Undiscovered Scotland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Rob MacGregor was born in February 1671 at Glengyle at the head of Loch Katrine in the Trossachs.
		Rob Roy's loyalties were split between his Jacobite upbringing and his alliance with the Duke of Argyll and he seems to have been an onlooker at the battle itself, though claims he was secretly working for the Duke of Argyll have never been proved.
		Rob Roy MacGregor died on 28 December 1734 in Balquhidder Glen and was buried in the yard of the Old Kirk in Balquhidder.
	www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk /usbiography/robroymacgregor (894 words)

	Rob Roy MacGregor
		Robert MacGregor known as "Rob Roy" was born at Glengyle, at the head of Loch Katrine in 1671.
		Rob Roy became War Leader of the clan, which entitled him to wear the three eagle's feathers of a chief.
		The decendants of Rob Roy are listed as follows: James had 14 children recorded; Coll had a son and daughter recorded; Ranald married his cousin Jean, daughter of MacGregor of Glengyle and the Glengyle line descended from them; Robin Oig's wife died young and there are no records of legitimate descendants from him.
	www.pnwclangregor.com /robroy.html (835 words)

	Rob Roy Hotel History..................................................................................... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Rob Roy MacGregor was the youngest son of Liet/Col. Donald MacGregor of Glengyle, and his mother was Campbell of Glenfalloch and a granddaughter of Sir Robert Campbell of Genlorchy.
		Rob Roy was born about 1660, and in early life was a cattle driver and became involved in financial difficulties with the duke of Montrose.
		Rob Roy was a brilliant swordsman and led a very adventurous life as an outlaw.
	www.robroyhotel.co.za /history.html (329 words)

	Books about Rob Roy MacGregor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Thus tracking down Rob Roy today is to embark upon a painstaking search through the archives, estate records and the folk-myths that have been enriched and confused by the yarns spun around him.
		WH Murray has brought together new interpretations of Rob Roy's life in order to produce a new and clearer understanding of the characters, actions, and motives of the man who became a myth and a symbol of Scotland.
		Rob Roy's fierce adherence to the Stuart cause was to be continued by his great nephew Duncan MacGregor, who joined the small band of men escorting Bonnie Prince Charlie to safety after the bitter defeat at Culloden in 1745.
	www.scottishradiance.com /macgreg.htm (457 words)

	Rob Roy MacGregor - Birth, Name, Tartan, Badge
		Rob Roy was born at Glen Gyle, on the northern end of Loch Katrine.
		tartan was worn in lieu of the proscribed MacGregor tartan.
		Sir Walter Scott says of the MacGregors: "They were famous for their misfortunes and the indomitable courage with which they maintained themselves as a clan." For over a century, the name was utterly proscribed, and it needed an act of Parliament to annul the suppression of the name.
	thecapitalscot.com /acgs/gregorvariety/robroyst.html (420 words)

	Rob Roy MacGregor and History of Clan MacGregor
		The MacGregors ("Children of the Mist") are one of the most ancient Scottish clans, tracing their ancestry back to the time of Malcolm Canmore, though Roy Roy is their most famous son.
		Rob Roy was a multi-talented man - a great swordsman and soldier (fighting alongside his father by the age of 18 against William of Orange), an astute businessman, and master of the highland "protection racket".
		Ironically, Rob Roy's mother was a Campbell, and since the name MacGregor was proscribed by William of Orange, Rob Roy used the name Campbell at various times throughout his life and hid (with permission) on the Duke of Argyll's lands while an outlaw.
	www.heartoscotland.com /Categories/RobRoyMacGregor.htm (840 words)

	Robert Roy MacGregor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Rob Roy was born at Glengyle, at the head of Loch Katrine, as proved by an extract from the Register of Baptisms at Buchanan Parish.
		Rob Roy is anglicised from the Gaelic 'Raibeart Ruadh', or Red Robert; this is because Rob Roy had red hair, though it darkened to auburn in later life.
		Rob Roy borrowed a large sum of money to increase his own cattle herd, but due to the deception of his chief herder, who was entrusted with the money to bring the cattle back, Rob Roy lost his money and cattle, and defaulted on his loan.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rob_Roy_MacGregor (581 words)

