[3] The name Paterson in Scottish Gaelic is MacPhadraig, which could be a shortened form of MacGille Phadraig which means son of the devotee of Saint Patrick.
[3] In around the end of the 13th century the Patersons had settled on the shores of Loch Fyne with name becoming widespread in the Scottish Lowlands.
[3] William Paterson was a founder of the Bank of England, but he is better-remembered as being the architect of the disastrous Darien scheme.
[3] The scheme was an attempt to establish a Scottish colony at the isthmus of Darien in Central America.
[3] Sir Hugh’s niece, Clementina, became Prince Charlie's mistress and bore him a daughter, Charlotte Stuart, Duchess of Albany.