Clan MacGillivray

Submissions from four applicants for the role of commander were heard and Iain Donald MacGillivray was nominated and subsequently received his commission from the Lord Lyon.

The Sleat historian Hugh MacDonald tells us that the principle surnames in Morvern were MacInnes and MacGillivray – “who are the same as the MacInneses.” James Logan the historian also says that the early MacGillivrays of Mull “seem to be otherwise called MacAonghais or MacInnes.” In 1222, Alexander II of Scotland subdued Argyll, and the clan Mhic Gillebrath became dispersed.

[6] The MacGillivrays were persecuted by their Calvinist and Presbyterian neighbors owing to their support of Episcopal polity of the church.

[6] Dunmaglas, which is about six miles east of Inverfarigaig in Inverness-shire, was held by the MacGillivrays from at least the sixteenth century, if not earlier.

[16] A playable character inspired by Scottish culture in the video game For Honor from the French publisher Ubisoft can be heard shouting "Dunmaghlas!

A romanticised Victorian-era illustration of a MacGillivray clansman by R. R. McIan from The Clans of the Scottish Highlands published in 1845.
Iain MacGillivray receiving his commission as commander from the Lord Lyon Dr Joseph Morrow QC