	Rob Roy MacGregor - ScotWars
		Rob Roy was born in March 1671, at the head of Loch Katrine in the Trossachs, that beautiful area of wooded lochs and steep-sided, craggy hills to the east of Ben Lomond.
		MacGregor rented a property in Glen Dochart, Auchinchisallen, from the Earl of Breadalbane, who was a political opponent of Montrose.
		Either Rob Roy had a concealed armpit knife, and cut the thong himself, or Stewart, who had received some benefit from MacGregor in the past, released him on a whisper from Rob Roy.
	www.scotwars.com /html/rob_roy.htm (779 words)

	Rob Roy Way - History
		Rob Roy was the third Son of Donald Glas MacGregor of Glengyle (A direct descendent of the Glenorchy branch) and Margaret Campbell.
		Rob Roy fought with his father at the Battle of Killicrankie however following this period Donald Glas was captured and imprisoned for several years in Edinburgh.
		Rob Roy got shelter from the Campbell's of Breadelbane at Finlarig, then fought in the Battle of Sheriffmuir in 1715, and subsequently accused of treason.
	www.robroyway.fsnet.co.uk /history.html (2969 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Rob Roy MacGregor Campbell, which last name he bore in consequence of the Acts of Parliament abolishing his own, was the younger son of Donald MacGregor of Glengyle, said to have been a Lieutenant-Colonel (probably in the service of James II.), by his wife, a daughter of Campbell of Glenfalloch.
		Rob Roy was, therefore, sure of refuge in the country of the Campbells, both as having assumed their name, as connected by his mother with the family of Glenfalloch, and as an enemy to the rival house of Montrose.
		Rob Roy, fending himself the weaker party, asked a parley, in which he represented that both clans were friends to the _King,_ and, that he was unwilling they should be weakened by mutual conflict, and thus made a merit of surrendering to Appin the disputed territory of Invernenty.
	eserver.org /fiction/rob-roy.txt (18356 words)

	MacGregor/Rob Roy on the Baltic/1867
		Triumphant progress, therefore, of the Rob Roy on the shoulders of plowboys -- proud to bear her home -- grand concert in her honor by the three maidens -- admission free -- feast of bacon, pancakes, potatoes, rice and milk, in honor of the occasion.
		Nevertheless the Rob Roy was speedily housed on the steamer's deck; and I at length fell into a deep sleep, from which I was not aroused until we arrived in Stockholm.
		The Rob Roy, carried through the streets of Copenhagen, of course, attracted a great crowd; and the head waiter of the hotel (being a man of sense) conducted her upstairs, where the great ballroom was allotted for a boathouse, and there the canoe rested gently on an ottoman.
	www.friend.ly.net /~dadadata/DD_Eric/baltic.html (5733 words)

	Scotland's Rob Roy Macgregor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Rob Roy MacGregor was the second son of Donald MacGregor at Inverlochaig at the head of Loch Doine.
		Montrose captured Rob Roy but he made a famous escape, with the aid of a friend in the employ of the Duke at the ford in the river near Balquidder.
		Rob Roy died in his home in 1734 and was buried in the small churchyard in Balquidder.
	scotlandvacations.com /robroy.htm (202 words)

	Jessica Lange: Rob Roy - Movie
		Rob Roy did not need to be the strongest, the smartest, or the swiftest hero because he was the most resilient.
		Rob Roy resists this injustice but is soon branded an outcast and must do what he must to see that justice is done.
		Rob Roy is smaller in scale, dealing with the main character, the clan he is dealing with, and the lord he is endebted to.
	www.superiorpics.com /jessica_lange/movie/1995_rob_roy.html (1376 words)

	Rob Roy MacGregor
		Rob Roy MacGregor was the chief of the Clan Gregor who styled themselves the "Children of the Mist." The clans motto was "Royal is our race," and they were descended from a brother of the great Scottish king Alpin.
		Rob soon developed a sound reputation and became known as a man who could get his clients a fair price for their beasts and was renowned as an honest man into the bargain.
		After the passing of Rob Roy the Clan Gregor continued to support the Jacobite cause and after the debacle of the '45 they were one of the Clan's most ardently sought out for elimination by the Government forces.
	www.visitdunkeld.com /roy-macgregor.htm (1913 words)

