Clan MacPherson
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Clan MacPherson
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Clan MacPherson - Clann Mhuirich Clan Chief Sir William Alan MacPherson of Cluny The Clan Macpherson look upon themselves as the senior male representatives of the ‘Old Clan Chattan’. During the 14th century they migrated from Lochaber to Badenoch after the defeat of the Comyns. |
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The descendants of Muireach the Parson became known as the Clan Mac a Phearson or the Clan Mhuirich of Badenoch and they occupied an important and sometimes independent position in the Highlands |
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The Clan’s traditions are embodied in an annual Clan Gathering held at Newtonmore each August and at the famous Clan Museum there. The present Chief, Sir William Alan Macpherson of Cluny and Blairgowrie, lives at Newton Castle, Blairgowrie. Septs Cattanach, Clark, Clarke, Clarkson, Clerk, Currie, Fersen, Gillespie, Gillies, Gow, Keith, Lees, MacClerich, MacChlery, MacCurrach, MacGowan, MacKeith, MacLeish, MacLerie, MacLise, MacMurdo, MacMurdoch, MacMurrich, MacVurrich, Murdoch and Murdoson. |
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