MACGREGOR, Iain (John) of Breachdsliabh Chief of Clan Gregor

1390 - 1461  (71 years)

• Name	MACGREGOR, Iain (John)  [1, 2]
  Suffix	of Breachdsliabh Chief of Clan Gregor
  Born	1390	Scotland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	1461	Scotland   [1]
  Person ID	I4106	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	16 Sep 2023

  
  

  Father	MACGREGOR, Gregor Aluinn (Gregor The Handsome),   b. 1351, Scotland ,   d. 1415, Dysart Church, Glenorchy and Inishall, Argyll, Scotland  (Age 64 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	MACALPIN, Iris (Iric),   b. 1360, Finnich, Scotland ,   d. 1416  (Age 56 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Married	1378	Scotland   [3, 4]
  Family ID	F1216	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	MCLACHLAN, Dau
  Children	1. MACGREGOR, Gregor Mohr (The Great or The Elder),   b. Bef 1415  [natural]   2. MACGREGOR, Malcolm,   d. Abt 1488  [natural]   3. MACGREGOR, John  [natural]
  Last Modified	16 Sep 2023
  Family ID	F1088	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Iain - "Almost certainly the eldest son"- founder of the line of Brackley. b c1415. John of Bruckleg (Brackley). Defeated the McNabs at Crianlarich. m a dau. of the Laird of McLachlan. Ancestor of the McGregors of Glencarrock (Glencarnoch, Glencarnaig), and of the present chiefs of Clan Gregor. JOHN, b. about 1395; succeeded as Laird of Glenorchy and Chief of the Clan upon the death of his brother in 1420. During his lifetime the powerful Campbells (created Earls of Argyll in 1457) and other feudal noblemen acquired from the crown an overlordship in the lands of the Clan Gregor, which the latter had possessed outright from time immemorial. In 1435 a feud between John MacGregor and the MacNabs was fought out at Chrimlarich. Whereupon Sir Duncan Campbell of Lochaw, the most powerful nobleman in Scotland, as Lord Lieutenant of Argylshire procured royal letters of fire and sword against both these clans as rebels, overwhelmed them with military force, and became feudal overlord of their lands. This John MacGregor d. in 1461, the last MacGregor who was Laird of Glenorchy. He left three sons whose descendants continued for several generations in Glenorchy and vicinity as restive tenants of the Earls of Argyll; while the chieftainship of the clan eventually passed to the MacGregors of Glenstrae, (as they were the only branch of the clan remaining who were not tenants on their land) who held it until 1604. John, got the lands of Brackley from his brother Gregor

  
  

• Sources

  [S309] Public Member Trees, Ancestry.com, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.;;), Database online. Record for Gregor Aluin Aulin MacGregor http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=0&pid=727 [S308] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;;), Ancestry Family Tree. [S309] Public Member Trees, Ancestry.com, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.;;), Database online. Record for Iric McAlpin http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=103289043&pid=12163 [S309] Public Member Trees, Ancestry.com, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.;;), Database online. Record for Gregor Aluinn (Gregor the Handsome) MacGregor http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=103289043&pid=12163