	Clan MacGregor
		Rob Roy was often called the inventor of the flmail.
		Red John of the Battles offered them a house in Glen Dochart and Rob Roy began his campaign of lifting cattle, stealing rents previously received from the poor and returning the money to them and driving away factors despatched to evict people having come into arrears with their rents.
		At the age of 50 Rob Roy was again able to settle as a cattle dealer and made his new home at Balquidder where he was laid to his last rest in 1734 having died on 28 December.
	www.fortunecity.com /bally/leitrim/147/macgregor.html (1212 words)

	Famous Scots - Rob Roy MacGregor
		Since the MacGregor lands were on the edge of the Highlands, there were often soft targets in the richer lands of the Central Lowlands to the south, in Stirlingshire.
		It was against this background that Rob Roy MacGregor was born in 1671 in a cottage on the banks of Loch Katrine
		Rob Roy and his father fought at the Battle of Killiecrankie on 27 July, 1689 and although both sides lost many men, Rob and Donald Glas survived.
	www.rampantscotland.com /famous/blfamrobroy.htm (748 words)

	Rob Roy Mac Gregor - Scottish History
		Rob Roy MacGregor, otherwise known in Gaelic as Raibert Ruadh, was born at Glengyle, on the west end of Loch Katrine, in 1671.
		In 1693 Rob Roy married Mary of Cromar whose farm and lands lay near Loch Arklet.
		Rob Roy's expertise in hill craft and cattle handling allowed him to become successful in these raids.
	www.lenymede.demon.co.uk /history/rob_roy.htm (259 words)

	Rob Roy Way - Interest
		Rob Roy's Cave is located on Loch Ard and it was from here that he planned many of his activites while an outlaw.
		Rob Roy was certainly at this wedding along with Mary whom he was later to marry in 1693 at Loch Arklet.
		The Callander to Glen Ogle section of the Rob Roy Way either passes by Lochearnhead on a high level track (Millenium cycle route 7) or can be entered if the walker diverts off the old railway track and descends to the main road by St Angus's Church.
	www.robroyway.fsnet.co.uk /interest.html (2246 words)

	Robert 'Roy' Macgregor - Scottish Historical Figures (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		A warrant for Rob Roy's arrest was issued, he lost his lands and became an outlaw.
		However his benefactor the Duke of Argyll had chosen the Government side and Rob Roy with mixed allegiances was forced to miss the Battle of Sheriffmuir.
		Rob Roy narrowly missed transportation to the colonies and was pardoned to end his days at Balquhidder.
	www.scotsmart.com /info/histfigures/robroy.html (275 words)

	The history of Scotland - Rob Roy Macgregor
		For centuries the ‘Wild Macgregors’, cattle rustlers and brigands to a man, were the plague of the Trossachs in Scotland.
		In the early eighteenth-century, Rob Roy Macgregor had established a flourishing protection racket, charging farmers an average 5% of their annual rent …to ensure that their cattle remained safe.
		Following his annus horribilis of 1712, Rob Roy was accused of fraudulent bankruptcy, and in 1715 he was to be found trailing in the wake of the rebel army of the deposed Stuarts at Sheriffmuir, waiting patiently for any booty that he could lay his hands on.
	www.historic-uk.com /HistoryUK/Scotland-History/RobRoy.htm (537 words)

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		Rob Roy MacGregor, or Red Rob as he was sometimes known, was another Scottish hero who acquired legend status despite various discrepancies in the telling and re-telling of his many exploits and adventures.
		MacGregor was also a known sympathiser to the Jacobite cause which extended over a period of around 50 years, from 1688 to 1745.
		They labelled him their Scottish Robin Hood and Rob Roy MacGregor lived out the rest of his life tending his family and his cattle and died in 1764 at the age of 63.
	www.picgames.com /ezine/1_MacGregor.htm (856 words)

