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Rob Roy was born in the Kingdom of Scotland at Glengyle, at the head of Loch Katrine, as recorded in the baptismal register of Buchanan, Stirling. His parents were the local Clan MacGregor tacksman, Donald Glas MacGregor, and Margaret Campbell. He was also descended from the Clan MacDonald of Keppoch through his paternal grandmother.
Clan Gregor, also known as Clan MacGregor, [2] is a Highland Scottish clan that claims an origin in the early 9th century. The clan's most famous member is Rob Roy MacGregor of the late 17th and early 18th centuries. [2] The clan is also known to have been among the first families of Scotland to begin playing the bagpipes in the early 17th century. [3]
Rob Roy is a 1995 historical biographical drama film directed by Michael Caton-Jones. [3] It stars Liam Neeson as Rob Roy MacGregor, an 18th-century Scottish clan chief who becomes engaged in a dispute with a reprobate nobleman in the Scottish Highlands, played by John Hurt.
Gregor MacGregor. Involved in Amelia Island affair of 1817. Claimed to be Cazique of Poyais from 1821 to 1837. General Gregor MacGregor (24 December 1786 – 4 December 1845) was a Scottish soldier, adventurer, and confidence trickster who attempted from 1821 to 1837 to draw British and French investors and settlers to "Poyais", a fictional ...
A study of Scottish folk hero Rob Roy MacGregor. Reissued as Rob Roy MacGregor by Lochar Publishing (1991), and Neil Wilson Publishing (1995).
John MacGregor (24 January 1825 Gravesend – 16 July 1892 Boscombe, Bournemouth), nicknamed Rob Roy after a renowned relative, was an English explorer, travel writer and philanthropist.
The local kirkyard is the final resting place of Rob Roy; [7] his grave is marked with the appropriately defiant motto 'MacGregor Despite Them'. He lies with the remains of his wife and two sons, the graves marked by three flat stones.
Roy MacGregor was born in Whitney, Ontario in 1948 and grew up in Huntsville, Ontario. [1] He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Laurentian University and a graduate diploma in journalism from the University of Western Ontario in 1972. [2] His work tends to focus on Canadian topics; Shelagh Rogers has dubbed him the ...