	Scotland on Sunday - Scotland - Rob Roy MacGregor is exposed as a tartan turncoat
		Rob Roy succeeded in becoming a legend in his own lifetime of 63 years and was compared with Robin Hood while he was still alive.
		Rob Roy’s behaviour during the 1715 Jacobite Rebellion was every bit as deceitful, according to Stevenson.
		Rob Roy’s grave in Balquhidder, and the tree in which he hid when on the run, Eppie Callum’s Oak, have become major tourist attractions.
	scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com /scotland.cfm?id=1210262003 (1327 words)

	Rob Roy MacGregor (or McGregor ). Rob Roy MacGregor or McGregor history
		This individual was the ancestor of Rob Roy MacGregor, but it is only fair to him to mention that, according to some accounts, be died some years before the date of trio battle.
		From these fastnesses, then, Rob Roy MacGregor was wont to issue forth on his predatory excursions, and for years he was so successful in them that his name became a terror to the adjacent Lowlands.
		It is not at all to be supposed that Rob Roy was a mere vulgar robber.
	www.incallander.co.uk /rob_roy.htm (1990 words)

	Rob Roy MacGregor, MD, receives two honors for distinguished career
		Philadelphia, PA — Rob Roy MacGregor, MD, Emeritus Professor of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, has been recognized for his many contributions to Penn and the field of Infectious Diseases.
		The first recognition of MacGregor's longtime efforts was to rename the infectious diseases' outpatient clinic at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (HUP) after MacGregor, who helped found the clinic in 1988.
		This award is given to the faculty member who illustrates professional behavior by example, who displays cultural sensitivity in working with patients and family members of diverse ethnic or religious backgrounds, and who demonstrates the highest standards of compassion and empathy in the delivery of care to patients.
	www.eurekalert.org /pub_releases/2006-06/uops-rrm060106.php (712 words)

	Robert the Red, Rob Roy MacGregor, Scotland - UK History.
		Argyle, who we assume knew that Rob was a Jacobite sympathiser, was prepared to turn a blind eye as Rob wreaked his revenge on Montrose by raiding his lands.
		The Battle of Sherifmuir in 1715 saw Rob with mixed allegiances as the Duke of Argyle took the government side against the Jacobites and he was forced to miss the battle.
		Rob was sentenced to transportation to Barbados but before he was due to be deported he received a pardon from King George 1st and returned home to his family in 1727.
	www.scotshistoryonline.co.uk /robroy.html (918 words)

	WCHA - MacGregor/Rob Roy on the Baltic/1867 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Every man of them had caught sight of the Rob Roy, and though they marched on in column, all had "Eyes right," for all were staring sideways at the canoe.
		The gale was blowing and the rain falling as we launched the Rob Roy on the waves of Lake Venern, amidst the plaudits of the spectators and their best wishes for my voyage.
		After an hour's hard work, during which the Rob Roy, buffeting and boxing the waves, behaved nobly, I ran the canoe into a mass of tall reeds to see if she had any water in her.
	www.wcha.org /tidbits/robroy (5733 words)

	ROB ROY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		"Rob Roy" is a beautifully filmed, classic tale marred by a vicious rape scene which, although necessary to the plot as written, still made me quite uncomfortable.
		MacGregor's honor will not allow for this option and in his anger, he makes an enemy of his lord.
		And yet, with all this going for it, "Rob Roy" isn't as gratifying as it could have been, due to its periodic reliance on sexuality, both in positive and negative depictions.
	www.xmission.com /~gregorys/reviews/robroy.htm (490 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Scotland \| Rob Roy 'was a traitor'
		Prof Stevenson, whose book Rob Roy: The Man and the Myth is due out next year, said he was surprised to uncover the full extent of the legend's villainy.
		Rob Roy was also a paid agent for the Hanoverians, and was selling intelligence to the chief of the Hanoverian army in Scotland, the professor claimed.
		He said: "In the centre we have a picture of Rob Roy and it says 'Hero or villain?' We leave it to the visitor to make up their own mind as to whether he was a rogue or a hero.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/scotland/3236983.stm (477 words)

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